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Funding and support for peer support and community-based programs

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Council Member Linda Lee inquires about funding and support for peer support and community-based programs. DVS officials explain their approach to supporting these programs.

DVS primarily collaborates with organizations rather than directly funding programs
The agency works with groups like Bluestar Families and the American Red Cross for peer support programs
The Joseph P. Dwyer program receives $416,000 annually from the state for peer support initiatives
DVS encourages organizations to apply for funding through VetWire to support programs that normalize help-seeking behavior among veterans and military families

Linda Lee

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Okay.

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Awesome.

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And just in terms of the peer support and community based programs, because, you know, I'm definitely a huge, huge fan of these types of programs, and I feel like they're very impactful and effective.

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And just wondering what's the overall funding that you have available for these programs and services?

Ellen Greeley

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We don't have funding.

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What we have is we have collaborations.

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So for example, we just did a very large event, a Yankee stadium, and we collaborated with Bluestar families, and Bluestar families themselves offer a number of different types of peer to peer type of programs, also the American Red Cross has a big survivor's network type of program, a peer program.

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We have a lovely lady in our office who's who participates in the American Red Cross survivors network.

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So those are those are two examples of peer to peer for families in that regard?

James Hendon

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I just wanna add as far as the Dwyer program too, as far as funding that we have to support that.

Ellen Greeley

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Yeah.

James Hendon

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So that's for the Joseph P Dwyer program annually, it's right now, it's at 416,000 per year we're receiving from the state.

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To push out for that program.

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That's where we really encourage folks to apply it in YC dot gov slash vet wire.

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The purpose of that money for us is to put it in a hands of groups that are doing things on the ground to normalize help seeking behavior amongst veteran and military families.

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And so that's an annual piece from the aid to locality's budget.

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