Moreover, approximately 300,000 of Pennsylvania’s Veterans served in wartime.  These warriors who stood in defense of our nation are facing the invisible wounds of war at unprecedented rates. Traditional intervention is not always enough to reach these heroes[1].  Government services and clinical care, although great resources, cannot meet all needs.  Many times, these systems - and the people within - have broken trust and faith with our Veterans through moral injury, inadequate services, and insufficient holistic care resources.

[1] According to the 2022 National Veteran Suicide Prevention Annual Report, “In each year from 2001 through 2020, age- and sex-adjusted suicide rates of Veterans exceeded those of non-Veteran U.S. adults. The differential in adjusted rates was smallest in 2002, when the Veteran rate was 12.1% higher than for non-Veterans, and largest in 2017, when the Veteran rate was 66.2% higher. In 2020, the rate for Veterans was 57.3% higher than that of non-Veteran adults.”