Title
A Proclamation In Recognition Of Mental Health Awareness Month, May 2023.
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 Boynton, DBH, Executive Dir, NAMI Broward County, or a NAMI Broward County representative.
The Proclamation will be presented at the May 17, 2023 City Commission Meeting.
Fiscal Impact:
Approval of this Presentation will not fiscally impact the City.
Recommended for inclusion on the agenda by:
Josh Levy, Mayor