38 CFR § 78.45 - Suicide prevention services: Outreach.

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title: "38 CFR § 78.45 - Suicide prevention services: Outreach."
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section_name: "Suicide prevention services: Outreach."
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# 78.45 Suicide prevention services: Outreach.

(a) Grantees providing or coordinating the provision of outreach must use their best efforts to ensure that eligible individuals, including those who are at highest risk of suicide or who are not receiving health care or other services furnished by VA, and their families are identified, engaged, and provided suicide prevention services.

(b) Outreach must include active liaison with local VA facilities; State, local, or tribal government (if any); and private agencies and organizations providing suicide prevention services to eligible individuals and their families in the area to be served by the grantee.