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Royal Oak issues recovery and suicide-prevention proclamations; officials highlight co-responder pilot and service stats
Summary
At its Sept. 8 meeting, the commission proclaimed September 2025 as National Recovery Month and National Suicide Prevention Month locally, and staff described a co-responder mental-health pilot (roughly $60,000 per community) and quick-response team statistics showing 61 visits in 2024 with 31% of people accepting services.
Royal Oak commissioners proclaimed September 2025 as National Recovery Month and National Suicide Prevention Month on Monday and heard a briefing on local behavioral-health partnerships and programs.
The proclamations, read into the record, cited federal data about substance use and suicide and called on local organizations to increase awareness and access to services. The text referenced national surveys and CDC figures used to frame the proclamations.
Hillary Nussbaum, co-responder…
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