HomeMy WebLinkAbout2008 09 22 Awards and Presentations 300 Mental Illness Awareness WeekDate: September 22, 2008
The attached document was
Awards and
September 22,
Meeting.
presented during
Presentations "3 00"
2008 City Commission
at the
Regular
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OFFICE OPTNEMAYOR
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~HEREAS, mental health is essential to health, every individual, family and community must understand
that mental health is an essential part of overall health and we must increase suicide prevention by reducing
t~hetstigma of seeking care; and
~Y HEREAS, it is essential to eliminate disparities in mental health by promoting well-being for all,
regardless of race, ethnicity, language, place of residence, or age and ensure equity of access, delivery of
services and improvement of outcomes, through public and private partnership to ensure culturally
competent care to all; and
~HEREAS, consumers and families must have the necessary information and the opportunity to exercise
choice over their care decisions, including individualized plans of care, expanded supported employment,
enhanced rights protections, better criminal and juvenile justice diversion and re-entry programs; improve
access to housing, and end chronic homelessness; and
~HEREAS, every individual must have the opportunity for early and appropriate mental health
screening, assessment and referral to treatment; and
~HEREAS, adults and children with mental illness must have ready access to evidence-based best
treatments, services and supports leading to recovery; and, the mental health system must inform
consumers, providers and public policy with quality, accessible and accountable information
supporting improved care and information dissemination.
No1Al, T$I~~®~~, ~, J®~IN ~e ~US~I, Mayor of the City of Winter Springs, do hereby
proclaim the week of October S through 11, 2008 as:
1VI~NT~L ILLNESS i~YYi~~N~:SS ~lI~K
In the City of Winter Springs, as we ask our Citizens to increase their awareness of severe mental illness
and in so doing, to promote greater access to effective treatments for those who suffer from the potentially
disabling symptoms of these disorders.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto have set my hand and
caused the Seal of the City of Winter Springs to be affixed this
22nd day of Seber, 2008.
BUSH, MAYOR
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John F. Bush
Mayor
Robert S. Miller Rick Brown Donald A. Gilmore Sally McGinnis Joanne M. Krebs
Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner