HST054: Kacie Kelly Bush Center
Kacie Kelly oversees and manages policy, operational, and programmatic efforts on veteran health and well-being, including the Warrior Wellness Alliance. She manages strategic efforts to promote the partnerships, collaboration, and alignment among organizations that are so crucial to fostering the health and well-being of post-9/11 Veterans.
Prior to this role, Kacie served as the National Director for Public-Private Partnerships in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Office for Suicide Prevention where she was responsible for developing a comprehensive and integrated public health approach to prevent suicide among the 14 million Veterans not engaged in VA healthcare. Throughout her 15-year career with VA, she led innovative programs to serve more Veterans and their families through strategic partnerships within government and across public and private sectors. In addition, she has had leading roles to promote military culture competence in the community, outreach efforts to reduce the stigma associated with seeking mental healthcare, and enhance provider proficiency in evidence-based mental health care. She earned her Master of Health Sciences (MHS) at Louisiana State University and has a Graduate Certificate in Women in Public Policy and Politics from the University of Massachusetts - Boston. Kacie has also been an active volunteer in the New Orleans community where she served as a Commissioner on the BioDistrict Board of New Orleans and on the Board of Directors for the American Red Cross.
In This Particular Episode You Will Learn:
- Kacie's background and experience
- The 2016 VA Suicide Prevention Report
- Rates and Numbers of Veteran Suicide
- Bridging the gap between VA mental health and community mental health
- The Warrior Wellness Alliance
- Connecting mental health to veteran organizations
- Mental Wellness instead of Mental Illness
- The support of President and Mrs. Bush for veteran mental health
- Warrior Wellness Alliance Social Media Repository