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Stop Stigma Sacramento lists resources, cites Prop. 63 funding and the 988 crisis line
Summary
Organizers pointed attendees to employee-assistance programs, primary care, local warm lines and the national 988 suicide & crisis line; Amelia Banes said the project is supported by Proposition 63 funding for prevention and early intervention.
At the close of the presentation, Amelia Banes summarized practical steps for supporting someone who discloses a mental-health concern: listen, be a safe space, encourage seeking help and provide warm handoffs to clinical care when appropriate. She said workplace strategies and small conversation starters can make it easier to open a dialogue and that Stop Stigma Sacramento will share tested conversation prompts in the chat.
Banes also listed immediate resources: employee-assistance programs, primary-care providers and crisis lines including the local 24-hour suicide prevention hotline and the national 988 number. She noted the Stop Stigma project is funded through Proposition 63’s Mental Health Services Act prevention-and-early-intervention component and that the presenter cited statewide Prop. 63 funding totals of about $12 billion since 2005.
