Tag: Veterans
Browse our exclusive articles!
VA provides free emergency suicide prevention care to nearly 50,000 Veterans and former service members in first year of new policy
In the first year of VA’s new policy allowing eligible Veterans and certain former service members in acute suicidal crisis to go to any VA or non-VA health care facility for no-cost emergency health care, 49,714 Veterans and former service members have used this benefit — providing them with lifesaving care and saving more than $64 million in health care costs.
More than 31,000 Veterans sign up for new VA life insurance program in first year
The Department of Veterans Affairs announced that its new guaranteed-acceptance life insurance program, VALife, has issued more than $950 million in coverage to 31,400 Veterans in its first year.
To improve care for Veterans, VA to fund studies on new therapies for treating mental health conditions
The Department of Veterans Affairs issued a request for applications (RFA) for proposals from its network of VA researchers (in collaboration with academic institutions) to study the use of certain psychedelic compounds in treating posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression.
VA announces hundreds of millions in grant funding to help homeless Veterans after new data shows an uptick in homelessness
The Department of Veterans Affairs announced two grant opportunities that will help Veterans experiencing homelessness and advance the Biden-Harris administration’s broader efforts to reduce homelessness through:
VA has screened 5 million Veterans for toxic exposures, paving the way for early detection and treatment of health conditions
The Department of Veterans Affairs announced that it has screened 5 million Veterans for toxic exposures — a critical step to detecting, understanding, and treating potentially life-threatening health conditions. Of the 5 million Veterans who have received the screening, 2.1 million (43%) reported at least one potential exposure.
