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Douglas County proclaims May 2025 Mental Health Awareness Month, highlights crisis-response programs and ARPA funding
Summary
The Douglas County Board of County Commissioners unanimously adopted a resolution recognizing May 2025 as Mental Health Awareness Month, heard presentations from local behavioral-health partners and reviewed county-supported crisis-response programs funded in part by American Rescue Plan Act dollars.
The Douglas County Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday unanimously approved a resolution proclaiming May 1–31, 2025, as Mental Health Awareness Month and heard presentations from county staff and local behavioral-health partners about crisis-response work and care-coordination programs.
The resolution and accompanying remarks from the Douglas County Mental Health Collaborative and partner agencies outlined county investments, program outcomes and next steps. Laura Cinconi, representing county staff, said the county allocated “over $6,000,000 of the county’s $68,200,000 in American Rescue Plan Act funding” toward mental and behavioral health programming, including expansion of the Community Response Team (CRT), the Care Compact programs and support for the 988 crisis line.
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