Join the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs for a mental health and suicide prevention forum. At this event attendees will learn about issues facing our rural Wisconsin veterans.

This event will run from 9 a.m. to 4:15. Check in will begin at 8:15 a.m. To view the full agenda, click here.

Breakouts are designed to educate about issues facing veterans and offer solutions as well as resources for assistance. Sessions include discussions about military sexual trauma, homelessness, substance use, and women veterans issues.

Trainings are included in this day to give attendees the skills necessary to potentially take immediate action to help the people surrounding them. The VA is training on community de-escalation and the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs is offering Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) suicide prevention training.