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>> GOOD EVENING. THIS IS THE
COUNTY COUNCIL OF PRINCE GEORGE'S
COUNTY, MARYLAND, SITTING AS

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IS THE BOARD OF HEALTH. TODAY

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IS MONDAY, MAY 12th, 2025. MADAM

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CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>>
GOOD EVENING. CHAIR BURROUGHS.

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>>

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PRESENT.
>> MS. BLEGAY. >> PRESENT. >>
MS. FISHER.

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>> MY APOLOGIES, PRESENT. >>
MR.
OLSON.

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>> HERE. >> VICE CHAIR ORIADHA. >>
HERE.
>>

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MS. WATSON.
>> PRESENT. >> SIX MEMBERS
PRESENT.

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>>
THANK YOU SO MUCH. I
DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAVE

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OUR STATE'S ATTORNEY
AND THE LEADER OF PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY WITH

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US, SO

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING
THE OTHER BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT TODAY. AND

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I LOOK

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FORWARD
TO YOU COMING INTO OFFICE. I'M COUNTING

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DOWN THE DAY, LITERALLY. SO

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I DO

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WANT TO ANNOUNCE
THAT COUNCIL MEMBER DERNOGA, COUNCIL MEMBER

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HARRISON
AND COUNCIL MEMBER IVEY HAVE EXCUSED ABSENCES FOR TONIGHT. NOW I

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WOULD LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO THE
PERSON WHO IS SO PASSIONATE

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ABOUT THE BOARD OF HEALTH, SOMEONE

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WHO I AM SO HONORED TO HAVE CHAIR
THIS COMMITTEE ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL,

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SOMEONE WHO HAS
WORKED FOR MANY YEARS WORKING

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ON ISSUES OF
HEALTH, DESPAIR TEE, AND HAS JUST

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BEEN
A REAL CHAMPION FOR THIS ISSUE. IN

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OUR

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FIRST YEAR ON THE COUNCIL,
COUNCIL MEMBER BLEGAY TOOK THE LEAD

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ON FIRING UP THE BOARD
OF HEALTH. SHE DID A TREMENDOUS JOB. NOW

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IN YEAR
THREE SHE'S BACK AT IT. AND SO I WANT

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TO THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER BLEGAY
FOR COORDINATING EVERYTHING THAT
DID YOU TODAY AND IN THE FUTURE AS RELATES

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TO THE

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BOARD OF HEALTH. AND I'LL NOW

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TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
>>
THANK YOU TO CHAIR BURROUGHS FOR BRINGING

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ME BACK TO THE PASSION THAT I HAVE

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HERE. I WOULD JUST SAY THIS BEFORE
WE START. I DID WANT TO JUST TELL YOU

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ALL WHY THIS MEANS

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SO MUCH TO ME. AS YOU

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ALL KNOW, WHEN WE HAD
THE LAST MENTAL HEALTH TOWN HALL,

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I WAS
FRIENDS, I WOULD ACTUALLY SAY THE

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CLAIRE

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AND I WERE FRIENDS WITH
SOMEONE WHO DIED BY SUICIDE. AND HE

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WAS

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FRIENDS WITH BOTH OF US. IN FACT, WE HAD

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SEEN HIM --WE SAW HIM

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MAYBE THREE TO FOUR MONTHS BEFORE

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HE LEFT US. AND WHAT

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WAS SHOCKING TO ME IS THAT, I
DON'T THINK THAT HE PROBABLY UNDERSTOOD

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THAT HE COULD

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HAVE CALLED 988 OR THAT MAYBE
HE WAS -- DIDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE

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TELLING
US HE WAS STRUGGLING, SO WE LOST HIM. AND

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I DECIDED

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THAT WOULD I FOUND IS THAT

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MANY PEOPLE THAT REACH OUT TO OUR
OFFICE HAVE MANY PEOPLE IN THEIR FAMILY

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SUFFERING WITH
MENTAL HEALTH, FEELING THAT THERE

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IS NO OTHER SOLUTION. BUT

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WHAT I WOULD ADMIT IN PRINCE GEORGE'S
COUNTY WHAT I FOUND, AND WHAT WE'RE

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HERE TO
DO IS RESOLVE PROBLEMS IN OUR COMMUNITY. ONE

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OF THE THINGS
THAT I'VE SEEN IS THAT WE ADD GAPING

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HOLE

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THAT WE NEEDED TO FILL. I WOULD
SAY WHY I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE

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ONES THAT I
KNEW WERE SUFFERING FROM MENTAL HEALTH,

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WE HAD A TOWN HALL HERE

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TWO YEARS AGO THAT WAS
EVEN MORE EYE OPENING, BECAUSE I EXPERIENCED HEARING

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A MOTHER THAT TALKED ABOUT HOW LAW
ENFORCEMENT WERE NOT TRAINED TO HANDLE

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HER CHILD THAT
WAS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL HEALTH AT TEN

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YEARS OLD. I WAS ABLE

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TO HEAR FROM PEOPLE WHO WERE SAYING THAT
THEY COULDN'T FIND PROVIDERS THAT WOULD

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SEE
THEM BECAUSE OF LOW REIMBURSEMENT

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RATES THAT THEY COULD
NOT BE SEEN BY MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS. I

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WAS ABLE TO
SEE THAT WE HAD MANY FAMILIES THAT

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WERE CUFFING WITH
SOMEONE IN THEIR FAMILY WITH MENTAL

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HEALTH AND FEELING THAT THERE

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WAS NO SUPPORT TO HELP THEM BE CAREGIVERS

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AND CARE FOR THEIR FAMILIES
AND MENTAL HEALTH WITH LIMITED SUPPORT. SO WHEN

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I SAW
THAT, WHAT I FOUND IS THAT WE HAVE

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AN ISSUE

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THAT NEEDS TO

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BE RESOLVED. IT WAS AN EYEOPENER.
DR. LEVY,
HE WAS WITH US. WE MET AFTERWARDS

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AND WE DID SAY WE HAD

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A LOT OF WORK TO DO. I AM HONORED
TO HAVE
ERICA TURNER WHO IS GOING TO GIVE

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THE PRESENTATION

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WHAT REALLY OUTLINED FOR ME WHAT ACTUALLY

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IS GOING ON AND WHAT
IMPROVEMENTS WE'VE MADE. AND I AM

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HOPEFUL, BUT I DO STILL WANT TO

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HEAR FROM YOU ALL. WE HOPE WE DID
REACH OUT

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TO 988. THERE WERE CONCERNS THEN
THAT PEOPLE HAD ABOUT CALLING 988

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AND NOT GETTING

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QUITE THE SUPPORT. WE HAVE AN
OPENING OF A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTER

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SINCE WE MET LAST
TIME. SO WE HAVE MADE IMPROVEMENTS BUT I

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DO RECOGNIZE THAT
WE HAVE MORE TO DO. I DEFINITELY THINK

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TODAY IS
NOT ONLY TO GIVE YOU THE UPDATES OF WHAT

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HAS
HAPPENED SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE. IT

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DOES WARM MY HEART

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TO SEE A LOT OF MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS HERE SAYING

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THEY ARE HERE TO HELP. AND WE OBVIOUSLY
NEED TO
DISCUSS HOW WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH

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OUR MENTAL
HEALTH PROVIDERS TO DO MORE SUPPORT. BUT

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I'M HERE

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TO LISTEN AND
I'M ALSO HERE TO SUPPORT. I HOPE MY

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COLLEAGUES FEEL THE SAME WAY. IF YOU DO

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WANT TO SPEAK, THAT WAS SEWN-UP
SHEET. IF PEOPLE DIDN'T SEAT, PLEASE

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GO UP TO
THE CLERK'S DESK RIGHT THERE. IF YOU

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WANT TO

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SPEAK OR YOU WANT TO
SAY ANYTHING AFTER WE GIVE OUR PRESENTATION. BUT I

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DO
WANT TO NOTE THAT SINCE WE HAVE OUR STATE'S

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ATTORNEY WHO IS
GOING TO BE OUR NEXT LEADER, WHO IS

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OUR LEADER IN
THE COUNTY, AND SHE HAS SEEN --BEEN

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ON

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THE FRONT LINES OF MENTAL HEALTH, ESPECIALLY
WORKING
IN THE STATE'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. WE

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KNOW SHE DOES HAVE TO LEAVE US,

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BUT WE WANT TO HEAR FROM HER ON ANYTHING
THAT

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SHE THINKS WE NEED TO HEAR WHEN

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IT COMES TO MENTAL HEALTH. AND WAY
ADD BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, TOO. WE JUST

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KNOW THE

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GREATER COMMUNITY MIGHT NOT USE THE
WORD BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
BUT WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING

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FROM YOU.
>> THANK
YOU SO MUCH, MADAM CHAIR, MR. CHAIR,

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AND THE ESTEEMED MEMBERS OF THE PRINCE GEORGE'S
COUNTY COUNCIL, TO ALL THE STAFF,

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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR

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TIME AS WELL, OF COURSE, AS THE

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RESIDENTS HERE IN

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PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY. THANK YOU. ALSO MR.
MAYOR,

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KEITH SYDNOR, IS ALSO WITH US. IT
IS AN HONOR TO BE

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HERE IN THIS ROLE AS STATE'S ATTORNEY. BUT
WHAT I SEE

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SO OFTEN IN OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
IS

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WHERE OUR COMMUNITY HAS NOT MET THE NEEDS

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OF

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INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE SUFFERING
FROM MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS. NOT ONLY

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THOSE WHO ARE DEFENDANTS

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IN OUR
SYSTEM, BUT ALSO OFTENTIMES OUR VICTIMS. AND SO

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I

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BELIEVE THAT AS A COMMUNITY, WE

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HAVE TO DO BETTER TO EXPAND

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SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS

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WHO
ARE SUFFERING FROM MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. WE HAVE,

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I THINK, DONE

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A REALLY GOOD JOB OF
CREATING OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE

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ACUTE CARE SERVICES

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AS WELL AS TRIAGE SERVICES. BUT
WHEN IT COMES TO LONG-TERM MENTAL

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HEALTH
NEEDS, I THINK THAT NOT JUST PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY

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BUT
THIS REGION CAN DO BETTER. SOME PEOPLE

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I HAVE LEARNED JUST IN

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MY TENURE AS
STATE'S ATTORNEY, SOME PEOPLE CANNOT LIVE

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IN THEIR

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FAMILY HOME SAFELY. THAT IS

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A FACT. IT'S A FACT. IT'S TOUGH,

