And to learn about effective evidencebased Suicide Prevention strategies. To have a panel of experts director for Mental Health programs for overset office at department of defense, the director of defense of Suicide Prevention office for the office of the department of defense and acting director at the department of Veterans Affairs the Suicide Prevention chief of Substance Abuse and Mental Health at the department of Mental Health and Human Services healthcare policy department of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School thank you for being here and our topic today is a heavy one that is difficult to discuss but we must address it that the readiness and wellbeing of troops and families and veterans suicide tragically rates of suicide with veteran populations have increased from the reports affecting young men under 30. Veteran suicide as a member of the Veterans Affairs committee of those who die by suicide is one of my Top Priorities the department of defense improved capacity
Programs in the department of defense director of Defense Suicide Prevention Office and the department of defense doctor miller acting director Suicide Prevention program at the department of Veterans Affairs and Suicide Prevention branch chief and deferment of Human Services and doctor kessler professor from the department of Health Care Policy at harvard medical school. Sorryea we are late. The topic is heavy and one that is difficult to discuss but we must address it to ensure the readiness and wellbeing ofut troops and families and veterans. Suicide is a homefront threat tragically rates of suicide for active Duty Service Members increased in the latest reports affecting young men under 30. It is a National Epidemic as a veteran Affairs Committee thats one of my Top Priorities the department of Veterans Affairs improveve capacity and access to Mental Health and the rates of suicide have not decreased. D i see today as an opportunity to understand what more we can do to make a posit
Membermember members, the factors that may be linked to militaryrelated suicides and preventive strategies. The Senate Armed Services subcomm subcommittee is just shy of 90 minutes. The hearing will come to order. Senate Armed Services subcommittee on personnel meets this afternoon to receive testimony about Service Member, family and veteran suicides and to learn about effective evidencebased Suicide Prevention strategies. Were fortunate today to have a panel of experts from government and academia. We will hear from five witnesses, catch it and michael colston, u. S. Navy director for Health Programs at the department of defense, dr. Orvis, director defense Suicide Prevention office for the office of force resiliency at the department of defense, dr. Miller, acting director of the Suicide Prevention program at the department of Veterans Affairs, dr. Mckeon, Suicide Prevention, branch of chief, center for Mental Health services and Substance Abuse at the department of health and Human
Wellness center here at the Health Services. At the end, we at the end of the day we had 117 individuals participate in the focal groups, representing 34 of the unique departments across the city. With that, id like to turn the mic over to heather and shenay to talk about the presentation of the core findings from this endeavor. Thank you. Thank you. Hi, commissioners, its nice to be here with you today. Im heather imboden, im with communities in collaboration. Were an oakland based consultant. We also do program evaluation. Im here with my colleague, shenay hawkins who also supported this project. Im going to breeze through the beginning of this presentation because abbie so thoroughly covered a lot of the introduction, so were going to talk to you about the work we did. Were going to focus on what we heard from members who participated in this process, both through the focus groups and also through an Online Survey that was made available for members who are not able to join us. And
Implemented properly. Agriculture, nutrition and Forestry Committee members talked to farmers, Rural Utility Service officials and Healthcare Industry leaders about issues impacting Rural Communities. Including access to Rural Broadband, Water Infrastructure and Health Care Services and agricultural production. Good morning. I call this hearing of the Senate Committee on agriculture and nutrition and forestry to order. Todays hearing advances this committees continued oversight of the department of agricultures implementation of the 2018 farm bill. A principle duty of this committee is to ensure that the department had the authority and resources to provide the agriculture producers with the necessary tools to feed a troubled and hungry world as well as this country. But the responsibility of the committee and the usda does not stop there and it is critical as Partnership Supports businesses and the electric cooperatives and telecom providers, schools and clinics and the product manufa