SAN ANTONIO — A renewed national effort is underway to strengthen mental-health resources for veterans, as lawmakers aim to reduce the number of veteran suicides across the country.

Congressman Tony Gonzales has reintroduced the VA Zero Suicide Demonstration Project Act, a bill first brought forward in 2023 but which did not make it through the House. Gonzales is again partnering with Nevada Congresswoman Susie Lee to push the legislation as a bipartisan measure.

The initiative is based on a suicide-prevention model developed by the Henry Ford Health Care System and would be implemented at five VA medical centers nationwide. The program focuses on comprehensive suicide-risk assessments, intervention strategies tailored to individual risk factors, firearm-safety protocols, self-management

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