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City of Fort Collins PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, the U.S.Surgeon General states that mental health is fundamental to health and
indispensable to personal well-being, and family and interpersonal relationships, and contributes
to community and society; and
WHEREAS, the U.S. Surgeon General confirms that mental illness affects one in five
Americans every year, regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, religion or economic status; and
WHEREAS, the U.S. Surgeon General has found that a range of treatments exists for most
mental disorders and the efficacy of mental health treatments are well documented; and .
WHEREAS, Fort Collins has made a commitment to community-based systems of mental
health care for all residents; and
WHEREAS, the guiding principles of community mental health care have always been
comprehensiveness,cost-efficiency,effective management and high-quality and consumer-responsive
services, and these principles are now being adopted by private and public healthcare payors; and
WHEREAS, the National Mental Health Association, the National Council for Community
Behavioral Healthcare and their national partners observe Mental Health Month every May to raise
awareness and understanding of mental health and illness.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Ray Martinez, Mayor of the City of Fort Collins, do hereby
proclaim the month of May as
MENTAL HEALTH MONTH
in the city of Fort Collins and call upon all citizens, government agencies and private institutions,
businesses and schools to recommit our community to increasing awareness and understanding of
mental illness and the need for appropriate and accessible services for all people with mental
illnesses.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the City of Fort
Collins this 21st day of May, A.D. 2002.
Mayor
ATTEST:
. City Clerk
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