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Committee highlights Suicide Prevention Month, county walk and crisis lines
Summary
Staff highlighted September as Suicide Prevention Month, promoted a Linn County community walk with on-site registration, and shared crisis resources including the 988 and 741741 crisis/text lines and community training opportunities.
Staff told the committee that September is Suicide Prevention Month and handed out resources and training information from local partners.
"It's not just limited to Linn County, but I wanted to highlight that the county's annual community walk for mental health is this Saturday...if you show up at 9 you can register on-site and then it's just a little walk starting at 10," the staff member said, noting online pre-registration appeared closed. The staff member also listed crisis lines for people experiencing mental health emergencies, citing 988 and the text line 741741, and pointed committee members to community trainings offered by local organizations.
The committee agreed staff should post materials on the city's social media and that staff would highlight the walk and available resources on the city's website.
Next steps: staff will publish resource posts on Facebook and the city website and circulate training opportunities to committee members.
