Fact of the Week #253

Fact of the Week #253: "In its FY20 appropriations to the Department of Veterans Affairs, Congress approves a ground-breaking $5 million direct appropriation to support the integration of the arts and creative arts therapies in the VA Whole Health initiative and continued partnerships with healing arts providers. Similarly, Congress encourages the Department of Defense to increase support for creative arts therapies in treating service members with traumatic brain injury - TBI - and psychological health conditions and to continue collaborations with Creative Forces." www.americansforthearts.org