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Pierce County proclaims September 2025 Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month; local groups outline outreach and services
Summary
The council and executive issued a proclamation designating September 2025 as Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month. Tribal and nonprofit leaders, a MultiCare psychiatrist and a state veterans' suicide-prevention official spoke about local statistics, school-based programs and crisis resources including 988.
Pierce County leaders proclaimed September 2025 as Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month on Tuesday and invited local suicide-prevention organizations, health-care providers and veterans' representatives to the dais to describe local outreach and services.
Council member Denson read the proclamation into the record, which cited national Centers for Disease Control data saying suicide claimed more than 49,000 Americans in 2023 and cited a county figure that "156 people died by suicide in Pierce County in 2023" as printed in the proclamation text. The proclamation encouraged open, judgment-free conversations, cited the 988 suicide and crisis lifeline and listed a local…
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