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Jefferson County proclaims September 2025 as suicide-prevention month; veterans services and crisis resources highlighted
Summary
The Jefferson County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a proclamation naming September 2025 Suicide Prevention Month and heard presentations from the county veterans service director and others about outreach and crisis resources, including the Veterans Crisis Line (988, then press 1).
The Jefferson County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to proclaim September 2025 as Suicide Prevention Month and to recognize veteran suicide-prevention efforts in the county.
Jonathan Bridal, director of the Jefferson County Veterans Service Office, asked the commissioners to use the month for outreach and described a veterans support network formed with neighboring Clearfield. “It is the twelfth leading cause within the United States of veteran suicide,” Bridal said, and he noted that from 2008 to 2022 roughly 6,000 veterans died by suicide nationwide. Bridal urged residents to check on…
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