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Council proclaims May 2025 Mental Health Awareness Month; advisory members highlight new court clinician
Summary
The Overland Park City Council proclaimed May 2025 as Mental Health Awareness Month. Councilmember Newland and advisory committee member Greg Nwolnick described the committee's work and noted the presence of a behavioral health specialty court clinician, Eliza Rink, intended to assist diversion and court decision-making.
The Overland Park City Council on May 19 proclaimed May 2025 as Mental Health Awareness Month and heard remarks from members of the city's mental health task force and advisory committee about recent program developments.
Councilmember Newland recalled chairing a task force four years earlier that recommended creating a behavioral health presence to assist police responses and court diversion. "The top priority ... was setting up a behavioral health department within the police…
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