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Marion County proclaims May 2025 Mental Health Awareness Month; highlights community trainings and youth programs
Summary
The commissioners proclaimed May 2025 Mental Health Awareness Month and heard presenters describe county suicide-prevention training, community connection events, the Signs of Hope campaign and school-based Sources of Strength youth programs.
Laura Sprouse, identified as the "0 suicide program coordinator for Marion County Health and Human Services," and Kelly Martin, coordinator for the county's mental-health promotion and suicide-prevention program, asked the board to proclaim May 2025 as Mental Health Awareness Month and outlined county activities and data.
Sprouse cited findings from the Marion Polk Community Health Assessment, saying "42 percent of adults who responded ... reported having a poor mental health in the last month." Martin described work on…
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