Mission Central for Veteran-Focused Organizations Collaborating Globally, Acting Locally.

In May of 2022, the VA announced the launch of Mission Daybreak, touted to be a grand challenge to the veteran and civilian communities to come up with new solutions and interventions and interventions that would both offer “healing and recovery to Veterans (and will) also support suicide prevention efforts for all communities.” Citing veteran suicide as a top clinical priority for the VA, it offered $20 million in prizes to individuals or organizations that met diverse needs.

It sounded grand, and 1,371 applicants presented their competitive solutions hoping for a piece of the pie. Only 40 organizations were selected (What???), and just 30 received major funding. Connecting through email exchanges, a handful of those not making the cut came together within weeks to create a site where collaboration – not competition – was valued and to bring into existence a megaphone outside of the VA to generate the broad public awareness needed for ambitious projects to succeed. 

Fast forward to now, VMP has the strength in numbers, purpose, and resolve to work together to bring to bear both national and local attention to solving problems within the veteran community by way of the fundraising platform of the 501(c)(3) private foundation End Veteran Debt (EVD) and its “Operation Debt-Day”. 

Where VMP goes from here and how well it does will depend on our combined intelligence and energies. Everybody in. Nobody out. 

If that frame of mind matches your mission and intentions – by all means, welcome aboard.

There is no one-size-fits-all approach to ending Veteran suicide. That is why we have built a cooperative network of "Solution Providers" - each offering their own unique approaches and technologies they have developed to mitigate this tragedy.

Where do you fit in our network? Let's discuss.