Alex O'Neil | North Carolina Governor's Working Group [NCGWG]

Recent Executive Order

by Alex O'Neil | Apr 15, 2019 | News & Updates

On March 5, The President issued an Executive Order on a National Roadmap to Empower Veterans and End Suicide. The Executive Order made the case that more coordination of services and supports needed to occur in order to reduce the suicide rate among Veterans. ...

NC STRIVE Conferences

by Alex O'Neil | Apr 15, 2019 | News & Updates

On April 9, the first of four regional NC STRIVE (Student Transition Resource Initiative for Veteran’s Education) was held at Blue Ridge Community College in Brevard. A total of 102 administrators, faculty, and staff from two-year and four-year public and private...

NC Participates in 2019 SAMHSA-VA Policy Academy on Suicide Prevention

by Alex O'Neil | Apr 8, 2019 | News & Updates

On March 27-29, Mecklenburg County sent 14 representatives from various stakeholder agencies across North Carolina to participate in the Mayor’s Challenge to Prevent Suicide Among Service Members, Veterans, and their Families (SMVF) Policy Academy in Arlington,...

Mini-NCPIC Meeting – Preventing and Reducing Veteran Suicide

by Alex O'Neil | Apr 3, 2019 | News & Updates

In November 2017, the NC Practice Improvement Collaborative (PIC) hosted a conference aimed at preventing and reducing deaths by suicide among Veterans, Service Members, and their families. At that time, participants looked at evidence-based models for older...

April NCGWG Meeting

by Alex O'Neil | Apr 1, 2019 | NCGWG Meetings

The Governor’s Working Group on Veterans, Service Members, and their Families (GWG) is dedicated to identifying challenges and gaps in services for Veterans and their families and developing solutions and referring them to appropriate services and resources. Starting...