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Newton County proclaims Mental Health Awareness Month; local advocates brief commissioners on Senate Bill 132
Summary
Newton County proclaimed May 2025 as Mental Health Awareness Month and heard a briefing from NAMI Georgia and local advocates on recently signed Senate Bill 132, which changes competency evaluation timelines for people found incompetent to stand trial.
The Newton County Board of Commissioners proclaimed May 2025 as Mental Health Awareness Month and received a presentation May 20 from NAMI Georgia and local mental-health advocates about Senate Bill 132 and youth peer education work in county schools.
Chairman Linda D. Hayes read a proclamation citing statewide and local student-survey statistics and formally declaring May 2025 as Mental Health Awareness Month in Newton County. Representatives of the Newton County Drug Free Youth Action Team joined the proclamation presentation; student Francisco…
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