We're honored to have you with us, and we look forward to having a dialogue.
In Kansas, we have 105 counties, all of them are covered by a community mental health center.
I hope that his plan starts with a veteran-centered approach to provide outreach at every possible opportunity.
In my view, this has been useful.
There are many veterans and many veteran family members and friends who don't know what services are available.
I would anticipate we have a second round.
My final and usual question in a hearing like this is, is there anybody on the panel who feels like they have not had th...
We should treat the loss of even one Veteran to suicide as a national tragedy and the loss of 20 Veterans a day as a nat...
We're trying to shine a light on the progressive growth and the positivity the Veterans Administration has done in the p...
So any of the veterans who use the call center would not end up receiving any attention by you.
I would also highlight, this may be nationwide, but in Kansas, we have mobile vet centers who travel the state in a larg...
I wouldn't suggest we would ever overreact because who knows what the circumstance is
Awareness is one thing, but this is a call to action.
The issue is it's not being done----
And the veteran apparently has the option of saying, 'No, I don't want to be referred'?
Is the veteran receiving--is it your experience that when you talk to those individuals, that they have received the app...
I think that's a good point. There are certain things that the VA has through history and volume, experience, and the co...
The Choice Act, when I was asking the question, I was thinking of community providers.