Meeting Type: BCC Regular Meeting
Meeting Date: 5/4/2021
Item Status: New
From: Wayne Dyess, County Administrator
Submitted by: Michelle Howard, Commission Executive Assistant
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ITEM TITLE
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Proclamation - Mental Health Awareness Month - May 2021
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STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Adopt a Proclamation proclaiming the month of May 2021, as “Mental Health Awareness Month” in Baldwin County, Alabama.
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION
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Background: Jessica Walker, Special Projects and Grants Manager with the City of Fairhope, is working with a team from Leadership Baldwin County 2020-2021, to raise awareness of the mental health crisis in our communities. As part of this project, the Mental Health Team respectfully asks that the Commission consider adopting a proclamation recognizing May 2021 as Mental Health Awareness Month in Baldwin County.
Thanks to a relationship with the Jennifer Claire Moore Foundation, the community is aware now more than ever, that 1 in 5 youth ages 13-18 live with a mental health condition. More awareness community-wide can dramatically help early intervention efforts, and get youth the help they need when they need it. Work being done by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has enumerated that 1 in 25 adults experience serious mental illness in their lifetime. The numbers are staggering, and the stigma attached to mental health is damaging to residents who suffer from mental illness and can often make seeking care and assistance prohibitive.
The following will be present at the meeting to accept the Proclamation:
Brian Gulsby, Captain, Daphne Police Department
Jamie Day Montgomery, Public Relations and Content Manager for The Wharf
Meredith Portman, Owner, Portman Creative
Suntrease Williams-Maynard, Special Counsel, Adams and Reese, LLP, and Co-founder for the nonprofit The Maynard 4 Foundation
Corey Martin, Fairhope City Councilman and Founder of the nonprofit Lampro Asteri Youth Development
Donald Burton, Trial Attorney, Mobile County Public Defender’s Office
Jessica Walker, Special Projects and Grants Manager, City of Fairhope
FINANCIAL IMPACT
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LEGAL IMPACT
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ADVERTISING REQUIREMENTS
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FOLLOW UP IMPLEMENTATION
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Additional instructions/notes: Administration - Please print 7 original Proclamations, have signed by the Chairman and place in presentation binders for presentation to representatives.