Legislative Priorities
Suicide Prevention
- Increase awareness & reduce stigma for receiving treatment
- Improve identification & treatment
Traumatic Brain Injury
- Increase awareness of mild-to-moderate TBIs & behavioral after effects
- Advocate for veterans with other than honorable discharges due to undiagnosed or improperly treated post-deployment mental health issues, including TBIs
Toxic Wounds
- Advocate for adequate resources to fully research, diagnose, and treat conditions associated with toxic exposures
- Seek improvements to pre/post-deployment health monitoring and assessments to address all currently recognized and emergent environmental hazard and toxic wound health issues
Veteran Treatment Courts
- Increase development and expanded use of Veteran Treatment Courts
- Advocate for more outreach to justice involved veterans
To: All AMVETS members,
TOPIC: LEGISLATURE ISSUES
We need your help!
It is imperative for every AMVET member to sign-up at the Legislation Action Center located on the National website and to sign up for E-mail alerts.
Please “Sign-up” for our mailing list, so when another issue comes up you’ll receive it in your email. It’s that simple http://capwiz.com/amvets/mlm/signup/
Let’s get our new AMVETS National Legislature Policy Advisor – Ms. Amy Webb: to understand that we; AMVETS in Hawaii are serious about our “AIMS & PURPOSES.”
Help spread the word around with our fellow AMVETS members in your post to get them to act upon these issues as well. Together we can make it happen.
Mahalo,
Legislative Agenda (2018-2019): Click Here.
All active National Resolutions comprise our full Legislative Agenda.
Mailing Address:
AMVETS Hawaii
PO Box 2865
Ewa Beach, Hawaii (USA) 96706
Main Office: 808-382-6835
E-mail: admin@amvets-hawaii.org
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