POSTVENTION: SUPPORT AFTER LOSS

Resource navigation and support for families, friends, and communities after a veteran suicide loss. VMHC helps survivors find grief resources, understand next steps, and connect with appropriate support during the days and weeks after loss. 

• Gun lock distribution
• Suicide prevention education
• Safe storage conversations and materials
• Warning sign education for families and community members
• Outreach at veteran events, community events, and partner organizations
• Clear information on crisis resources, including 988

Postvention is prevention for the people left behind.

• Surviving spouses 
• Parents 
• Children and adult children 
• Siblings 
• Friends 
• Fellow veterans 
• Veteran organizations 
• Churches 
• Employers 
• Community groups affected by a veteran suicide

Postvention volunteers help families, friends, and communities after a veteran suicide loss by providing resource packets, grief support referrals, follow-up outreach, and connection to appropriate support without providing counseling or crisis response. 

• Program Lead
• Postvention Resource Navigator
• Survivor Packet Coordinator
• Partner Liason
• Data/Follow-Up Volunteer