The Georgia Department of Veterans Service (GDVS) is partnering with HereNOW Help to bring a free comprehensive mental health and suicide prevention mobile application to Georgia’s veterans.

The HereNOW Help platform offers a holistic and personalized approach to mental health support, integrating meditations, daily check-ins, peer community support, chat rooms, on-demand access to clinicians (24/7/365), assessments, treatment plans, fitness tracking, and so much more. The platform's advanced AI technology learns each user's unique needs and automatically adjusts content to improve outcomes, create risk scores, send smart alerts, and provide real-time human intervention. 

"Veterans face unique challenges when it comes to mental health and suicide risk," said Bryan Gray, CEO and co-founder of HereNOW Help, Inc. "Our initial deployment in various states has helped us gain insights into how to serve our veterans in the best way possible.”

The HereNOW Help platform is specifically tailored to veterans and service members. It integrates with existing VA resources such as 988, 211, tele-emergency care line, assigned care teams, and VA Medical Centers (VAMCs). Veterans are able to understand, track, and improve their mental health and resilience while using the app. 

“Even one suicide is too many. Supporting our veterans requires a united effort and the use of innovative technologies can help connect veterans to support,” said GDVS Commissioner Patricia Ross. “This app is a vital step toward saving lives and ensuring Georgia’s veterans get the care they deserve when they need it most.”

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If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, contact the Veterans Crisis Line to receive free, confidential support and crisis intervention available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. Dial 988 then Press 1, chat online at VeteransCrisisLine.net/Chat, or text 838255. 

Reporters covering this issue can download VA’s Safe Messaging Best Practices fact sheet or visit www.ReportingOnSuicide.org for important guidance on how to communicate about suicide. 

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About GDVS:

The Georgia Department of Veterans Service (GDVS) is not part of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, but is an agency of Georgia’s state government created for the purpose of advising, counseling, and assisting Georgia’s veterans and their families in receiving their rightful benefits under the vast and complex framework of veterans’ laws. The GDVS mission, to serve Georgia's veterans and their families in all matters pertaining to veterans benefits, falls into two basic tasks: informing veterans and their families about veterans’ benefits, and directly assisting and advising veterans and their families in securing the federal and state benefits to which they are entitled. 

The GDVS has offered assistance to Georgia’s veterans and their families for nearly 100 years. The department serves the state’s nearly 700,000 veterans and their families in all matters pertaining to veterans benefits, including applying for the federal and state veterans benefits they have earned at no cost. The state also offers help through a robust appeals division, 2 war veterans homes, 2 veterans memorial cemeteries, and coordinating services across state agencies to veterans. 

Veterans or their family members should contact their local field office to schedule an appointment. Locate a veterans service office near you at:  https://veterans.georgia.gov/field-offices.