$40 Million Allocated for Prevention of Military Suicide

12/28/2011
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$40 Million Allocated for Prevention of Military Suicide

Sgt. Coleman Bean’s family had hoped the $40 million recently allocated in the 2012 federal budget to be used to help prevent suicides among military personnel would bear his name. According to an article on MyCentralJersey.com it will not.

Sgt. Bean -- like many other veterans with disabilities -- had his claim for treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder denied by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Unfortunately, the disabled veteran eventually took his own life in September 2008.

Sgt. Bean was a member of the Individual Ready Reserve (IRR), meaning he could be activated at any time and that he did not have decent access to Department of Defense (DoD) and VA offered mental health services.

Sgt. Bean’s parents have worked with U.S. Rep Rush Holt (D-N.J.) to develop proactive legislation since Sgt. Bean took his life. The proposed legislation will provide mental health treatment to soldiers in the IRR as well as those who have been “designated as Individual Mobilization Augmentees (IMA).”

Of the $40 million, half is going to suicide prevention for active-duty soldiers and reservists, and the other half will be used to help prevent suicide among veterans.

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