ADOPTED - MAY 8, 2007

Agenda Item No. 13

Introduced by the Human Services Committee of the:

INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

RESOLUTION IN HONOR OF NATIONAL CHILDREN’S MENTAL HEALTH

AWARENESS DAY

RESOLUTION #07-107

WHEREAS, May 8, 2007, will be the second annual National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day launched by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); and

WHEREAS, National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day is an opportunity for SAMHSA-funded communities, and partner organizations to promote positive youth development, resilience, recovery, and the transformation of mental health services delivery for children and youth with serious mental health needs and their families; and

WHEREAS, the three goals of National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day are to:

1. Raise awareness of effective programs for children's mental health issues;
2. Demonstrate how children's mental health initiatives promote positive youth development, recovery, and resilience;
3. Show how children with mental health needs thrive in their community; and

WHEREAS, Impact, Ingham County’s System of Care initiative seeks to transform how children and youth with serious mental health needs, and their families are supported as valuable members of  Ingham County by ensuring access to integrated and high quality mental health services, and full participation in the design and implementation of their care; and

WHEREAS, the Ingham County Board of Commissioners wishes to recognize the outstanding efforts of all involved with the success of National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day including the Youth and Families from Ingham County, Association for Children’s Mental Health, Boys & Girls Club of Lansing, Capital Area United Way, Child and Family Services - Capital Area, Community Mental Health Authority C-E-I, Cristo Rey Community Center, Highfields, Ingham County Circuit Court/Family Division, Ingham County Department of Human Services, Ingham Intermediate School District, Lansing Police Department, Lansing School District, Lutheran Social Services/Michigan, Michigan Indian Child Welfare Agency, and St. Vincent Catholic Charities.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, The Ingham County Board of Commissioners hereby endorses National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day on the occasions of the 2007 National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week and “May is Mental Health Month.”

HUMAN SERVICES:  Yeas:  Hertel, Grebner, Schor, Severino

 Nays:  None      Absent:  Bahar-Cook, Tennis   Approved 4/30/07