[DAV Online] Senate Backs Counseling For Veterans' Families

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Apr 18, 2007 8:19 am US/Mountain
Senate Backs Counseling For Veterans' Families
(AP) DENVER The Senate gave initial backing Tuesday to a proposal that
would pay for mental health counseling for the families of Iraq and
Afghanistan war veterans.

The proposal (Senate Bill 146) would set up a three-year pilot program
in Colorado Springs to provide mental health treatment and education to
the families of veterans who cannot get services on their own.

The program would cost $300,000 a year, which would be taken from the
state's share of the national tobacco settlement. Families would pay up
to $20 a month to participate.

Veterans are still eligible to receive mental health care through the
military after they leave the service, but their families are not, said
Sen. John Morse, D-Colorado Springs, the sponsor.

He said if spouses and children get counseling, veterans might be
encouraged to do the same.

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