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Council Member Marmorato inquires about discretionary funding for veteran mental health initiatives

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Council Member Kristy Marmorato asks about the best ways to use discretionary funding to support mental health initiatives for veterans. She specifically inquires whether it's better to allocate funds to the VA, DBS, or specific nonprofits that could tailor services to their communities.

Seeks guidance on the most effective allocation of discretionary funds
Mentions VA, DBS, and nonprofits as potential recipients
Asks for information on specific nonprofits that could be considered for funding

Kristy Marmorato

1:14:45

Good afternoon, everybody.

1:14:46

So, basically, I wanna build off of that.

1:14:49

How is it that we can use our discretionary funding to help these mental health initiatives for veterans?

1:14:54

Is it better to give it to the VA?

1:14:57

Is it better to give it to DBS?

1:14:59

Or are there specific nonprofits that we can you can maybe pass along their information to us that we can look into, where they can we could tailor it to our communities, or, like, what is the best way to go about this?

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