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BECAUSE YOU LOVE YOUR LOVED

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ONE,
RIGHT? SOMETIMES OUR CHILDREN, SOMETIMES

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THE PARENT, SOMETIMES THE SIBLING. SO
YOU LOVE THEM, YOU QUARTER FOR THEM. BUT

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THEY SOMETIMES PRESENT
A DANGER IN THE HOME. AND UNFORTUNATELY

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I'VE SEEN

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THE RESULTS

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OF THAT DANGER,

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WHETHER IT'S ASSAULTS OR IN SOME CASES HOMICIDES
THAT OCCUR BETWEEN FAMILY MEMBERS. NOT

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BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T LOVE EACH OTHER,
NOT BECAUSE ONE WANTED TO HAVE CONTROL

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OVER THE OTHER,

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BUT SIMPLY BECAUSE ONE WAS
DEALING WITH A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE. AND

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SO AS WE

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MOVE FORWARD

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AS A COUNTY, ONE OF

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MY GOALS, HOPEFULLY MY

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NEXT GOAL, TO FOCUS ON
BUILDING A LONG-TERM MENTAL HEALTH

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RESIDENTIAL FACILITY

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FOR OUR RESIDENTS WHAT
NEED LONG-TERM CARE AND LONG-TERM TREATMENT. I

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THINK THAT IS
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AND VITAL THAT WE REALLY

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REACH PEOPLE WHERE

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THEY ARE AND PROVIDE WHAT THEY
REALLY DESPERATELY NEED. AND I KNOW

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EVERYONE IN
HERE WITH LOVE TO HAVE THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS IN

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THEIR

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HOME, BUT IT IS TOUGH TO MAKE THE

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CHOICE TO SEND YOUR FAMILY
MEMBER AWAY SIMPLY TO SAVE YOUR LIFE OR

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THE LIVES OF

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OTHERS IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD. SO IT'S JUST
--WE DON'T TALK ABOUT IT ENOUGH, AND THAT

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IS WHY I'M SO GREAT HAVEFUL TO BE
HERE THIS EVENING. AND I'M GOING

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TO STAY AS LONG AS I CAN, BECAUSE
I
WANT TO HEAR THIS PRESENTATION AND

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HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO HEAR
FROM SOME OF YOU. I DO HAVE ANOTHER

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ENGAGEMENT THAT I HAVE TO
GET TO BUT THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT

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TO ME, AND SO THANK
YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL MEMBER BLEGAY,

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AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR.
CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND BEFORE

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WE DO GO I THINK

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WE HAVE TO GO FOR INTRODUCTIONS FROM

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OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS

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BEFORE WE START THE

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HEARING. SO STARTING WITH

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OUR VICE CHAIR.
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GOOD EVENING,
EVERYONE. I'M COUNCILWOMAN KRYSTAL ORIADHA. I

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HAVE THE PLEASURE OF SERVING AS THE
VICE CHAIR. I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T

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SAY THANK

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YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER BLEGAY FOR YOUR

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LEADERSHIP AND MAKING THIS ONE OF
OUR

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FIRST CONVERSATIONS. AS

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YOU KNOW, WE PASSED

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GRANT COIS FELD LAW
BECAUSE OF A YOUNG MAN WHAT WALKED

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INTO

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A GUN STORE AND COMMITTED
SUICIDE.

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>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER FISHER. >>

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THANK YOU,
COUNCIL MEMBER BLEGAY TO. REITERATE

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MY

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COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU FOR YOUR

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LEADERSHIP. MY NAME IS WANIKA

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FISHER. I'M THE TINIEST, THE
MIGHTIEST COUNCIL DISTRICT.
>> COUNCIL

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MEMBER OLSON.
>>
THANK YOU, MS. BLEGAY. ERIC OLSON,

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DISTRICT 3. APPRECIATE

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THAT WE'RE HOLDING THIS

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HEARING TONIGHT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK
YOU. AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER INGRID WATSON.

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>>
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER BLEGAY. THANK

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YOU SO MUCH FOR
YOUR LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU MR. CLAIRE, VICE-CHAIR, AND

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THANK
YOU, EVERYONE, FOR BEING HERE. SO

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GREAT

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TO SEE EVERYONE. I'M INGRID WATSON, AND
I REPRESENT

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DISTRICT 4 ON THE COUNTY COUNCIL.
>> THANK

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YOU. AND I'LL NOW TURN IT OVER TO ERICA

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TURNER WHO WILL INTRODUCE THE REST
OF

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OUR GUESTS AND SHE WILL DO HER PRESENTATION.
>> THANK
YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL MEMBER BLEGAY. IT

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IS AN HONOR

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TO BE HERE. I WANT

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TO ALSO THANK CLAIRE BURROUGHS, VICE
CHAIR ORIADHA FOR AN
OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING

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THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR
OUR COMMUNITY AND SOMETHING I'M VERY PASSIONATE

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ABOUT. I ALSO WANT TO BE ABLE

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TO THANK ALL OF THE PRESENTERS. I
PROMISE

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TO KEEP THIS TO 30 MINUTES

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COLLECTIVELY BUT I WANT TO BE

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ABLE

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TO THANK OUR STATE'S ATTORNEY,

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MS. BRAVEBOY, FOR BEING HERE. I WANT

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TO THANK MAYOR SYDNOR. AND

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THE

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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT TLC, MARYLAND. DR.
SUMMERVILLE, BEHAVIOR HEALTH CHIEF. SORRY,

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DIVISION CHIEF IN OUR PRINCE
GEORGE'S COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT,

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THEN ALSO
OUR WONDERFUL HEALTH OFFICER, DR.

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MATTHEW LEVY. AGAIN, WE'LL BE BRIEF
AND WE'LL START TO TALK

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ABOUT BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE. SO THE
TITLE OF

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THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT IS THE INVESTMENT
AND COLLABORATION AMONG AGENCIES, PARTNERS,

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AND LEADERS. THAT'S WHY WE'RE ALL

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HERE TODAY, TO TALK ABOUT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH. IT'S
SOMETHING THAT WE

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REALIZE THAT WE NEED TO WORK COLLECTIVELY
ON. WE CAN'T WORK IN SILOS. WE HAVE

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TO WORK COLLECTIVELY
TO ADDRESS THIS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT

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OUR COMMUNITY CAN
HEAR AND KNOW ABOUT THE RESOURCES THAT ARE

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AVAILABLE WHEN THERE

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IS A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEED.

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>> THANK YOU. I WANT TO START

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US OFF WITH
JUST SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND DEFINITIONS. I'M
NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE

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JUST FOR THE
SAKE OF TIME BUT I DO WANT TO LET EVERYONE KNOW

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THAT

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WE
DID MAKE THE SLIDES AVAILABLE. THEY

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ARE

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AVAILABLE AS YOU EXIT THE
HEARING ROOM. SO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN

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MENTAL HEALTH AND

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A MENTAL HEALTH DISORDER,
EVERYONE HAS MENTAL HEALTH. NOT EVERYONE

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HAS --OR SUFFERS FROM
A MENTAL HEALTH DISORDER. WHAT THE

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DIFFERENCE, WHEN YOU START

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TO SEE
CERTAIN SYMPTOMS THAT ARE QUALIFYING

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CRITERIA IN WHAT'S
CALLED THE DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL

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MANUAL THAT IS THE BOOK
THAT CLINICIANS USE TO BE ABLE TO

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DIAGNOSE DISORDERS,

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SO THAT'S WHEN

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YOU HEAR
THINGS ABOUT DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, SCHIZOPHRENIA. THOSE

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ARE DIAGNOSEABLE --THOSE ARE
CONDITIONS THAT ARE DIAGNOSEABLE IN

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THE DSM. THEN

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THE SAME THING FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE
AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER. A LOT

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OF PEOPLE USE

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SUBSTANCES. WE THINK ABOUT SOCIAL
DRINKING, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, VERSUS A SUBSTANCE

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USE

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IS DISORDER,

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WHICH IS DEFINED AS CONTINUING USING SUBSTANCES

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DESPITE THE HARM AND MEETING
THE CRITERIA IN THE DSM. BEHAVIORAL

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HEALTH IS

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THE WORD THAT SORT OF ENCOMPASSES
BOTH MENTAL HEALTH AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH. I'M

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SORRY,
MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE, SO

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WE CALL THAT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH. BEHAVIORAL

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HEALTH CRISIS IS
WHEN SOMEONE EXPERIENCES THAT EXCEED THEIR

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ABILITY TO COPE AND CREATES SAFETY
CONCERNS
FOR THEMSELVES OR OTHERS. THE TERM

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IMMINENT RISK, WE SAW IN OUR

00:14:46.360 --> 00:14:48.360
WORLD OF BEHAVIOR
HEALTH, IF SOMEONE CANNOT CONFIRM'S SOMEONE'S

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SAFETY, THEN
WE TALK THAT VERY SERIOUSLY. LAST

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IS EMERGENCY PETITION. THE
EMERGENCY PETITION IS A LEGAL PROCESS

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THAT

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TEMPORARILY RESTRICT A
PERSON'S FREEDOM TO INITIATE INVOLUNTARY

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EVALUATION, WHEN THEY ARE A
DANGER TO THEMSELVES OR SOMEONE ELSE. I

00:15:04.360 --> 00:15:07.360
WANT TO TALK ABOUT
THAT FOR A QUICK SECOND, BECAUSE A

00:15:07.360 --> 00:15:10.360
LOT OF FOLKS
THINK THAT THE EMERGENCY PETITION IS

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FOR MANDATED TREATMENT. IN THE
STATE OF MARYLAND, IT IS NOT. IT IS JUST

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FOR AN EVALUATION AT A HOSPITAL.

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AND NOW

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WE TALK ABOUT SOME COMMON,
EVERYDAY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SYMPTOMS
AND APPROPRIATE SUPPORTS. NOT GOING

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TO
GO OVER ALL THIS. AGAIN, THE COPIES

00:15:28.360 --> 00:15:30.360
ARE AVAILABLE. BUT WHAT
WE WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT THIS IS

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THAT
THERE ARE WAY MORE LOW-LEVEL SYMPTOMS

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FOR BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH THAN THERE ARE SEVERE SYMPTOMS. WHEN

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WE TALK ABOUT FOLKS NEEDING INTERVENTION
FROM
HOSPITALS, FROM PUBLIC SAFETY, THOSE

00:15:43.360 --> 00:15:45.360
ARE GOING TO

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BE VERY FEW OCCURRENCES AS OPPOSED TO

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THE LOW-LEVEL SYMPTOMS THAT

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YOU
HAVE EVERY DAY, YOU KNOW, THOUGHTS

00:15:55.360 --> 00:15:57.360
OF SUICIDE,

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THINGS OF THAT NATURE CAN BE

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MANAGED THROUGH

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988 AND THROUGH CONNECTION TO
A POMENTS. SCIENCE SAYS THAT MOST

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PEOPLE JUST NEED TO TALK. WHEN

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WE TALK ABOUT THESE LOW-LEVEL SYMPTOMS WE
OFFER THAT ABILITY FOR PEOPLE TO TALK

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AND HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD.

