HomeMy WebLinkAbout23-099RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING SEPTEMBER 101h —16th, 2023 AS NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION WEEK
WHEREAS, the week of September 10th through 16th, 2023 is National Suicide Prevention Week and
September 10th is National Suicide Prevention Day, a time in which individuals, organizations and communities
around the country join their voices to amplify the message that suicide can be prevented; and
WHEREAS, in the 2019-2022 Community Health Assessment Butte County's suicide rate was at 18.1
per 100,000, nearly two times that of the California average of 10.4 per 100,000; and
WHEREAS, knowing the signs of suicide, finding the words to talk with someone that may be thinking
of suicide, and reaching out to local resources are steps everyone can take to care for themselves and others
BE IT PROCLAIMED, by the Butte County Board of Supervisors on this 12th Day of September, 2023, that
the week of September 10th through 16th, 2023 be declared 'SUICIDE PREVENTION WEEK' and that the day of
September 10th be declared 'WORLD SUICIDE PREVENTION DAY.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte, this 12th day of September
2023, by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Connelly, Durfee, Ritter, and Chair Kimmelshue
NOES: None
ABSENT: Supervisor Teeter
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST:
Andy Pickett, Chief Administrative Officer
and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
ii Deputy
Tod KimIshue,
Chair of ;te Board of Supervisors