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Big or Small, it Takes Us All – the “Face the Fight” Coalition Mounts a Fierce National Effort to Reduce Veteran Suicide
As a result of End Veteran Debt (EVD) putting on a micro-summit on veteran debt and suicide in NYC on September 9, I was extended an invitation t...

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The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and Zero Suicide - Meet the Staten Island Military, Veteran, Family (SMVF) Task Force!

The Staten Island Service Member/Veteran and Families (SMVF) Taskforce mission is to bring the civilian and military communities to create solutions to various challenges for the military community. One such challenge is to bring awareness about t...

"Thank You for Your Service" - Our Veterans Are Not Being Taken Care of?

Less than 1% of this country are veterans. But, veterans are committing suicide at a rate of 22 per day. For a significant number of them, the post death analysis has been: they’re in debt, up to their ears.

Yes, there are assumptions that all veterans get their healthcare free for life once they get out of their service commitment, but this is not the case.

The first step in progress is the release from debt - release from economic problems. If you do not have that, without being a medical person, I think recovery is almost impossible.

That’s what I just want to open your eyes to, that veterans medical debt is out there. It’s big. It tears up families. It tears up veterans. It tears up their credit rating. Everything goes into the gutter. I’ve seen. I’ve seen the look on the faces, and it’s not a pretty site.