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Kern County Proclaims May Mental Health Awareness Month; Behavioral Health Agency Highlights Services and Community Events
Summary
Kern County proclaimed May as Mental Health Awareness Month and Kern Behavioral Health and Recovery Services highlighted decades of services, outreach and community events including a 'Paws for a Cause' employee adoption and outreach event.
Erin Briscoe Clark, host of Around Kern County, said the Kern County Board of Supervisors proclaimed May as Mental Health Awareness Month at its April 28 meeting and that the county administrative center will be illuminated green for the month.
Kern Behavioral Health and Recovery Services (Kern BHRS) marked the department’s long-running role in local mental health care and outreach. A program narrator summarized the department’s evolution, saying, "The impact of this work goes far beyond clinical care," and noting that education, outreach and stigma reduction have been central to its mission.
Kern BHRS is promoting a month of events and resources, including a video retrospective available on the county website and community programming such as "Paws for a Cause," an event produced in partnership with Kern County Animal Services that offered adoptable pets, activities, raffle prizes and information for employees. The episode said Kern BHRS is "highlighting 65 of hope, healing, and recovery," as part of the month’s observances.
The host directed viewers to kerncounty.com for the full video and to kernbhrs.org for a list of events and resources.
The Kern County Board’s proclamation was presented as a county-level recognition; no separate vote tally or mover/second was recorded in the episode.
