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Timnath council proclaims May as Mental Health Awareness Month, cites county behavioral health investments
Summary
Town council presented and signed a proclamation recognizing May as Mental Health Awareness Month and noted Larimer County behavioral health investments and local service use.
The Timnath Town Council proclaimed May 2025 as Mental Health Awareness Month during its April 22 meeting and highlighted recent Larimer County investments in behavioral health services.
The proclamation, read by Council member Bill Jenkins, said mental illness affects people of all ages and backgrounds and identified barriers to care in Larimer County, including cost, provider access, stigma, transportation and insurance coverage. Jenkins noted a 2018 voter-approved Larimer County sales-use tax that directs revenue toward behavioral health services, and said Longview Acute Care Facility, co-responder clinician teams and a county grant program have been funded in part by that tax.
The proclamation cites that sales tax revenue from sales within Timnath generated more than $700,000 for behavioral health services in February 2024 and that “more than three dozen Timnath residents received care from the Longview Acute Care Facility.” It also recognized county-level declines in suicide and overdose rates in recent years while stressing those statistics represent individual lives.
Mayor Robert Oxmucker received the proclamation after Jenkins read and signed it. No formal council vote was recorded for the proclamation; the item was presented and accepted on the floor.
Council members and staff present at the presentation thanked Jenkins for his work with Larimer County behavioral health committees.
The proclamation is dated April 2025 and signed by Mayor Robert Oxmucker. The town will carry the proclamation in its meeting record and materials for May awareness activities.
