Veteran suicide rates are said to average 22 per day in the United States, a rate nearly 50 percent higher than that of their peers who did not serve, according to the National Veteran Suicide Prevention Annual Report published by the Veterans’ Administration.
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Mission Daybreak is a 10 year, $20 million initiative launched by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) that seeks to build connections between the VA and outside providers through a comprehensive, public health approach that integrates researchers, clinicians, health innovators, veterans, and service members in local communities in an effort to reduce suicides.
During a press conference on May 25, as part of the Department of Veterans Affairs 10-year strategy to reduce veteran suicide, the VA invited innovators across the country to participate in Mission Daybreak a $20 million challenge designed to help the VA develop new suicide prevention strategies f