Providing Veterans Assistance and More - 5:11
with Steve Ragan, VP of Development & External Affairs for Southwest Solutions
Posted Oct 24, 2018
Southwest Solutions began as a mental health agency. In the wake deinstitutionalization, Southwest’s mission was to help the mentally ill live in the community by providing psychiatric counseling and medication.
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