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AND SOME QUICK DATA FOR THE COUNTY. ONE
IN

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FIVE ADULTS EXPERIENCE
A MENTAL ILLNESS. SO THAT EQUALS ABOUT

00:16:26.360 --> 00:16:29.360
140,000 RESIDENTS HERE IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY. THAT'S
WHY WE

00:16:29.360 --> 00:16:32.360
HAVE TO WORK COLLECTIVE TOLL ADDRESS. WE
WANT TO MAKE

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SURE THE RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE, THAT PEOPLE
DON'T

00:16:37.360 --> 00:16:40.360
FEEL LUKE
THEY HAVE TO HIDE OR 0 TO BE ABLE

00:16:40.360 --> 00:16:42.360
TO

00:16:43.360 --> 00:16:46.360
KNOW WHAT'S GOING ONLY HAVE WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE THE SUPPORT IS AVAILABLE

00:16:46.360 --> 00:16:48.360
NO MATTER WHAT ROUND OF RESOURCES

00:16:49.360 --> 00:16:51.360
THAT YOU TOUCH IN THE COUNTY.

00:16:52.360 --> 00:16:54.360
THE OTHER THINGS TO

00:16:55.360 --> 00:16:58.360
TALK ABOUT HERE IS THAT ABOUT
70% OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ARRESTED ARRIVE

00:16:58.360 --> 00:17:01.360
AT THE
JAIL UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF SUBSTANCES. AND

00:17:01.360 --> 00:17:04.360
SO THE DATA IS SO
IMPORTANT, BECAUSE IT DRIVES ALL OF

00:17:04.360 --> 00:17:06.360
THE WORK THAT WE DO. WE KNOW WHAT

00:17:07.360 --> 00:17:09.360
PROGRAMS WE NEED BECAUSE OF
THE DATA. WE KNOW EVERYTHING THAT

00:17:10.360 --> 00:17:13.360
NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO BE
IN PLACE BECAUSE OF THE DATA. AGAIN, I

00:17:13.360 --> 00:17:16.360
WON'T GO THROUGH ALL
OF THESE, BUT WE JUST KNOW THAT THERE

00:17:16.360 --> 00:17:18.360
ARE

00:17:19.360 --> 00:17:21.360
A LOT OF DIFFERENT NEEDS AS IT RELATES
TO BEHAVIORAL

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HEALTH, AND WE ARE INVESTED
AND COMMITTED TO MEETING THOSE NEEDS. AND

00:17:25.360 --> 00:17:27.360
NOW TO TALK

00:17:28.360 --> 00:17:31.360
ABOUT OUR STRATEGY THIS IS
SO IMPORTANT, BECAUSE AGAIN, THE DATA DRIVES EVERYTHING. WE

00:17:34.360 --> 00:17:37.360
USE THE DATA TO BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT GRANTS WE NEED TO APPLY FOR,

00:17:37.360 --> 00:17:39.360
TO FIGURE OUT

00:17:40.360 --> 00:17:42.360
HOW WE CAN MEET

00:17:43.360 --> 00:17:46.360
THE NEEDS OF OUR RESIDENTS
HERE IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY. SO

00:17:49.360 --> 00:17:51.360
THAT'S

00:17:52.360 --> 00:17:54.360
ONE OF

00:17:55.360 --> 00:17:58.360
OUR STRATEGIES. THE OTHER, HE --GRANTS,
FOLKS WITH DISABILITIES, FOLKS THAT SPEAK

00:17:58.360 --> 00:18:00.360
DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. WE WANT TO MAKE

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SURE THAT NOT ONLY ARE THEY INCLUSIVE
BUT THEY ALSO

00:18:04.360 --> 00:18:06.360
COLLECT THE COUNTY

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BECAUSE THE COUNTY IS

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DIVERSE. WE WANT TO MAKE SHORE

00:18:13.360 --> 00:18:16.360
THAT BHAWF I
DON'T REMEMBER SERVICE DELIVER HIGH-QUALITY S'S

00:18:17.360 --> 00:18:19.360
A.M. LOCATION IN THE

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COUNTY OR THEIR
INSURANCE STATUS. WE WANT TO INCREASE

00:18:23.360 --> 00:18:26.360
AWARENESS, SO
IMPORTANT TO INCREASE IS AWARENESS. I
CHARGE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TODAY TO

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MAKE
SURE THAT YOU GO BACK AND SHARE SOME

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OF THE INFORMATION THAT
YOU HAVE LEARNED TODAY WITH SOMEONE

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IN THE COMMUNITY. AND LASTLY,
WE ARE COMMITTED TO REDUCING THE USE

00:18:38.360 --> 00:18:40.360
OF EMERGENCY ROOMS, PUBLIC

00:18:41.360 --> 00:18:43.360
SAFETY SERVICES AND JAILS
IN RESPONSE TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISES. WITH

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THAT I TURN IT

00:18:47.360 --> 00:18:50.360
OVER TO OUR HEALTH OFFICER, DR.
LEVY JUST TO TALK REALLY QUICKLY ABOUT

00:18:52.360 --> 00:18:54.360
THE PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT. THEIR VISION

00:18:56.360 --> 00:18:58.360
IS THAT

00:18:59.360 --> 00:19:01.360
ALL PRINCE GEORGEANS ARE THE

00:19:02.360 --> 00:19:04.360
HEALTHIEST AT EVERY AGE,

00:19:05.360 --> 00:19:07.360
EVERY STAGE, WORK CLAB RAYIVELY,

00:19:08.360 --> 00:19:11.360
HEALTH EQUITY. FIVE DIFFERENT
DIVISIONS. BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. FAMILY,

00:19:11.360 --> 00:19:13.360
HEALTH SERVICES,

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HEALTH AND WELLNESS AND
HEALTH POLICIES AND LAWS. DR. LEVY.

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>>
GOOD

00:19:20.360 --> 00:19:22.360
EVENING, EVERYONE. CAN YOU HEAR ME? GOOD
EVENING, DISTINGUISHED COUNCIL MEMBERS,

00:19:23.360 --> 00:19:26.360
RESIDENTS OF PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY
AND, OF COURSE, OUR FUTURE COUNTY EXECUTIVE. THANK

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YOU

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FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT
TO TALK ABOUT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH. I

00:19:32.360 --> 00:19:34.360
ALSO WANT TO
THANK OUR TEAMS WHO WORK EVERY DAY TO

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GO ABOVE AND
BEYOND FOR THE COUNTY RESIDENTS. AS

00:19:38.360 --> 00:19:41.360
YOU
KNOW, THIS IS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS

00:19:42.360 --> 00:19:45.360
MONTH. YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED, OR YOU WILL
NOTICE WHEN YOU WALK OUT THAT

00:19:47.360 --> 00:19:49.360
WE ACTUALLY CHANGED THE LIGHTS
TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR THIS MONTH. THIS

00:19:53.360 --> 00:19:56.360
PAST WEEK QUESTIONED
WE HOSTED THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH EXPERT

00:19:56.360 --> 00:19:58.360
AT

00:19:59.360 --> 00:20:02.360
BOWIE STATE FOR AGES 16 TO 24 TO
TRY TO HIGHLIGHT THE NEED FOR MENTAL

00:20:02.360 --> 00:20:04.360
HEALTH AWARENESS FOR

00:20:05.360 --> 00:20:07.360
OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. AND WE HAD OVER

00:20:08.360 --> 00:20:10.360
500 PEOPLE ATTEND. THIS WEEKEND, WE

00:20:11.360 --> 00:20:14.360
HAVE THE
SPRING INTO WELLNESS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH EXPO

00:20:14.360 --> 00:20:16.360
AT
PORT WASHINGTON FOR OUR SENIORS. THERE'S

00:20:17.360 --> 00:20:19.360
FLYERS AT

00:20:20.360 --> 00:20:23.360
THE SIDE TABLE, IS FLYERS
OUTSIDE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO WHAT

00:20:26.360 --> 00:20:28.360
IS PUBLIC BEHAVIORAL HEALTH? IN SHORT,
IT'S UNDERSTANDING, TREATING, AND

00:20:29.360 --> 00:20:32.360
PREVENTING MENTAL HEALTH
AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS FOR POPULATIONS. FOR US,

00:20:35.360 --> 00:20:38.360
IT'S ALL
ABOUT PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY. THE

00:20:39.360 --> 00:20:42.360
MARYLAND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
OVERSEES THE MARYLAND PUBLIC

00:20:43.360 --> 00:20:45.360
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SYSTEM WHICH IS
A COMPREHENSIVE

00:20:47.360 --> 00:20:49.360
NETWORK OF PROVIDERS, PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES. THEY

00:20:50.360 --> 00:20:52.360
HAVE GIVEN

00:20:53.360 --> 00:20:56.360
OUR LOCAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AUTHORITY, LVHA,
AUTHORITY TO WORK ON THEIR BEHALF

00:20:56.360 --> 00:20:58.360
TO
MANAGE AND MONITOR LOCAL PROVIDERS. SO I'M

00:20:59.360 --> 00:21:01.360
GOING TO WALK
YOU THROUGH WHERE WE WERE, WHERE WE ARE,

00:21:02.360 --> 00:21:04.360
AND SOME

00:21:05.360 --> 00:21:07.360
OF WHERE WE ARE
GOING. FIRST, SOME GOOD NEWS. CAN

00:21:08.360 --> 00:21:11.360
YOU
--NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. OVER THE LAST

