Feedback from Duluth helps bring change to aid veterans in crisis

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By the end of the year, veterans in crisis situations will have simplified access to a counselor, thanks, in part, to concerns brought up at forums in Duluth and Brainerd last summer.

In a news release, U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan, D-Crosby, said he had been assured that by the end of December, any military veteran who telephones Veterans Affairs will be able to connect to a crisis counselor rather than have to hang up and dial a special crisis line.

The commitment was made by Robert McDonald, secretary of the Department of Affairs, during a meeting with the Minnesota congressional delegation in Minneapolis that was arranged by U.S. Rep. Tim Walz, D-Mankato. Walz, a member of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, is the highest-ranking enlisted soldier to ever serve in Congress.

Nolan and Walz presided at a roundtable with veterans on Aug. 21 at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center in conjunction with a Veterans StandDown taking place that day.hire vets

Much of that session was devoted to frustrations with the Choice program, which was intended to allow veterans in some circumstances to be covered for care at a non-VA hospital or clinic.

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