Warner, Kaine announce funding for veterans' suicide prevention

U.S. Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine of Virginia this week announced that .5 million in federal funding has been granted to eight organizations dedicated to suicide prevention for veterans in the state. Six of the eight groups will focus efforts on specific localities in the state (not including Henrico), while the other two – Blue Star Families Inc. (0,000) and Community Building Art Works (0,000) – will provide services statewide. The funding was made possible through the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program, which was created through the Warner-sponsored IMPROVE Wellbeing for Veterans Act, which passed...

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