00:21:13.360 --> 00:21:15.360
FEW YEARS, WE HAVE INCREASED THE NUMBER
OF PROGRAMS AND

00:21:17.360 --> 00:21:20.360
PROVIDERS IN THE COUNTY
FROM JUNE 2023 TO JUNE 2024. WE INCREASED

00:21:20.360 --> 00:21:22.360
THE
NUMBER OF LICENSED PROGRAMS BY 19%

00:21:23.360 --> 00:21:25.360
AND THE NUMBER
OF PROVIDERS BY 11%. THIS IS A GOOD

00:21:26.360 --> 00:21:28.360
START,

00:21:29.360 --> 00:21:31.360
BUT IT IS NOT ENOUGH. WE

00:21:32.360 --> 00:21:35.360
KEPT GOING IN FY 25,
THESE NUMBERS CONTINUE TO INCREASE. WE

00:21:35.360 --> 00:21:38.360
NOW HAVE
237 LICENSED PUBLIC BEHAVIORAL HEALTH

00:21:38.360 --> 00:21:40.360
PROVIDERS

00:21:41.360 --> 00:21:43.360
IN THE

00:21:44.360 --> 00:21:46.360
COUNTY AND 615 LICENSED PROGRAMS. ACTUALLY, GO

00:21:47.360 --> 00:21:50.360
BACK ONE. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE,
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE

00:21:50.360 --> 00:21:53.360
CARE IS COVERED BY
MANY DIFFERENT TYPES AND LEVELS OF CARE. WE

00:21:53.360 --> 00:21:55.360
DON'T HAVE

00:21:56.360 --> 00:21:58.360
TIME TO GOOD OVER THE LIST, BUT I

00:21:59.360 --> 00:22:01.360
WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT WE DO NOT

00:22:02.360 --> 00:22:05.360
HAVE SERVICES AT THE MORE
INTENSIVE LEVELS OF CARE FOR ADOLESCENTS. WE

00:22:05.360 --> 00:22:08.360
CAN
SEND ADOLESCENTS IN CRISIS TO MOUNTAIN

00:22:08.360 --> 00:22:10.360
MANOR IN BALTIMORE,

00:22:11.360 --> 00:22:14.360
BUT WE ARE ACTIVELY WORK ON
LOCAL SOLUTIONS AND WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING MORE DEFINITIVE

00:22:14.360 --> 00:22:17.360
TO SHARE
WITHIN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS. NEXT SLIDE.

00:22:19.360 --> 00:22:21.360
THIS SLIDE IS BROKEN DOWN INTO TWO
PARTS. THE

00:22:23.360 --> 00:22:25.360
LEFT SIDE IS

00:22:26.360 --> 00:22:28.360
THE RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION PROGRAMS,

00:22:29.360 --> 00:22:31.360
WHICH ARE STRUCTURED TO LIVE-IN TREATMENT
AND SUPPORT

00:22:32.360 --> 00:22:34.360
FOR

00:22:35.360 --> 00:22:37.360
SINGLE INDIVIDUALS STEPPING
DOWN FROM IN-PATIENT INCARCERATION. WE CURRENTLY

00:22:38.360 --> 00:22:40.360
HAVE

00:22:41.360 --> 00:22:43.360
347 BEDS IN THE COUNTY. THE

00:22:44.360 --> 00:22:47.360
RIGHT SIDE
HIGHLIGHTS OUR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH RESIDENTIAL INPATIENT

00:22:47.360 --> 00:22:49.360
CRISIS PROVIDERS IN THE COUNTY. OVER

00:22:50.360 --> 00:22:52.360
THE LAST FISCAL

00:22:53.360 --> 00:22:55.360
YEAR, OUR NUMBERS WENT FROM 134 TO

00:22:56.360 --> 00:22:58.360
225. THE NUMBER ON

00:22:59.360 --> 00:23:01.360
THE

00:23:02.360 --> 00:23:05.360
BOTTOM HERE IS ACTUALLY A TYPO. SAFE
JOURNEY HOUSE
STILL HAS TEN. THIS INCREASE IS LARGELY DUE

00:23:05.360 --> 00:23:07.360
TO THE

00:23:08.360 --> 00:23:10.360
16 NEW DYER CENTER
CRISIS CHAIRS OPERATED BY RECOVERY INNOVATIONS. WILL

00:23:11.360 --> 00:23:13.360
YOU HEAR MORE

00:23:14.360 --> 00:23:16.360
ABOUT THIS IN THE NEAR FUTURE

00:23:17.360 --> 00:23:19.360
BY MS. FOWLER. AND

00:23:20.360 --> 00:23:22.360
75 SUBSTANCE ABUSE
BEDS BROUGHT ONLINE BY PYRAMID HEALTH. NEXT SLIDE. IN

00:23:23.360 --> 00:23:25.360
THE

00:23:26.360 --> 00:23:28.360
HEALTH DEPARTMENT WE ARE FOCUSING

00:23:29.360 --> 00:23:31.360
ON WHAT'S CALLED CLACKIVE

00:23:32.360 --> 00:23:34.360
IMPACT MODEL WHERE WE WORK

00:23:35.360 --> 00:23:37.360
TO BEFORE PARTNERS

00:23:38.360 --> 00:23:40.360
TO THE TABLE, SO --

00:23:41.360 --> 00:23:43.360
TO EXPAND THE CONTINUED CARE, WE PUT
OUT

00:23:44.360 --> 00:23:46.360
A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION WHICH IDENTIFIES
12

00:23:47.360 --> 00:23:50.360
PARTNERS WHO ARE WILLING TO
TAKE THOSE LEAVE IN CRISIS WITHIN

00:23:50.360 --> 00:23:52.360
72 HOURS TO CONTINUE CARE. WE ARE

00:23:53.360 --> 00:23:55.360
VERY EX COTED ABOUT THIS. NEXT

00:23:56.360 --> 00:23:58.360
SLIDE. I SPOKE ABOUT THE LVHA AT

00:23:59.360 --> 00:24:01.360
THE BEGINNING OF THIS BUT I WAND

00:24:02.360 --> 00:24:04.360
TO EX LAB ROAR RATE. THE L

00:24:05.360 --> 00:24:08.360
VHA SOFTEN THE MAIN CONTRACT FOR
INDIVIDUALS SEEKING INFORMATION ON

00:24:08.360 --> 00:24:10.360
PUBLICLY

00:24:11.360 --> 00:24:13.360
FUNDED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH

00:24:14.360 --> 00:24:16.360
SERVICES. BUT THEY ALSO ENGAGE IN

00:24:17.360 --> 00:24:19.360
-- ADDITIONALLY

00:24:20.360 --> 00:24:22.360
THEY WARD AND OVERSEE 53 GRANTS THAT
ADDRESS GAPS IN CARE. YOU

00:24:23.360 --> 00:24:25.360
CAN SEE THE SHORT LITS ON THE RIGHT

00:24:26.360 --> 00:24:29.360
SIDE HERE. I HOPE THIS PROVIDES
SOME IDEA OF WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. WE

00:24:30.360 --> 00:24:33.360
STILL HAVE MANY
GAPS IN CARE, BUT WE HAVE MADE SOME PROGRESS, AND

00:24:35.360 --> 00:24:37.360
WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TO MAKE MORE

00:24:38.360 --> 00:24:40.360
PROGRESS. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS COMMITTED
TO

00:24:41.360 --> 00:24:44.360
IMPROVING ACCESS TO BEHAVIOR HEALTH
AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES

00:24:44.360 --> 00:24:46.360
FOR OUR REASONS AT ALL LEVELS. NOW
I

00:24:48.360 --> 00:24:50.360
WILL PASS

00:24:51.360 --> 00:24:53.360
IT BACK TO

00:24:54.360 --> 00:24:56.360
ERICA TO

00:24:57.360 --> 00:24:59.360
INTRODUCE OUR
NEXT SPEAKER, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR,

00:25:00.360 --> 00:25:03.360
JACQUELINE SIMPLEVILLE.
>>
NEXT WE HAVE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROGRAMS

00:25:03.360 --> 00:25:05.360
AND
SERVICES. WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM

00:25:06.360 --> 00:25:09.360
DR. JACQUELINE SUMMERVILLE
WHAT IS PROGRAM CHIEF THAT HAS OVER

00:25:10.360 --> 00:25:13.360
100 EMPLOYEES WHO OPERATE SEVERAL DIFFERENT
MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE

00:25:13.360 --> 00:25:16.360
USE PROGRAMS. DR. SUMMERVILLE.
>>
THANK YOU. GOOD

00:25:18.360 --> 00:25:20.360
EVENING, EVERYONE. FIRST SLIDE,
PLEASE. THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DIVISION OF

00:25:21.360 --> 00:25:23.360
THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT

00:25:24.360 --> 00:25:26.360
IS DEDICATED TO HELPING
RESIDENTS PREVENT AND RECOVER FROM BEHAVIORAL

00:25:27.360 --> 00:25:29.360
HEALTH ISSUES. AS

00:25:30.360 --> 00:25:32.360
DR. LEVY STATED, WE'VE ADOPTED A COLLECTIVE

00:25:33.360 --> 00:25:35.360
IMPACT APPROACH, AND THAT

00:25:36.360 --> 00:25:38.360
MEANS WE WORK TOGETHER

00:25:39.360 --> 00:25:41.360
AS A TEAM TO

00:25:42.360 --> 00:25:45.360
IMPROVE HEALTH OF THE
COMMUNITY. WE'VE ESTABLISHED PARTNERSHIPS WITH
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND

00:25:45.360 --> 00:25:47.360
PROGRAMS AND PROVIDERS
AND FAITH-BASED GROUPS WHO ARE ALREADY

00:25:48.360 --> 00:25:50.360
DOING

00:25:51.360 --> 00:25:53.360
THIS WORK WITHIN THEIR
RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES. WE UNDERSTAND

00:25:54.360 --> 00:25:56.360
THAT THESE ORGANIZATIONS

00:25:57.360 --> 00:25:59.360
HAVE FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE OF THE

00:26:00.360 --> 00:26:03.360
SPECIFIC NEEDS OF
THE COMMUNITY. THESE FORMAL PARTNERSHIPS POSITION

00:26:03.360 --> 00:26:05.360
THE BEHAVIOR HEALTH DIVISION

00:26:06.360 --> 00:26:09.360
TO BE WHAT IS TERMED BACKBONE
SUPPORT. THIS MEANS THAT WE HAVE A

00:26:09.360 --> 00:26:11.360
ROLE OF

00:26:12.360 --> 00:26:14.360
ENGAGING WITH
NEW POTENTIAL PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS,

00:26:15.360 --> 00:26:17.360
CONVENING AND FACILITATING
THE MEETINGS AND HELPING TO STRATEGIZE

00:26:18.360 --> 00:26:20.360
TO COME UP

00:26:21.360 --> 00:26:23.360
WITH A COMMON AGENDA. THE PHRASE

00:26:24.360 --> 00:26:27.360
MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL
--I'M SORRY, MUTUALLY REINFORCING

