So it is two different tracks. We are talking about peer support specialists to go out in the community and get them into the VA, and we are talking about a streamline of getting peers, veterans trained in mental health to be counselors, two separate pieces.
Takano explains the distinction between peer support specialists and trained mental health counselors.
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