Former Flight Nurse's Nonprofit Takes Community Approach to Combat Vet Suicide

Lorraine founded America's Warrior Partnership (AWP) -- a nonprofit that constructs a network of resources to aid veterans in an attempt to prevent suicide -- in 2014. According to its data, AWP handled more than 1,600 total cases that involved 2,921 vets, 1,349 family members and 546 caregivers in 2021. The 2022 numbers are expected to be released in March 2023, Lorraine said.
"We look at suicide prevention in America's Warrior Partnership as not a singular, mental health intervention or a cause," Lorraine said. "Suicide is an outcome of hopelessness, and hopeless veterans can be from failing relationships, being unhappy with their jobs, careers, financial insecurity. ... We don't believe that mental health is the only solution. It takes looking at the problem broadly to address it."