Connecticut Vets Encouraged To Seek Help Through Various Programs

Circle Connections: New Products & Services Military suicides hit a record high last year at about one a day nationally amid a chorus of concern and a growing list of prevention efforts. Connecticut officials are feeling the urgency, but also some confidence in their approach. VA, state, and National Guard officials say assistance is available to returning service people, veterans and their families in these forms: the Guard's Yellow Ribbon Program, which offers 30-, 60- and 90-day counseling after deployment to identify behavioral issues and begin interventions; the state Military Support Program, which state officials last year expanded . . .