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Executive Order 13861
Executive Order 13861
Executive Order 13861, signed on March 5, 2019,established PREVENTS to lead the development and implementation of a national, comprehensive roadmap to change how our nation treats mental health and understands suicide prevention.
The PREVENTS Roadmap
The PREVENTS Roadmap, released on June 17, 2020, sets forth numerous recommendations for establishing a coordinated national public health strategy to address Veteran suicide. Specific recommendations aligned with deliverables 2 and 3 of the EO are incorporated into the Roadmap.
View and download the Roadmap below.
The PREVENTS Roadmap
Overarching Recommendations
| 1. Create and implement a national public health campaign focused on suicide prevention for Veterans and all Americans. |  |
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| 2. Identify and prioritize suicide surveillance and research that focuses on a Veteran’s unique combination of individual, relationship, community, and societal factors to deliver the most effective intervention(s) tailored to meet their needs and circumstances. | |
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| 3. Promote foundational changes to the way research is conducted — including improving the speed and accuracy with which research is translated into practice, improving efficiency through data sharing and data curation practices, and using innovative funding techniques to drive team science and reproducibility. | |
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| 4. Develop effective partnerships across government agencies and nongovernment entities and organizations to increase capacity and impact of programs and research to empower Veterans and prevent suicide. | |
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| 5. Encourage employers and academic institutions to provide and integrate comprehensive mental health and wellness practices and policies into their culture and systems. | |
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| 6. Provide and promote comprehensive suicide prevention trainings across professions. | |
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| 7. Identify, evaluate, and promote community-based models effectively implementing evidence-informed mental health and suicide prevention programs across the country. In doing so, leverage relationships with community-based efforts, non-profit organizations, faith-based communities, and VSOs/MSOs focused on saving the lives of Veterans. | |
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| 8. Increase implementation of programs focused on lethal means safety (e.g., voluntary reduction of access to lethal means by individuals in crisis, free/inexpensive and easy/safe storage options). | |
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| 9. Develop a coordinated, inter-agency federal funding mechanism to support, resource, and facilitate the implementation of successful evidence-informed mental health and suicide prevention programs focused on Veterans and their communities at the state and local level. | |
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| 10. Streamline access to innovative suicide prevention programs and interventions by expanding the network of qualified health care providers. | |
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