00:26:28.360 --> 00:26:31.360
ACTIVITIES DESCRIBE ACTIVITIES THAT BENEFIT THE
COLLECTIVE PARTNER AND

00:26:32.360 --> 00:26:35.360
HELP US ALL ESTABLISH OUR GOAL. I'LL
JUST SHARE A COUPLE EXAMPLES. WE HAVE

00:26:36.360 --> 00:26:38.360
GRANT FUNDS THAT

00:26:39.360 --> 00:26:41.360
HAVE ALLOWED THE

00:26:42.360 --> 00:26:45.360
HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO CREATE
A CERTIFIED PEER RECOVERY TRAINING

00:26:45.360 --> 00:26:47.360
CURRICULUM. AS A RESULT, WE'VE

00:26:48.360 --> 00:26:51.360
BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE THIS TRAINING
TO 75 INDIVIDUALS WHAT ARE WELL ON THEIR

00:26:54.360 --> 00:26:57.360
WAY
TO BECOMING FULLY CERTIFIED. GRANT

00:26:59.360 --> 00:27:02.360
''0 FUNDS SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT
OF A
NEW CURRICULUM GEARED TOWARDS YOUNG ADULTS. GRANT

00:27:03.360 --> 00:27:05.360
FUNDS ALSO

00:27:06.360 --> 00:27:09.360
ALLOW US
TO SUPPORT PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS SUCH

00:27:09.360 --> 00:27:11.360
AS

00:27:12.360 --> 00:27:14.360
BEHAVIOR HEALTH, MARYLAND FAMILY RESOURCES, SYNERGY

00:27:15.360 --> 00:27:17.360
FAMILY

00:27:18.360 --> 00:27:20.360
SERVICES, MARYLAND COALITION

00:27:21.360 --> 00:27:23.360
OF FAMILIES, AND NAMI PRINCE GEORGE'S,

00:27:24.360 --> 00:27:27.360
ALL AIMED AT PROVIDING SUPPORT TO YOUTH AND
THEIR FAMILIES. AS DR. LEVY MENTIONED

00:27:27.360 --> 00:27:29.360
THIS

00:27:30.360 --> 00:27:32.360
PAST SATURDAY WE HAD A G.O.A.T.

00:27:33.360 --> 00:27:35.360
EXPO, GREATEST OF

00:27:36.360 --> 00:27:38.360
ALL-TIME,
FOR YOUTH. AND THIS EXPO HAD OVER

00:27:39.360 --> 00:27:41.360
-- ON THE READY TO PROVIDE

00:27:42.360 --> 00:27:44.360
SUPPORT AND RESOURCES TO
YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES. BECAUSE

00:27:45.360 --> 00:27:47.360
OF GRANT DOLLARS, WE

00:27:48.360 --> 00:27:50.360
ARE ALSO ABLE

00:27:51.360 --> 00:27:53.360
TO PARTNER WITH
THE MUNICIPALITIES TO ESTABLISH OVERDOSE RESPONSE

00:27:54.360 --> 00:27:56.360
PROGRAMS. SO FAR

00:27:57.360 --> 00:27:59.360
THE CITY OF HYATTSVILLE IS

00:28:00.360 --> 00:28:02.360
TRAINED TO TRAIN

00:28:03.360 --> 00:28:05.360
AND DISTRIBUTE

00:28:06.360 --> 00:28:09.360
THEIR OWN NALOXONE AND
FENTANYL TEST SPHOM OTHERS ARE WORKING

00:28:12.360 --> 00:28:14.360
TOWARD THIS GOAL INCLUDING MOUNT

00:28:15.360 --> 00:28:17.360
RAINIER, FEET PLEASANT AND NEW CARROLLTON. ANOTHER
IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF COLLECTIVE

00:28:18.360 --> 00:28:20.360
IMPACT

00:28:21.360 --> 00:28:23.360
IS HAVING A SHARED MEASUREMENT. AS
ERICA

00:28:24.360 --> 00:28:26.360
STATED, DATA IS VERY IMPORTANT. WE
HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT DATA SETS

00:28:27.360 --> 00:28:29.360
WE AGREE

00:28:30.360 --> 00:28:32.360
THAT WE ARE TRACKING. WE ALSO

00:28:33.360 --> 00:28:35.360
NEED TO HAVE BASELINE DATA THAT,

00:28:36.360 --> 00:28:38.360
AND WE HAVE TO MEASURE THE

00:28:39.360 --> 00:28:42.360
IMPACT OF THE PROJECTS THAT
WE'RE IMPLEMENTING. AND THEN FINALLY,

00:28:42.360 --> 00:28:44.360
WE NEED CONTINUOUS COMMUNICATION TO

00:28:45.360 --> 00:28:47.360
MAKE SURE

00:28:48.360 --> 00:28:50.360
THAT EACH

00:28:51.360 --> 00:28:53.360
OF OUR PARTNER SPHWIMENTS

00:28:54.360 --> 00:28:56.360
--THROUGHOUT THEIR PARTICIPATION IN
REGULAR PARTNER MEETINGS. NEXT

00:28:57.360 --> 00:28:59.360
SLIDE, PLEASE. OUR DIVISION IS DIVIDED

00:29:00.360 --> 00:29:02.360
INTO FOUR SECTIONS. THE FIRST SECTION
IS

00:29:03.360 --> 00:29:05.360
CALLED CONTINUUM OF

00:29:06.360 --> 00:29:09.360
CARE FOR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS. THIS
TEAM PROVIDES EDUCATION AND SUPPORT

00:29:09.360 --> 00:29:11.360
FOR

00:29:12.360 --> 00:29:14.360
COMMUNITIES THAT ARE IMPACTED BY SUBSTANCE

00:29:15.360 --> 00:29:18.360
MISUSE, INCLUDING TONE BACK CO. WE
USE
THE PHRASE CONTINUUM OF CARE BECAUSE

00:29:18.360 --> 00:29:20.360
WE RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S

00:29:21.360 --> 00:29:23.360
IMPORTANT TO

00:29:24.360 --> 00:29:26.360
OFFER WHAT'S CALLED PRIMARY
PREVENTION. PRIMARY PREVENTION IS

00:29:27.360 --> 00:29:29.360
LIKE PUTTING A BIG

00:29:33.360 --> 00:29:35.360
SIGN UP THAT

00:29:36.360 --> 00:29:38.360
SAYS STOP

00:29:39.360 --> 00:29:41.360
BEFORE DOING SOMETHING -- HELPS TEACH
PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY KIDS,

00:29:42.360 --> 00:29:44.360
WHY THESE THINGS CAN BE BAD FOR THEIR
HEALTH. BY UNDERSTANDING,

00:29:45.360 --> 00:29:48.360
WE CAN HELP OURSELVES AND OUR
FAMILIES STAY HEALTHY. NEXT SLIDE,

00:29:49.360 --> 00:29:52.360
PLEASE. OUR NEXT
SECTION IS TITLED LINKAGE TO CARE

00:29:54.360 --> 00:29:56.360
FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES. THIS

00:29:58.360 --> 00:30:00.360
SECTION
EMPHASIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF ENSURING

00:30:01.360 --> 00:30:03.360
SAFETY AND CONNECTION WITH YOUTH AND THEIR

00:30:04.360 --> 00:30:06.360
FAMILIES BY LINKING THEM WITH
COMMUNITY-BASED PROVIDERS. WE OFFER

00:30:07.360 --> 00:30:10.360
TWO DIRECT
SERVICE PROGRAMS. ONE IS CALLED THE

00:30:11.360 --> 00:30:14.360
ADOLESCENT CLUBHOUSE, WHICH SUPPORTS YOUTH AGES
12 TO 18,

00:30:16.360 --> 00:30:19.360
AND A PROGRAM CALLED BRIDGES TO
SUCCESS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT YOUTH THAT ARE

00:30:22.360 --> 00:30:24.360
REFERRED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
JUVENILE SERVICES. ADDITIONALLY, WE

00:30:25.360 --> 00:30:27.360
HAVE TWO FEDERAL GRANTS,

00:30:28.360 --> 00:30:30.360
AND WE WORK IN COLLABORATION
WITH THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS, DEPARTMENT

00:30:31.360 --> 00:30:33.360
OF
SOCIAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE,

00:30:34.360 --> 00:30:37.360
AND SOME OF
THE PARTNERS THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER. NEXT

00:30:37.360 --> 00:30:40.360
SLIDE. OUR
NEXT SECTION IS CALLED LINKAGE TO

00:30:42.360 --> 00:30:44.360
CARE FOR ADULTS, AND THIS SUPPORTS
SCREENING,

00:30:46.360 --> 00:30:48.360
BECAUSE WE NEED TO BE

00:30:49.360 --> 00:30:52.360
ABLE TOY DENT FIDE WHAT
CLIENTS EXPERIENCE MIGHT BE SO WE
CAN KNOW WHAT THE CORRECT RESOURCES

00:30:52.360 --> 00:30:55.360
ARE
THAT WE NEED TO CONNECT THEM TO. AND

00:30:55.360 --> 00:30:57.360
ASSIST THEM

00:30:58.360 --> 00:31:00.360
WITH THE
HELP THAT THEY NEED. LAST SLIDE. AND

00:31:01.360 --> 00:31:03.360
FINALLY WE

00:31:04.360 --> 00:31:07.360
HAVE A
SECTION CALLED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
AND CROSS-SECTOR COLLABORATION. WE

00:31:10.360 --> 00:31:12.360
AIM TO
ESTABLISH PARTNERSHIPS WITH COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS,

00:31:13.360 --> 00:31:15.360
GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES, ALL USING

00:31:16.360 --> 00:31:19.360
THE COLLECTIVE
IMPACT MODEL THAT I DESCRIBED. TWO

00:31:19.360 --> 00:31:22.360
WELL-KNOWN
EXAMPLES OF THIS INITIATIVE ARE THE

00:31:22.360 --> 00:31:24.360
BRIDGE

00:31:25.360 --> 00:31:28.360
CENTER AT ADAMS HOUSE
AND LANGLEY PARK MULTICULTURAL SERVICE

00:31:28.360 --> 00:31:31.360
CENTER. WE
ARE RECENTLY ESTABLISHING AN EXTREME

00:31:31.360 --> 00:31:34.360
RISK
PROTECTION ORDER I WILL EIGHT SON

00:31:34.360 --> 00:31:37.360
PROGRAM AND OUR PI
I DID ABATEMENT TASK FORCE IS WORKING

00:31:37.360 --> 00:31:40.360
TOGETHER TO FIND SOLUTIONS THAT
ARE RIGHT FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE

00:31:42.360 --> 00:31:45.360
COUNTY. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, DR.
SUMMERVILLE. NEXT

00:31:46.360 --> 00:31:48.360
WE'LL HEAR FROM MS.

