The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has named NeuroFlow as a winner in Mission Daybreak — a $20 million challenge designed to help the VA develop new suicide prevention strategies for Veterans. As a winner, NeuroFlow will receive $500,000.
NeuroFlow’s configurable technology platform is designed to identify early warning signs of depression, anxiety, and other mental health symptoms and provide appropriate resources and high-touch interventions in high risk situations. Used by the Department of Defense and other government organizations, the platform can be part of a supported self-management regimen for those looking to improve awareness of mental health and build resiliency. Importantly, the technology has a built-in alert system for routing those in crisis to emergency services, with a critically needed feedback loop that shares insights back to care teams.
From May to July 2022, Phase 1 of the challenge received 1,371 concept submissions from solvers that included Veterans, Veteran service organizations (VSOs), community-based organizations, health tech companies, startups, and universities. Multidisciplinary panels of reviewers and judges assessed submissions according to the evaluation criteria.