Supporting Families of Veterans Who Have Committed Suicide with Dave Barbush Once A Soldier

<p><strong>Dave Barbush</strong>, Founder and CEO of Once A Soldier, and <strong>Deepak Puri</strong>, CEO of The Democracy Labs, discuss the need to address the scope and significant impact of death by suicide by veterans and ways to prevent it.  Dave has a background in online outreach and has used these skills to start this virtual non-profit to raise money and awareness and provide resources to help limit the emotional and financial scars for families and friends.</p> <p>Dave and Deepak talk about:</p> <ul> <li>The difference between the prevention of veteran suicides and the postvention needed to help family and loved ones recover when a veteran has committed suicide</li> <li>What suicide victims leave behind for the veteran family members</li> <li>Crisis funding to cover bills</li> <li>Caring out final wishes</li> <li>Steps the VA can take to make sure families of veteran suicides get all the benefits they deserve</li> </ul> <p>#OnceASoldier @TheDemLabs #Veterans #VeteranSuicide #MemorialDay #VA #Suicide</p> <p><strong><a title="Once A Soldier" href="http://OnceASoldier.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">OnceASoldier.org</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a title="The Democracy Labs" href= "http://thedemlabs.org" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">TheDemLabs.org</a></strong></p> <p> </p> <p><a title="Once A Soldier" href="http://OnceASoldier.org" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"><img style= "display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/69800/OAS-logo-2022.png" alt="Soldier" width="342" height="107" /></a></p> <p><img style= "display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/69800/demlabs.png" alt="" width="218" height="85" /></p>