In September, the Department of Veterans Affairs released its annual suicide prevention report. It noted that 6,146 veterans, more than 16 veterans every day, ended their lives through suicide in 2020.
Days before the VA’s report emerged, nonprofit America’s Warrior Partnership released the alarming results of Operation Deep Dive, a study of eight states’ data on civilian and former service member deaths. It found that at least 44 veterans ended their lives each day. This represents a rate 2.4 times higher than the VA estimates. Both the VA and Operation Deep Dive data demonstrate a concerning rate of suicide in the veteran community despite vast efforts underway to curb these tragedies. One company is looking to disrupt the devastating trend to enable outreach to veterans and service members who may be amid struggle.
