Legislation calls for improved mental health care, outreach for women veterans

Newly proposed legislation calls for improved mental health care and outreach for women veterans - a population which experienced a 25% increase in suicide between 2020 and 2021.

The legislation calls for the following:

✅ A study on the effectiveness of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) suicide prevention and mental health outreach programs for women veterans
✅ A modification of VA’s algorithm used to predict high-risk for suicide among veterans to incorporate risk factors weighted for women veterans, such as military sexual trauma
✅ A review and report on reintegration and readjustment services for veterans and family members in group retreat settings