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Morrow County proclaims September 2025 Suicide Prevention Awareness Month
Summary
The Morrow County Board of Commissioners adopted a proclamation designating September 2025 as Suicide Prevention Awareness Month and cited state death-rate data and local suicide counts from 2020–2023.
The Morrow County Board of Commissioners proclaimed September 2025 as Suicide Prevention Awareness Month and urged residents to watch for signs of suicide and to seek help for those in distress.
The proclamation, read into the record by a commissioner, cites Ohio Department of Health data that placed suicide as the 12th leading cause of death in Ohio in 2023 and states that 22 Morrow County residents died by suicide between 2020 and 2023, a rate of 16.2 per 100,000 residents—language included in the proclamation that the board adopted.
Commissioners expressed appreciation for local behavioral-health providers and community organizations working on suicide prevention and announced an upcoming local meeting and keynote speaker for a county event in late September. The board voted by roll call to adopt the proclamation; all commissioners on the dais voted yes.
The proclamation encourages residents to reduce stigma around mental-health care and to support those seeking treatment. No funding or specific programmatic commitments were announced at the meeting.
