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Calistoga proclaims September 2025 Suicide Prevention Month; Mentis highlights local risk groups
Summary
The council read a proclamation recognizing September as Suicide Prevention Month; Jenny Olsen of Mentis thanked the city and said local data identify older adults, veterans and LGBTQ youth as higher-risk groups.
The Calistoga City Council read a proclamation on Sept. 23 recognizing September 2025 as Suicide Prevention Awareness Month and presented the document to Jenny Olsen of Mentis, who described local suicide-prevention work.
The proclamation cited national figures and called for ending stigma and expanding access to care. After the council read the proclamation, Jenny Olsen, who identified herself as prevention director at Mentis and chair of the Napa County Suicide Prevention Council, described a year of work to build the countydata capacity and target prevention efforts.
Nut graf: Mentis and the county suicide-prevention council have focused outreach and training on three locally identified higher-risk groups: older adults, veterans and LGBTQ youth, and they are building community training and data-driven interventions to reach those populations.
Olsen said the county group had partnered with Napa County Epidemiology and a data work group and had developed solid local data pointing to the most vulnerable populations. She described the Sept. 17 conference "Beyond Awareness: Allies in Action for Suicide Prevention," which drew about 100 attendees and included a keynote by Councilmember Lisa Gift.
Ending: The mayor presented the signed proclamation to Olsen. The council did not take further action but the presentation underscored the county and nonprofit partnership on prevention and outreach.
