VA awards $20 million in prizes for vet suicide prevention projects

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VA awards $20 million in prizes for vet suicide prevention projects
By Leo Shane III
Thursday, Feb 16
Flyers are on display during the Suicide Explained & Suicide Intervention training inside the Bay Breeze Event Center at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Sept. 17, 2021. With suicide being the leading cause of death in the Air Force, the presentation focus was to provide skill based training in primary prevention for personnel at Keesler. (Kemberly Groue/U.S. Air Force)
Flyers on display at the Bay Breeze Event Center at Keesler Air Force Base in Mississippi in September 2021 provide information on suicide prevention. (Kemberly Groue/Air Force)

For Mayank Mishra, preventing veteran suicides starts with improving internet access.

“Instead of just saying, ‘Here’s an app that can help,’ we have to make sure the digital infrastructure is there,” said Mishra, co-founder of Televeda, an Arizona-based firm focused on ways to prevent social isolation in vulnerable communities “Being able to access care is just as important as the mental health care itself.”

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