VETERAN NEEDS

Healthy veterans are...

Disciplined
Hard workers
Good employees
Respect authority
Ready & resilient
Good leaders & followers
Serve others
Good role models
Possess valuable skills
Understand racial equality
Contribute to American greatness

Tragic Outcomes

** Based on best available statistics

SUICIDE

20+ veterans kill themselves every day in America – 7,300 in 2017 alone (National Veteran Suicide Prevention Annual Report, 2020).

344 active-duty members took their lives in 2019, the highest number since 2001 when tracking began (DoD, CY2019 Annual Suicide Report).

In 2019, 100 USAF Airmen have taken their lives (as of Sept. 21), a 62% increase over 2018 (Everstine, Air Force Magazine, 2019).

PTSD

Up to 20% (about half-a-million) who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom & Enduring Freedom have PTSD (National Center for PTSD, 2019-2020).

MENTAL HEALTH

More than 1.7 million Veterans received treatment in a VA mental health specialty program in fiscal year 2018 (VA Office of Research and Development, 2019).

HOMELESSNESS

Over 37,000 veterans are homeless on any given night in 2019 (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Annual Homeless Assessment Report, 2019).

DIVORCE

80% divorce rate for combat veteran families.

ADDICTION

More than 20% of vets with PTSD also have a drug or alcohol addiction (National Center for PTSD, 2019-2020).

Struggle In Silence

Many veterans have seen things none of us ever want to see and often come home to find themselves in harm's way again fighting a new enemy.

The VA is working hard to improve the mental health service they provide, but more must be done.

We must eradicate the epidemic of veteran suicide.

Our country needs the National Center for Healthy Veterans to alleviate the behavioral and mental health challenges our veterans face. The NCHV is a comprehensive solution that leverages private sector resources, expertise and proven faith-based programs.

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