00:31:49.360 --> 00:31:52.360
MARGARET FOWLER
WHO IS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF TLC MARYLAND,

00:31:52.360 --> 00:31:55.360
NONPROFIT
OF SIX HOSPITALS THAT CONNECTS HEALTHCARE

00:31:55.360 --> 00:31:58.360
PROVIDERS AND PROGRAMS
WITH RESIDENTS IN SOUTHERN MARYLAND

00:32:00.360 --> 00:32:02.360
WHICH INCLUDE PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY. TLC
BELIEVES THAT

00:32:03.360 --> 00:32:05.360
EVERYONE DESERVES ACCESS TO QUALITY HEALTH
CARE. TLC'S MISSION

00:32:07.360 --> 00:32:09.360
IS TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF RESIDENTS

00:32:10.360 --> 00:32:12.360
IN SOUTHERN MARYLAND THROUGH

00:32:13.360 --> 00:32:15.360
MEANINGFUL PARTNERSHIP LED EDUCATION

00:32:16.360 --> 00:32:18.360
AND EMPOWERMENT. MS. FOWLER.
>> THANK

00:32:19.360 --> 00:32:22.360
YOU, ERICA. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL
MEMBERS AND
COMMUNITY RESIDENTS. I AM HONORED

00:32:22.360 --> 00:32:24.360
AND BLESSED

00:32:25.360 --> 00:32:27.360
TO BE ABLE TO BE HERE TO SHARE THE COLLABORATIVE

00:32:28.360 --> 00:32:30.360
EFFORTS THAT WE'VE DONE IN DEVELOPING

00:32:31.360 --> 00:32:33.360
THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
EMERGENCY CRISIS CONTINUUM USING THE

00:32:34.360 --> 00:32:36.360
BEST PRACTICE

00:32:37.360 --> 00:32:40.360
CRISIS NOW MODEL. AND WE'VE HELPED
TO
DEVELOP THIS THROUGH COLLABORATIONS

00:32:41.360 --> 00:32:44.360
ACROSS COUNTIES, STATE, COMMUNITY
BASED ORGANIZATIONS, AND

00:32:46.360 --> 00:32:48.360
WITH THE FUNDING SUPPORT OF
OUR HOSPITALS FOR THIS PROJECT. THE

00:32:49.360 --> 00:32:51.360
MODEL I'M GOING
TO GO OVER THESE SLIDES. THERE'S A

00:32:52.360 --> 00:32:54.360
LOT OF WORK THAT'S BEING DONE BY

00:32:55.360 --> 00:32:58.360
THE FRONT LINE BUT THEY ARE A LOT
OF
THE INFORMATION SUBPOENA ON THE SCREEN. BUT

00:32:58.360 --> 00:33:01.360
I DID WANT TO
SAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE A HIGH

00:33:01.360 --> 00:33:04.360
LEVEL
ABOUT WHAT THE MODEL INCLUDES. SOMEONE TO

00:33:04.360 --> 00:33:07.360
CALL, SWN
TO COME TO YOU AND SOMEWHERE TO GO. AND OVER

00:33:07.360 --> 00:33:09.360
THE

00:33:10.360 --> 00:33:12.360
NEXT SLIDES, WE'LL BE DISCUSSION

00:33:13.360 --> 00:33:15.360
EACH ONE OF THOSE COMPONENTS. FOR

00:33:16.360 --> 00:33:18.360
THE CALL CENTER, SOMEONE TO CALL,

00:33:19.360 --> 00:33:21.360
THE 988 CALL

00:33:22.360 --> 00:33:25.360
CENTER, IT OFFERS INTERVENTIONS 24/7 THROUGH
VARIOUS CHANNELS, THROUGH PHONE, TEXT,

00:33:27.360 --> 00:33:29.360
CHAT, AND VIDEO, AS FAR AS --AND SIGN LANGUAGE
AS

00:33:31.360 --> 00:33:33.360
WELL. THE CALL SPECIALISTS ARE

00:33:34.360 --> 00:33:37.360
TRAINED CRISIS PROFESSIONALS TO
PERFORM RISK ASSESSMENTS, APPEAR PROP

00:33:37.360 --> 00:33:40.360
I CAN'T TELL
--BASED UPON THE NEEDS OF THE CALLER

00:33:40.360 --> 00:33:42.360
THEY

00:33:43.360 --> 00:33:45.360
MAY

00:33:46.360 --> 00:33:49.360
BE ABLE TO RESOLVE ISSUES TELEPHONICALLY,
MAKE
REFERRALS TO COMMUNITY PROVIDERS,

00:33:49.360 --> 00:33:51.360
DISPATCH MOBILE CRISIS
TEAMS, AND AS NEEDED, EMS. CAN WE

00:33:52.360 --> 00:33:54.360
GO

00:33:55.360 --> 00:33:57.360
TO THE NEXT

00:33:58.360 --> 00:34:00.360
SLIDE, PLEASE. WE ALSO

00:34:01.360 --> 00:34:04.360
CONDUCTED A DIVERSION PILOT THAT
CONNECTS NONVIOLENT MENTAL HEALTH

00:34:04.360 --> 00:34:06.360
DISTRESSED

00:34:07.360 --> 00:34:09.360
CALLERS TO THE BEHAVIORAL CRISIS RESPONDER
988. THIS IS

00:34:10.360 --> 00:34:12.360
A RECOMMENDATION OF THE POLICE REFORM

00:34:13.360 --> 00:34:15.360
WORKING GROUP AND PROVIDES

00:34:16.360 --> 00:34:19.360
AN ALTERNATIVE TO CONTACT
911 FOR URGENT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MATTERS. THE

00:34:22.360 --> 00:34:25.360
COUNTY CONTINUES TO
DEVELOP A SEAMLESS INTEGRATION TO LONGITUDINALLY

00:34:25.360 --> 00:34:27.360
TRACK
CALLS THROUGH THE EMERGENCY CONTINUUM AND

00:34:28.360 --> 00:34:30.360
MEASURE THE IMPACT

00:34:31.360 --> 00:34:34.360
ON POLICE, FIRE, EMS, HOSPITALS, AND
MOST IMPORTANTLY, ON IMPROVING ACCESS

00:34:34.360 --> 00:34:36.360
TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

00:34:37.360 --> 00:34:39.360
FOR THE RESIDENTS OF PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

00:34:40.360 --> 00:34:42.360
THE NEXT ITEM IS

00:34:43.360 --> 00:34:45.360
SOMEONE TO COME TO YOU. OUR MOBILE

00:34:46.360 --> 00:34:48.360
CRISIS RESPONSE TEAMS, WE HAVE EIGHT

00:34:49.360 --> 00:34:51.360
TWO-PERSON TEAMS IN THE COUNTY. AVAILABLE 24/7. THREE

00:34:52.360 --> 00:34:54.360
TEAMS ARE ON ONE SHIFT FROM

00:34:55.360 --> 00:34:57.360
8:00

00:34:58.360 --> 00:35:00.360
A.M. TO 4:00 P.M. ONE

00:35:01.360 --> 00:35:03.360
TEAM IS ON SHIFT OVERNIGHT 12:00

00:35:04.360 --> 00:35:06.360
A.M. TO 8:00 A.M. AND

00:35:07.360 --> 00:35:10.360
THEY RESPOND WITHOUT
LAW ENFORCEMENT WHENEVER IT'S POSSIBLE. THE

00:35:10.360 --> 00:35:13.360
RESPONSE TIME HAS
BEEN APPROXIMATELY 45 MINUTES, BUT THEY

00:35:13.360 --> 00:35:15.360
HAVE UP

00:35:16.360 --> 00:35:18.360
TO 60 MINUTES

00:35:19.360 --> 00:35:22.360
TO RESPOND. THEY PROVIDE SAFETY
RISK, EVALUATION OF INDIVIDUALS, IDENTIFY

00:35:22.360 --> 00:35:24.360
CRISIS, PROVIDES INDIVIDUAL

00:35:25.360 --> 00:35:27.360
CARE PLANS, CAN SCHEDULE SAME-DAY

00:35:28.360 --> 00:35:30.360
AND NEXT-DAY APPOINTMENTS, AND

00:35:31.360 --> 00:35:33.360
WHILE THEY'RE ON THE SCENE. NEXT SLIDE,

00:35:34.360 --> 00:35:37.360
PLEASE. SOMEWHERE TO GO. THE DIRE
CARE CENTER BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISIS

00:35:37.360 --> 00:35:39.360
STABILIZATION CENTER

00:35:40.360 --> 00:35:42.360
THAT WAS BUILT IN CLINTON, MARYLAND,

00:35:43.360 --> 00:35:45.360
AND IT'S AN EMERGENCY HEALTH FACILITY,

00:35:47.360 --> 00:35:49.360
FULLY STAFFED TO
PROVIDE SHORT-TERM 23-HOUR STABILIZATION

00:35:50.360 --> 00:35:53.360
SERVICES FOR ADULTS 18
AND OLDER WHO ARE EXPERIENCING MENTAL

00:35:56.360 --> 00:35:58.360
HEALTH OR SUBSTANCE USE

00:35:59.360 --> 00:36:01.360
CRISIS. AGAIN, THEY'RE AVAILABLE
24/7. IT'S A 16-CLAIRE FACILITY, ACCEPTS

00:36:02.360 --> 00:36:04.360
VOLUNTARY
AS WELL AS INVOLUNTEER GUESTS. AND I

00:36:05.360 --> 00:36:07.360
WANTED TO
LET YOU KNOW THAT THEY'RE CALLED -- THE INDIVIDUALS

00:36:08.360 --> 00:36:10.360
THEY GO THERE,
THEY ARE GUESTS, WHICH TELLS YOU IT IS

00:36:11.360 --> 00:36:13.360
A MUCH DIFFERENT

00:36:14.360 --> 00:36:16.360
SITUATIONS THAN GOING TO THE
EMERGENCY ROOM. THEY HAVE QUICK DROPOFF

00:36:17.360 --> 00:36:19.360
FOR

00:36:20.360 --> 00:36:22.360
LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND THE

00:36:23.360 --> 00:36:25.360
LATEST REPORT SHOWS IT'S APPROXIMATELY FIVE
MINUTES. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AS YOU

