Florida Senate - 2009                            (NP)    SR 2778
       
       
       
       By Senator Detert
       
       
       
       
       23-04502-09                                           20092778__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution recognizing May 7, 2009, as “Children’s
    3         Mental Health Awareness Day” in Florida.
    4  
    5         WHEREAS, the importance of meeting the mental health needs
    6  of Florida’s youngest and most vulnerable residents is widely
    7  recognized, and
    8         WHEREAS, an estimated one in five children has a mental
    9  health disorder, and early intervention and appropriate help and
   10  support improve the chances of Florida’s children reaching
   11  adulthood and leading healthy and more successful lives, and
   12         WHEREAS, the most effective children’s mental health
   13  services are collaborative, community based, and family driven,
   14  and
   15         WHEREAS, multiple state agencies, including the Department
   16  of Children and Family Services, the Department of Education,
   17  the Department of Health, the Department of Juvenile Justice,
   18  and the Agency for Health Care Administration, as well as the
   19  Sarasota Partnership for Children’s Mental Health, work with
   20  Florida’s cities, counties, community agencies, and mental
   21  health professionals to serve children and adolescents by caring
   22  for their mental health needs, and
   23         WHEREAS, May is National Mental Health Month, and
   24         WHEREAS, Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day helps
   25  inform the residents of Florida of the critical need for
   26  effective care and special programs designed to assist children
   27  and youth with mental health needs and their families, NOW,
   28  THEREFORE,
   29  
   30  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
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   32         That the Senate recognizes May 7, 2009, as “Children’s
   33  Mental Health Awareness Day” in Florida.