The topic of suicide is a difficult conversation to have, but preventing Veteran suicide is a conversation experts at the Department of Veterans Affairs have every day. Their work is constant and their commitment to our Veterans in crisis is 24-hours-a-day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
Last year, the Veterans Crisis Line dispatched emergency responders an average of 30 times daily and made 80,000 referrals to suicide prevention coordinators at VA medical centers.