06-R
244
2006 -- S 3083
Enacted 05/04/06
S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N
PROCLAIMING MAY 8,
2006 AS "CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH DAY" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
Introduced By: Senators
Perry, Roberts, Sheehan, C Levesque, and Gibbs
Date Introduced: May 04,
2006
WHEREAS,
The social and emotional well-being of our children, youth and families are
the
key to the future of Rhode Island; and
WHEREAS,
The active promotion of social and emotional well-being is critical to our
ability
to address the complex mental health needs of many of Rhode Island's children,
youth and
families;
and
WHEREAS,
Effective children's mental health services are those that are family driven,
youth
guided and culturally and linguistically competent; and
WHEREAS,
The Rhode Island Child and Adolescent Service Systems Program (RI
CASSP),
with the Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) as the lead state
agency
assumes
the critical responsibility with local communities to increase access to a
comprehensive,
coordinated
array of mental health services and natural supports for children, youth and
families;
and
WHEREAS,
The RI CASSP, through its unique approach to serving children and
adolescents,
is effectively caring for the social and emotional health and school readiness
that will
bring
well-being to our young children, youth and families in Rhode Island, and
reduce the
stigma
surrounding children's mental health; now, therefore be it
RESOLVED,
That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
hereby
proclaims May 8, 2006 as "Children's Mental Health Day" in the State
of Rhode Island;
and
be it further
RESOLVED,
That this Senate encourages all of Rhode Island's citizens, communities
and
state and local agencies to unite on this day, in observance of such exercises
as will raise the
awareness
of the people of the state, with the fundamental necessity to promote social
and
emotional
health and well-being, to more effectively meet the mental health needs of our
children,
youth and their families; and be it further
RESOLVED,
That the Secretary of State be and he hereby is authorized and directed to
transmit
duly certified copies of this resolution to the Parent Support Network, the
Director of the
Department
of Children, Youth and Families, and RI CASSP.
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