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File #: P-2021-31    Version: 1 Name: Mental Health Awareness Month - 2021
Type: Proclamation Status: Filed
File created: 4/22/2021 In control: Regular City Commission Meeting
On agenda: 5/19/2021 Final action: 5/19/2021
Title: A Proclamation In Recognition Of Mental Health Awareness Month, May 19, 2021.
Attachments: 1. 05-19-21 Mental Health Awareness Month.pdf

Title

A Proclamation In Recognition Of Mental Health Awareness Month, May 19, 2021.

 

 

Strategic Plan Focus

Communications & Civic Engagement

 

 

Body

 

Staff Recommends:  Presentation of Proclamation.

 

 

Explanation:

Mental illnesses are biologically based medical problems that disrupt a person’s daily functioning.  Approximately one in five adults will be diagnosed with a mental illness in their life, and only one out of two people with a serious form of mental illness will seek treatment.

 

The National Alliance of Mental Illness (NAMI) Broward provides education and support programs to the community to help over 3,500 people with mental illness and their families in our community each year. 

 

NAMI Broward advocates for improved healthcare, housing, criminal justice rehabilitation, meaningful job opportunities for people with mental illness, and supporting public education programs designed to help eliminate the pervasive stigma surrounding severe mental illness.

 

The Proclamation will be accepted by Sandra Cumper, Executive Director, and Board Members Donna Linn, and Gayle Geise.

 

The Proclamation will be presented at the May 19, 2021 City Commission Meeting.

 

 

Fiscal Impact:

Approval of this proclamation will not fiscally impact the City

 

Recommended for inclusion on the agenda by:

Mayor Josh Levy