Group tackling veterans mental health hopes to expand with state help An earmark in the state budget could extend a much-lauded therapy. May 11, 2021 6:39pm Text size Copy shortlink:
A relatively tiny proposed earmark making its way through the Minnesota Capitol is of intense interest to state veterans, active-duty military, reservists and National Guard members as the Legislature tries to wring out the state s next two-year budget.
The proposal: $100,000 for the Veterans Resilience Project, a Minnesota-based nonprofit focused on tackling the mental health issues some veterans face when they return from deployments. The amount is pretty small, and I don t see any reason why we couldn t get that amount through, said Minnesota House Majority Leader Ryan Winkler, who carried a House bill to fund the Veteran Resilience Project. The VA often moves slowly. When we have a therapy that s helping and you can get so
By REID FORGRAVE | The Star Tribune | Published: May 12, 2021 MINNEAPOLIS (Tribune News Service) A relatively tiny proposed earmark making its way through the Minnesota Capitol is of intense interest to state veterans, active-duty military, reservists and National Guard members as the Legislature tries to wring out the state s next two-year budget. The proposal: $100,000 for the Veterans Resilience Project, a Minnesota-based nonprofit focused on tackling the mental health issues some veterans face when they returned from deployments. The amount is pretty small, and I don t see any reason why we couldn t get that amount through, said Minnesota House Majority Leader Ryan Winkler, who carried a House bill to fund the Veteran Resilience Project. The VA often moves slowly. When we have a therapy that s helping and you can get so many powerful stories from veterans who ve been helped by it it sometimes takes a while for system to change. We have this group of volunteers who