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County behavioral health update highlights mental health and suicide prevention as top priorities
Summary
A county behavioral health strategist briefed the council on the community health assessment and community health improvement plan, which identified mental health and suicide prevention as top priorities for Henderson County.
Melissa Whitmire, public health strategist for behavioral health (reported by the staff member), gave an update on the Henderson County behavioral health coalition, outlining findings from the community health assessment and the community health improvement plan. The primary priorities identified were mental health and suicide prevention.
Staff summarized the coalition’s work and the county’s focus areas; the transcript does not include detailed program budgets or specific new initiatives tied to funding in this item. Council members received the update as information rather than taking formal action on new funding during this meeting.
