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Flyers are on display during the Suicide Explained & Suicide Intervention training inside the Bay Breeze Event Center at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Sept. 17, 2021. With suicide being the leading cause of death in the Air Force, the presentation focus was to provide skill based training in primary prevention for personnel at Keesler. (Kemberly Groue/U.S. Air Force)

VA awards $20 million in prizes for vet suicide prevention projects

Top prize winners included an effort to improve internet access in rural areas and expand suicide prevention data research.

By Leo Shane III

10 months ago

VA defends suicide prevention data, says problem is improving

About 17 veterans die by suicide each day, according to the latest department data.

By Leo Shane III

14 months ago

Veterans suicides drop to lowest rate since 2006

But veterans are still significantly more likely to die by suicide than their civilian peers.

By Leo Shane III

15 months ago

VA offers $3 million prize for ideas to stop veteran suicides

The Mission Daybreak initiative will look for new approaches to address veterans' mental health issues.

By Leo Shane III

19 months ago

VA to award millions in suicide prevention grants to community groups

About $52 million in grants are expected to be distributed to groups by this fall.

By Leo Shane III

20 months ago

VA zeroes in on gun safety as a way to reduce veteran suicides

Roughly 70 percent of veteran suicide deaths in 2019 involved a firearm.

By Leo Shane III

2 years ago

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