00:36:26.360 --> 00:36:28.360
CAN SEE

00:36:29.360 --> 00:36:32.360
HERE THIS IS JUST A DIAGRAM
FOR A QUICK REFERENCE FOR ALL OF YOU

00:36:32.360 --> 00:36:34.360
TO

00:36:35.360 --> 00:36:37.360
SEE
AND HOPEFULLY SHARE WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS

00:36:38.360 --> 00:36:40.360
ANYONE

00:36:41.360 --> 00:36:43.360
YOU

00:36:44.360 --> 00:36:47.360
MAY KNOW THIS IS A CRUISES FROM
911 TO 988, THEN THE MOBILE RESPONSE, AND

00:36:47.360 --> 00:36:50.360
THEN
TO THE DYER CENTER. IT'S THE BLUE

00:36:50.360 --> 00:36:52.360
LOOP THAT

00:36:53.360 --> 00:36:55.360
WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DEVELOP, AND

00:36:56.360 --> 00:36:59.360
WE IMPLEMENTED THAT LAST PIECE
AS EFFECTIVE AND OPEN THE DIRE CARE CENTER IN

00:36:59.360 --> 00:37:01.360
70. YOU CAN GO

00:37:05.360 --> 00:37:08.360
TO THE NEXT
SLIDE, PLEASE. IN CLOSING, THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH

00:37:08.360 --> 00:37:10.360
CATALYST GRANT

00:37:11.360 --> 00:37:13.360
OF OVER $25 MILLION WAS PROVIDED BY

00:37:14.360 --> 00:37:16.360
THE HEALTH SERVICES COST REVIEW COMMISSION

00:37:17.360 --> 00:37:20.360
TO HELP BUILD
THESE PROGRAMS IN COLLABORATION WITH MEDSTAR

00:37:20.360 --> 00:37:22.360
SOUTHERN

00:37:23.360 --> 00:37:25.360
MARYLAND HOSPITAL, UNIVERSITY

00:37:26.360 --> 00:37:28.360
OF MARYLAND CAPITAL REGION, AND
ADVENTIST HEALTHCARE FORT WASHINGTON. THEY

00:37:29.360 --> 00:37:31.360
ALSO HELPED

00:37:32.360 --> 00:37:34.360
BUILD PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY
TRANSFORMATIONAL APPROACH TO MENTAL

00:37:35.360 --> 00:37:37.360
HEALTH
AND THROUGH FOSTERING, WHAT WE'VE HEARD

00:37:38.360 --> 00:37:41.360
CONTINUOUSLY IN
THIS PRESENTATION, IT'S COLLABORATION BETWEEN

00:37:41.360 --> 00:37:43.360
THE
HOSPITALS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS,

00:37:44.360 --> 00:37:46.360
AND ENABLING THE ABILITY

00:37:49.360 --> 00:37:52.360
TO CREATE IN NO STRAIGHTIVE INFRA
BEST PRACTICE PROGRAMS
AND FACILITIES. THANK YOU.

00:37:52.360 --> 00:37:54.360
>> THANK
YOU

00:37:56.360 --> 00:37:58.360
SO MUCH. NEXT WE

00:37:59.360 --> 00:38:02.360
WILL HEAR FROM OUR STATE'S ATTORNEY'S
OFFICE, COLLABORATIVE TO END FAMILY VIOLENCE. THE

00:38:04.360 --> 00:38:06.360
MISSION OF THE STATE'S ATTORNEY'S
OFFICE

00:38:08.360 --> 00:38:11.360
IS TO ADMINISTER A JUSTICE SYSTEM
THAT IS STRONG, EFFECTIVE, INNOVATIVE,

00:38:11.360 --> 00:38:13.360
RESTORE AIVE AND BALANCED

00:38:14.360 --> 00:38:16.360
WITH A FOCUS

00:38:17.360 --> 00:38:20.360
ON VICTIMS. WE'RE GOING TO
HEAR FROM MS. SHACK COULD REID.

00:38:20.360 --> 00:38:22.360
>>
GOOD

00:38:23.360 --> 00:38:26.360
EVENING,
EVERYONE, I AM CHAKA KHAN REID HERE

00:38:26.360 --> 00:38:29.360
TO TALK ABOUT
THE COLLABORATIVE TO END FAMILY VIOLENCE

00:38:29.360 --> 00:38:31.360
THIS IS A PROJECT
THAT THE STATE'S ATTORNEY WANTED ME

00:38:32.360 --> 00:38:34.360
TO BEGIN WORKING ON IN 20 23. WE LACKED

00:38:35.360 --> 00:38:38.360
AT THE NUMBERS AND
WE REALIZED THAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOMICIDES HAD

00:38:38.360 --> 00:38:41.360
GROWN, BUT
NOT IN THE DEPARTMENT OF WHAT YOU

00:38:41.360 --> 00:38:43.360
WOULD THINK OR

00:38:44.360 --> 00:38:47.360
THE LEVEL
WHICH YOU WOULD THINK. WE REALIZED

00:38:49.360 --> 00:38:51.360
THAT THEY WERE FAMILIAL HOMES. SO
UNFORTUNATELY, CHILDREN

00:38:52.360 --> 00:38:54.360
WERE KILLING THEIR PARENTS, CHILDREN WERE

00:38:55.360 --> 00:38:57.360
KILLING THEIR PARENTS, SIBLINGS WERE
KILLING THEIR SIBLINGS. THERE WERE

00:38:58.360 --> 00:39:01.360
STEP PARENT AND PARENT ISSUES. WE
REALIZED THERE WAS SOMETHING GOING
ON

00:39:01.360 --> 00:39:04.360
IN THE HOME. SO THE PROJECT THIS PROGRAM
IS ABOUT BRINGING AWARENESS TO DOMESTIC

00:39:05.360 --> 00:39:08.360
VIOLENCE BEING MORE THAN JUST INCIDENT
MUTT PARTNERS. WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT

00:39:08.360 --> 00:39:11.360
FAMILIES. WE WANT
TO DELVE INTO THESE HOMES AND FIND

00:39:11.360 --> 00:39:13.360
OUT WHAT'S HAPPENING

00:39:14.360 --> 00:39:17.360
BEFORE IT ENDS IN HOMICIDE, BECAUSE WHAT
WE REALIZE, WHEN YOU SPEAK UP, YOU CAN

00:39:17.360 --> 00:39:19.360
SAVE A LATE. IT DOESN'T HAVE

00:39:20.360 --> 00:39:22.360
TO BRING UP YOUR FAMILY TO

00:39:23.360 --> 00:39:25.360
SPINK. THE HASHTAG TO

00:39:26.360 --> 00:39:28.360
ALL REMEMBER IS HASHTAG SAY HELP --
NEXT SLIDE. HASHTAG SAY HELP. BUT

00:39:29.360 --> 00:39:31.360
ALONG WITH OUR

00:39:32.360 --> 00:39:34.360
PARTNERS, THE SHERIFF'S
DEPARTMENT, PRINCE GEORGE'S FAMILY

00:39:35.360 --> 00:39:38.360
JUSTICE SYSTEM, AS
WELL AS OUR PARTNER 988, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE

00:39:38.360 --> 00:39:40.360
TO KIND OF GET
A FOCUS ON WHAT'S HAPPENING BECAUSE

00:39:41.360 --> 00:39:43.360
WE WANT TO HELP. SO WHAT WE FOUND

00:39:44.360 --> 00:39:46.360
OUT IN SOME OF THE

00:39:47.360 --> 00:39:50.360
HOMES THAT THERE'S MENTAL ILLNESS,
UNFORTUNATING, SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUES,

00:39:50.360 --> 00:39:53.360
HOUSING INSECURITY, EMPLOYMENT ISSUES. BUT
WHATEVER THE ISSUE WE WANT THIS COMMUNITY

00:39:53.360 --> 00:39:56.360
TO KNOW
AND SPREAD THE WORD THAT THERE'S HELP

00:39:56.360 --> 00:39:58.360
AVAILABLE. IF THERE'S IS

00:39:59.360 --> 00:40:01.360
AN ISSUE IN

00:40:02.360 --> 00:40:05.360
YOUR HOME, HASHTAG SAY HELP. GO
TO OUR WEBSITE, AND CHECK IT OUT. WHEN

00:40:05.360 --> 00:40:08.360
YOU GO
THERE, THERE'S A WEALTH OF RESOURCES,

00:40:11.360 --> 00:40:14.360
INCLUDING THE
ONES I JUST MENTIONED. BUT PLEASE

00:40:15.360 --> 00:40:18.360
REMEMBER THE PRINCE GEORGE'S CLAB
ARE ACTIVE AND PLEASE REMEMBER TO

00:40:19.360 --> 00:40:21.360
HELP SPREAD THE WORD OF AWARENESS
THAT FAMILY

00:40:22.360 --> 00:40:25.360
VIOLENCE AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOMICIDE
ARE NOT JUST INTIMATE PARTNERS. THEY
ARE AMONG

00:40:26.360 --> 00:40:28.360
THE FAMILIES AND WITHIN THE
HOME. I'LL BRING ONE CASE UP. I'M SURE YOU

00:40:35.360 --> 00:40:37.360
SAW IT ON THE NEWS. CANDACE

00:40:41.360 --> 00:40:44.360
CRAIG
. KILLING HER MOTHER, DISMEMBERING HER,

00:40:44.360 --> 00:40:46.360
IN THIS GRILLING HER. I

00:40:47.360 --> 00:40:50.360
KNOW THAT'S VERY HARD TO HEAR BUT
THE STATE'S ATTORNEY OFFICE, THE OFFICE

00:40:50.360 --> 00:40:52.360
OF

00:40:53.360 --> 00:40:56.360
THE SHERIFF, 988, METAL WORK, THE
PRINCE GEORGE'S JUSTICE CENTER AS

00:40:56.360 --> 00:40:58.360
WELL AND HEALTH ABUSE

00:40:59.360 --> 00:41:02.360
MARYLAND. IF YOU
NEED HELP, HASHTAG SAY HELP. THANK

00:41:02.360 --> 00:41:04.360
YOU.
>>

00:41:05.360 --> 00:41:07.360
THANK YOU SO MUCH,

00:41:08.360 --> 00:41:10.360
MS. REID.
>> EXCUSE ME. I JUST

00:41:11.360 --> 00:41:13.360
WANT

00:41:14.360 --> 00:41:16.360
TO THANK CHAKA KHAN. I KNOW YOU WORKED
OUT

00:41:17.360 --> 00:41:19.360
SO HARD. IT WORKED OUT

00:41:20.360 --> 00:41:23.360
SO WELL. THANK YOU FOR GOING ABOVE
AND BEYOND.
>>

00:41:23.360 --> 00:41:25.360
THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND

