Military Mental Health Initiative

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Project Name:	Military Mental Health Initiative
Project Address:	600 Randolph, Detroit, MI 48226
Amount Requested:	$750,000
Federal Department or Agency:	Research, Development, Test And Evaluation, Army
Individual or entity requesting this appropriation:	Wayne County
Value to Michigan’s 15th Congressional District and the American taxpayer:
The Detroit-Wayne County Community Mental Health (CMH) Agency will partner with the DOD to address the incidence of combat trauma and increasing rates of suicide among returning soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan. The CMH Agency is uniquely positioned to help soldiers by utilizing a recovery model for mental health care, particularly in providing crisis outpatient services for the greater Detroit area. Establishing a partnership program and addressing the needs of soldiers will reduce the stigma of mental illness. The program will provide education and awareness of mental health needs and interventional services, yielding a decrease in suicide and family violence through access to mental health services for returning soldiers. The partnership program could serve as a model program for counties across the United States

Representative John Dingell