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Cedar City proclaims November Homeless Youth Awareness Month; council urged to fund first-responder mental health supports
Summary
Mayor Garth O'Brien read a proclamation declaring November Homeless Youth Awareness Month and highlighting Youth Futures’ sheltering of 298 youth; Councilman Ron Riddle urged quarterly, funded mental-health check-ins for police and firefighters following the recent death of a Cedar City firefighter.
Mayor Garth O’Brien opened the Oct. 22 work meeting by reading a proclamation declaring November as Homeless Youth Awareness Month, credited Youth Futures with providing emergency shelter and safe housing for more than 298 young people in the past year, and cited an 80% program success rate in preventing adult homelessness among youth served. The proclamation calls on residents,…
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