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Bipartisan Senate Bill Would Expand Mental Health Services for Military Families

Bipartisan Senate Bill Would Expand Mental Health Services for Military Families

by ADC | May 2, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Mental Health, Military Families, On Base, Veterans

Sens. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) introduced legislation last week that “will allow the Secretary of Defense to waive out-of-pocket expenses for military families on TRICARE for their first three outpatient mental health visits per year, lowering...
3 Questions: Combating Suicide by Focusing on ‘One More Day’

3 Questions: Combating Suicide by Focusing on ‘One More Day’

by ADC | Jan 18, 2023 | Mental Health, On Base, Veterans

One More Day is a nonprofit focused on reducing suicide among veterans through community programs and outreach to active duty service members. On Base with ADC talked to Mike Holmes, a One More Day board member, about the organization and the challenges in ending...
Vets Can Get Emergency Mental Health Care for Free

Vets Can Get Emergency Mental Health Care for Free

by ADC | Jan 17, 2023 | Mental Health, On Base, Veterans

Effective today, military veterans in “acute suicidal crisis” can go to any Veterans Affairs or non-VA health care facility for emergency health care for free, even if they aren’t enrolled in VA care, the agency said in a Friday press release. “Veterans in suicidal...
Navy Leaders Looking for Solutions to Suicide

Navy Leaders Looking for Solutions to Suicide

by ADC | Jan 12, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Mental Health, On Base

“Mental health is a vexing problem for us,” Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday said this week at the annual Surface Navy Association conference, as Navy Times reported. Gilday and other Navy leaders said during the conference that suicide prevention within the...
In Our Communities

In Our Communities

by ADC | Jan 12, 2023 | Base Redevelopment, Congress/DoD, In Our Communities, Mental Health, On Base

Suicide among soldiers is down in Alaska, according to Alaska Public Media. There were six suicides in 2022, down from 17 the year before. The Army has invested in improving quality of life for military families in what is known to be a challenging posting. “One...
In Our Communities

In Our Communities

by ADC | Nov 17, 2022 | In Our Communities, Mental Health, Military Families, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, On Base, Veterans

Fort Meade Alliance has partnered with Fort Meade, Maryland on a new Education and Resiliency Center that has its grand opening today, the Baltimore Sun reported. The center will be a hub for wellness and mental health services available to service members in a...

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