VETERAN NEEDS
Healthy veterans are...
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Disciplined
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Hard workers
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Good employees
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Respect authority
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Ready & resilient
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Good leaders & followers
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Serve others
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Good role models
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Possess valuable skills
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Understand racial equality
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Contribute to American greatness
But,
many of our veterans are not healthy.
Vietnam Wall: 58,220
Veteran Suicides
Last decade alone
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73,000+
Source: U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs
Tragic Outcomes
PTSD
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Up to 20% (about half-a-million) who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom & Enduring Freedom have PTSD.​
SUICIDE
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20+ veterans kill themselves every day in America – 7,300 in 2017 alone.
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325 active-duty members took their lives in 2018, the highest number since 2001 when tracking began.
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In 2019, 100 USAF Airmen have taken their lives (as of Sept. 21), a 62% increase over 2018.
HOMELESSNESS
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40,056 veterans are homeless on any given night.​
DIVORCE
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80% divorce rate for combat veteran families.
ADDICTION
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More than 20% of vets with PTSD also have a drug or alcohol addiction.
MENTAL HEALTH
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2.1 million vets (half of those in need) received mental health treatment from the VA between 2006 & 2010.
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.
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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 solutions.