suicide prevention
HONOLULU — The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) awarded $2,183,905 in grants to three grantees for Hawaii community organizations that provide suicide prevention services to Veterans in Hawaii.
This funding is part of $112 million in grants awarded to 191 organizations nationwide to support...
Manuʻa High School students led by student body officers and advisors concluded suicide awareness activities and ended with a balloon release ceremony honoring loved ones lost to suicide. Bringing attention to suicide prevention among teenagers is especially important, as many young people...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa has been actively engaged as one of the 55 state or territorial teams in the "Governors Challenge to Prevent Suicides for Service Members, Veterans, and their Families (SMVF)" since 2022.
To strengthen this partnership, on Wednesday, July 10, the Substance...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “Taking time to educate and train staff in suicide and crisis prevention. Higher numbers during COVID-19 lockdown,” said the photo caption on this and four other photos posted on the Health Department’s Facebook page of a department training held last Friday.
Speaking on...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Aumua Amata and the House Veterans Affairs Committee conducted a hearing to examine the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) efforts to reduce suicide among the Veteran population. Prior to the hearing, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and GOP Conference Chair Liz Cheney joined...