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Heroes,

I really need your help in getting veterans to complete the below anonymous survey.
The Ohio Department of Mental Health plans on using the results of this survey as a baseline for helping veterans and their families throughout the State of Ohio.

To date, very few veterans have responded, which in turn has put the success of this project at risk.
This is an opportunity that we cannot miss.
So please, please assist the State in gathering the information we need to help all those who we are committed to serve.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Tim

Timothy A. Espich
Assistant Director, Ohio Department of Veterans Services
77 South High Street, 7th Floor
Columbus, Ohio 43215
(614) 728-3068
(614) 728-9498

The below message and any response to it may constitute a public record and thus may be publicly available to anyone who request it.


Dear Veteran/Family Member,

The Ohio Department of Mental Health, Ohio Department of Veterans affairs along with the Multiethnic Advocates for Cultural Competence (MACC) is asking for your input on how the State of Ohio can better provide mental health services to active and retired members of the military and their families.

This information, along with a series of regional focus groups, will be used to compile a statewide needs assessment report to assist the mental health service providers in our state to learn and meet the needs of veterans and their families.

Many of you have personally witnessed or experienced issues such as depression, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD),
sleep disorders and other challenges after your or a loved ones military service.

We are interested in learning how mental health providers in Ohio have responded to your unique needs and perspectives
as a veteran or family member.

The survey is anonymous.
If you are interested in receiving hard copies to take to your meetings or to have completed by veterans or family members in your area, please contact our consultants at the information below.

Click HERE to Take Our Survey (Online)

or cut and paste: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=FrKsOVzXj6aaJQeM49aGBA_3d_3d

For survey questions contact Quentin Taylor, Project Associate, RAMA Consulting, Inc. (614) 245-0451.
Thank you for your service and sacrifice to our nation.

Note: Focus group date and locations have not been determined at this point.
The survey does have a section to complete if you desire information on focus groups in your respective region.

Quentin L. Taylor
Project Associate
RAMA Consulting Group, Inc.
897 E. 11th Ave
Columbus OH 43211
614.245.0451 (ph.)
614.453.5095 (fax)