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Montezuma County Public Health reports SAFE Coalition outreach, aftercare packages and regulatory updates
Summary
Public Health staff and SAFE Coalition leaders described suicide-prevention outreach for agricultural workers, bereavement and aftercare packages for people experiencing homelessness, and department updates on measles, tuberculosis, septic-system regulations and pending fee increases.
Niana Phillips, program manager for CNC (also referenced as the SAFE Coalition), briefed the Board of Health on July 1 about county suicide-prevention work focused on agricultural and middle‑aged to older male adults.
Phillips said SAFE has developed bereavement boxes to support people who have lost someone to suicide and created a Montezuma County aftercare package — a tote that converts into a blanket and contains hygiene items plus local and national resources — intended for people experiencing houselessness.
A connectedness work group within SAFE organized five “cattle crops and coffee” events intended to reach farmers and ranchers before busy planting and harvest seasons. Phillips said the events drew roughly 8–12 attendees at each session and that organizers paused events over the height of summer with plans to…
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