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  • Senate passes bipartisan veterans’ well being and suicide prevention laws

    Senate passes bipartisan veterans’ well being and suicide prevention laws

    The Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Psychological Well being Care Enchancment Act, or S.785, was one of many first payments unanimously handed out of the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs in January following the appointment of Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., as committee chairman.

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    Hannon was a chief of SEAL Group Two, a member of SEAL Group Six and a Particular Operations and coverage employees officer at U.S. Particular Operations Command. He retired in 2012 after 23 years of service and died by suicide six years later.

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    Hannon had been receiving therapy for post-traumatic stress dysfunction, a traumatic mind damage, extreme melancholy and bipolar dysfunction by way of the Veterans Affairs well being care system in Montana, Connecting Vets reported.

    He was concerned with the Montana chapter of the Nationwide Alliance for Psychological Sickness, talking candidly about his wartime accidents.

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    The laws named in Hannon’s honor is geared toward bettering psychological well being care supplied by the Division of Veterans Affairs by way of pathways equivalent to transition help, increasing care to former service members with other-than-honorable discharges, extending grant cash to native teams working to assist veterans and hiring extra suicide prevention coordinators for every VA care facility.

    The 2019 Nationwide Veteran Suicide Prevention Annual Report discovered that the variety of veteran suicides exceeded 6,000 yearly from 2008 by way of 2017 and famous {that a} 2014 report discovered a mean of 20 suicides per day when combining a depend of veterans, present service members and former Nationwide Guard or Reserve members who have been by no means federally activated.

    Regardless of quite a few large-scale Veterans Affairs applications geared toward discovering options, the suicide price has remained comparatively constant over the previous decade.

    President Trump displays his signed executive order establishing a "National Roadmap to Empower Veterans and End Veteran Suicide" in March 2019. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

    President Trump shows his signed government order establishing a "Nationwide Roadmap to Empower Veterans and Finish Veteran Suicide" in March 2019. (AP Picture/ Evan Vucci)

    Final yr, President Trump signed an government order “issuing a nationwide name to motion” to proper the pattern.

    The President’s Roadmap to Empower Veterans and Finish a Nationwide Tragedy of Suicide (PREVENTS) — a federal endeavor to coordinate with state and native efforts — was touted by the administration as the primary complete federal strategy to ending the general public well being menace.

    S.785 is an extension of a brand new push this yr to comply with by way of on that mission. It now strikes to the Home of Representatives for consideration.

    Senate Veterans Affairs rating member Jon Tester, D-Mont., who launched the invoice in partnership with Moran, mentioned Wednesday that “there isn’t a higher means of supporting our veterans than passing this invoice” and advised lawmakers afterward they may very well be happy with taking actions that helped veterans and would transfer the nation ahead.

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    “The elevated danger components coupled with the damaging results of the pandemic, may very well be an ideal storm for our veterans as researchers from the American Psychological Affiliation famous in a current article,” Moran identified, talking on the Senate flooring on the finish of July.

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    “One veteran misplaced to suicide is one too many,” Moran advised lawmakers on Wednesday, urging them to again the measure and noting that COVID-19 and the ensuing isolation has exacerbated psychological well being issues for former army personnel.

    “Each day that we fail to behave, every single day, we lose one other 20 veterans to suicide,” he mentioned. “They want our assist.”

    Julia Musto is a reporter for Fox Information Digital. You’ll find her on Twitter at @JuliaElenaMusto.

  • Monetary fallout of COVID-19 hits Montana ranch that helps feminine veterans combat PTSD

    Monetary fallout of COVID-19 hits Montana ranch that helps feminine veterans combat PTSD

    Lisa Ledoux and her mom have been working Serenity Ranch in Montana since Might 2016, offering free equine remedy to feminine veterans with post-traumatic stress dysfunction (PTSD) and different traumas.

    The financial fallout of COVID-19, nevertheless, has taken a toll on Serenity Ranch and is forcing the horse rescue facility to roll again its vital equine remedy packages and promote almost 40 acres of land.

    “This 12 months, sadly, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, we will probably be unable to do a feminine veteran program,” stated Ledoux. “We’ll be taking good care of the horses, and that is type of what we have been specializing in extra recently because the pandemic began, simply because the donations that we have been receiving have gone down considerably.”

    Ledoux defined to Fox Information that it’s simply her and her mother taking good care of the ranch and the horses. She broke down the excessive working prices and famous {that a} bale of hay, for instance, is $120, and the horses undergo one bale in a couple of day-and-a-half.

    “The hay value alone may be very expensive, to not point out upkeep of our land, ensuring fencing is as much as par so horses do not get out,” stated Ledoux. “We’ve to trim our horses’ toes, which isn’t a straightforward process both … and simply to do this is about $2,000 to $3,000, so the price of operating the place provides up.”

    Ledoux and her mom depend upon donations to run Serenity Ranch and supply free-of-charge equine remedy to at-risk ladies. Their dedication comes from their firsthand account of equine remedy once they each skilled loss. When Ledoux’s stepfather died abruptly of a coronary heart assault, they realized how efficient working with horses could possibly be when coping with trauma.

    “The horses are actually therapeutic they usually helped us by some actually tough occasions,” stated Ledoux. “We wished to share that, so we established the Serenity Ranch.”

    A six- to seven-day keep on the ranch consists of resilience coaching with a licensed coach, classes from a neighborhood veterinarian so the ladies can learn to deal with first help points with the horses, and writing periods. The ladies get paired with a horse they usually trip that specific horse all through the week.

    Air Pressure veteran Cari Simmons defined to Fox Information how Serenity Ranch’s program impacted her.

    “Not solely was I capable of bond with different veterans in magical place of true serenity, the house owners and employees on the ranch provided me unconditional acceptance so I may discover my voice and confidence once more,” stated Simmons. “On high of that, the herd of magical horses who reside on the ranch touched my coronary heart in ways in which allowed me to like once more — not solely them however myself as effectively. I’m so very grateful.”

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    Ledoux and her mom have been rescuing various breeds of horses for about 15 years and presently have 41 horses at Serenity Ranch. The mother-daughter duo takes on horses that individuals could not need and likewise facilitate rescue operations. For instance, two years in the past, Ledoux and her mom assisted a rescue from a hoarding state of affairs of 40 horses.

    “That state of affairs was terrible, the horses hadn’t been cared for or they hadn’t been fed, they usually hadn’t been watered,” stated Ledoux. “So we took the 40 horses onto our property, and I’m comfortable to say that almost all of them have both been homed or adopted.”

    Ledoux famous that the horses with traumatic pasts actually join with the ladies who’ve suffered trauma themselves, and famous the therapeutic properties of the human-horse connection.

    “If you’re main a horse, you need to be within the current, and in case you’re desirous about what you ate for breakfast or desirous about what you have been gonna have for lunch or something, the horses know and can act out,” defined Ledoux. “They may rear up, they may kick, so with a purpose to deal with a horse, your mind needs to be in a state of full presence, and you need to be within the second.”

    For extra on how Serenity Ranch helps veterans watch the total interview with Serenity Ranch founder Lisa Ledoux above.

    Emily DeCiccio is a reporter and video producer for Fox Information Digital Originals. Tweet her @EmilyDeCiccio.