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Adams County proclaims September Suicide Prevention Month; officials highlight safe-storage and crisis-response efforts
Summary
The Board of County Commissioners proclaimed September 2025 as Suicide Prevention Month and heard county health and public-safety leaders describe prevention efforts, including safe firearm-storage initiatives, expanded co-responder programs and behavioral-health funding.
At its Sept. 23 meeting the Adams County Board of County Commissioners proclaimed September 2025 as Suicide Prevention Month and heard public-health and public-safety officials describe ongoing prevention work and recent trends.
County Health Department Director Dr. Kelly Weidenbach told commissioners that 105 Adams County residents died by suicide in 2024, yielding an age-adjusted rate of 18.82 per 100,000, and that 41 percent of those deaths involved firearms. "Suicide is not the result of one single factor," Weidenbach said, adding that prevention requires strengthening protective factors such as strong…
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