00:41:26.360 --> 00:41:29.360
I DID FORGET TO
MENTION, THANK YOU, COUNCIL CHAIR BURROUGHS. WE

00:41:29.360 --> 00:41:31.360
LAUNCHED THIS OKAY

00:41:32.360 --> 00:41:35.360
2024. SO WE
STARTED THIS INITIATIVE, IT'S ONGOING. PLEASE

00:41:35.360 --> 00:41:37.360
TO CONTINUE

00:41:38.360 --> 00:41:41.360
TO SPREAD THE WORD.
>> THANK YOU,
CLAIRE

00:41:41.360 --> 00:41:43.360
BURROUGHS. ALL RIGHT, WE ARE WINDING
IT DOWN HERE. NEXT WE'RE

00:41:44.360 --> 00:41:47.360
GOING TO HEAR FROM OUR MAYOR AND
SP THE CITY OF LAUREL, MR. KEITH SYDNOR. HE

00:41:47.360 --> 00:41:49.360
IS GOING

00:41:50.360 --> 00:41:52.360
TO TALK ABOUT THE MUNICIPAL MOBILE RESPONSE
TEAMS INITIATIVE

00:41:53.360 --> 00:41:55.360
THAT WE ARE WORKING TO
IMPLEMENT ANY DAY NOW. THE CITY OF

00:41:56.360 --> 00:41:58.360
LAUREL

00:41:59.360 --> 00:42:02.360
IS ONE OF
THE LARGEST MUNICIPALITIES, APPROXIMATELY
30,000 RESIDENTS. MAYOR SYDNOR.

00:42:02.360 --> 00:42:04.360
>>
THANK

00:42:05.360 --> 00:42:08.360
YOU, MS. TURNER. GOOD
EVENING. MR. CLAIRE, FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS. MOBILE

00:42:09.360 --> 00:42:11.360
CRISIS TEAM, MOBILE UNIT, STATIONED

00:42:13.360 --> 00:42:15.360
IN SEAT PLEASANT IN LAUREL. NORTHERN
COUNTY, INCREASE CRISIS IN

00:42:16.360 --> 00:42:19.360
THE NORTHERN COUNTY OF PRINCE GORNLS COUNTY. THEREFORE
WE WANT TO

00:42:19.360 --> 00:42:22.360
HAVE A MOBILE CRISIS TEAM INSIDE THE CITY
OF

00:42:22.360 --> 00:42:24.360
LAUREL AND ALSO SEAT PLEASANT. THAT

00:42:27.360 --> 00:42:29.360
WILL RELIEVE THE POLICE OFFICERS
FROM GOING TO MENTAL HEALTH CALLS

00:42:30.360 --> 00:42:33.360
AND CRISIS TEAM
CAN ADDRESS THOSE MENTAL HEALTH SITUATIONS

00:42:33.360 --> 00:42:36.360
AND PETITION, CALL POLICE
OFFICERS TO COME IN AND TRANSPORT TO

00:42:38.360 --> 00:42:41.360
THE HOSPITAL. IF NOT, ABLE TO GIVE
THEM A REFERRAL
TO GO TO WHATEVER THEY NEED TO GO

00:42:42.360 --> 00:42:44.360
TO GET
SOME HELP. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO

00:42:45.360 --> 00:42:47.360
THIS OPERATION. THE HOURS

00:42:48.360 --> 00:42:51.360
WILL BE FROM 4:00 P.M. TO 12:00
A.M., SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, AND WE'RE

00:42:51.360 --> 00:42:53.360
LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH

00:42:54.360 --> 00:42:56.360
THE

00:42:57.360 --> 00:43:00.360
TEAM TO GET US ESTABLISHED.
>> TO THE POINT. THANK YOU, MAYOR

00:43:00.360 --> 00:43:03.360
SYDNOR. I
WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR THEIR

00:43:03.360 --> 00:43:05.360
TIME,
ALL MY PRESENTERS FOR CUMPLEG AND SPEAK

00:43:06.360 --> 00:43:09.360
AUGUST BUTT ALL OF THE WORK
THEY'RE DOING AND THE COUNTY AND ALL
THE INVESTMENT THAT THEY ARE PUTTING IN

00:43:11.360 --> 00:43:14.360
DAY IN AND DAY OUT FOR BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS

00:43:15.360 --> 00:43:17.360
HERE IN PRINCE
GEORGE'S COUNTY HAVE THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE

00:43:18.360 --> 00:43:21.360
AND
KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THE RESOURCE IS, HOW

00:43:23.360 --> 00:43:26.360
THEY CAN ACCESS THE RESOURCES.
>> THANK
YOU,

00:43:26.360 --> 00:43:29.360
MS --I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD.
>> ALMOST
DONE. SO JUST

00:43:30.360 --> 00:43:33.360
WANTED TO BE ABLE
TO TALK TWO QUICK THINGS. THE SCHOOL

00:43:33.360 --> 00:43:35.360
SYSTEM, I
DID NOT INVITE THEM BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAD

00:43:36.360 --> 00:43:39.360
A LOT OF SPEAKERS BUT
THEY ALREADY HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION

00:43:39.360 --> 00:43:41.360
CIRCULATING ABOUT THEIR

00:43:42.360 --> 00:43:45.360
NEW GRANT THAT THEY RECEIVED
OF $25 MILLION FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH

00:43:45.360 --> 00:43:48.360
SERVICES IN OUR SCHOOLS
WHICH IS A BIG FEED. IS HAPPENING. SERVICES

00:43:49.360 --> 00:43:52.360
ARE HAPPENING FOR OUR YOUTH. WE ALSO
WANT TO BE ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT

00:43:53.360 --> 00:43:56.360
SOME OF THE NEW INITIATIVES. MAYOR
SYDNOR JUST TALKED
ABOUT ONE OF THE ONES THAT'S GOING

00:43:57.360 --> 00:43:59.360
TO BE REALLY EFFECTIVE
IN GETTING MOBILE CRISIS TEAMS OUT

00:44:00.360 --> 00:44:02.360
QUICKER IN THE COUNTY
SO THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. WE ALSO

00:44:03.360 --> 00:44:05.360
HAVE OUR
PI I DID ABATE MEANT PROJECT THAT

00:44:06.360 --> 00:44:09.360
IS WORKING
TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT SUBSTANCE USE

00:44:09.360 --> 00:44:11.360
PROGRAMS SPECIFICALLY
FOR OPIOID USERS BUT FOR ANY SUBSTANCE

00:44:12.360 --> 00:44:14.360
THAT WILL BE GOING LIVE

00:44:15.360 --> 00:44:17.360
VERY SOON IN THE COUNTY. AND
WE WANT TO --I'M NOT GOING TO GO OVER

00:44:18.360 --> 00:44:20.360
ALL THEM
BUT THE SLIDES ARE AVAILABLE. BUT I

00:44:23.360 --> 00:44:25.360
WANT TO BE ABLE TO --I DON'T THINK
MY

00:44:27.360 --> 00:44:29.360
LAST SLIDE MADE IT. I HAVE

00:44:30.360 --> 00:44:32.360
SOME TAKE AWAYS THAT I'LL TALK ABOUT
REALLY

00:44:33.360 --> 00:44:35.360
QUICK. THE FIRST IS TO CALL
998. WE KNOW THERE'S CALLS OF SUICIDE BUT IT

00:44:36.360 --> 00:44:39.360
IS NOT JUST
FOR SUICIDE, NOT JUST FOR CRISIS. IF

00:44:39.360 --> 00:44:41.360
YOU'RE HAVING A BAD

00:44:42.360 --> 00:44:45.360
DAY, IF YOU WANT TO TALK, ANYTHING
THAT IS SORT OF MENTAL HEALTH RELATED,

00:44:45.360 --> 00:44:48.360
PLEASE CALL
988. THE OTHER RESOURCES THAT ARE HELPFUL

00:44:48.360 --> 00:44:51.360
THAT
WE WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH IS OUR

00:44:53.360 --> 00:44:55.360
24/7 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE AND THE
14/7

00:44:56.360 --> 00:44:59.360
HOMELESSNESS HOTLINE THAT WILL OFFER
RESOURCES FOR INDIVIDUALS IN NEED. WE
WANT TO

00:45:00.360 --> 00:45:02.360
REMIND YOU TO STAY CONNECTED

00:45:03.360 --> 00:45:06.360
WITH THE L VHA AS DR. LEVY SPOKE
ABOUT. THEIR PHONE NUMBER AND EMAIL ADDRESS

00:45:06.360 --> 00:45:08.360
IS PROVIDED. AS WE PREPARE
TO HEAR FROM OUR COMMUNITY I WANT TO

00:45:09.360 --> 00:45:12.360
ACKNOWLEDGE OUR TEAMS AND
I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THE TIRELESS

00:45:12.360 --> 00:45:14.360
WORK THAT THEY DO

00:45:15.360 --> 00:45:17.360
DAY IN AND DAY OUT. SO PLEASE KNOW
THAT WE APPRECIATE YOU. WE ALSO HAVE

00:45:18.360 --> 00:45:20.360
SOME FOLKS HERE TO BE

00:45:21.360 --> 00:45:24.360
ABLE TO RESPOND IF FOLKS
NEED IT. IF THERE'S ANYONE WHO NEEDS BEHAVIOR

00:45:24.360 --> 00:45:27.360
HEALTH SUPPORT WE HAVE LOTS OF
PROVIDERS HERE TO BE ABLE TO OFFER

00:45:27.360 --> 00:45:30.360
THAT SUPPORT
RIGHT NOW. IF YOU NEED IT, THERE'S

00:45:30.360 --> 00:45:33.360
ALSO RESOURCE TABLES IN
THE BACK AND THE TECH LOUNGE AND AS

00:45:33.360 --> 00:45:35.360
YOU EXIT THE
BUILDING THAT ARE AVAILABLE WITH RESOURCES. AND

00:45:36.360 --> 00:45:38.360
I JUST WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE REALLY QUICKLY THE FOLKS

00:45:39.360 --> 00:45:41.360
THAT WILL BE HERE TO RESPOND

00:45:42.360 --> 00:45:45.360
TO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS IF NEEDED. WE
HAVE TIM JENSEN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

00:45:45.360 --> 00:45:47.360
AT

00:45:48.360 --> 00:45:50.360
988 AND THE CC SI, COMMUNITY

00:45:51.360 --> 00:45:53.360
CRISIS SERVICE CENTER. WE HAVE WENDY MOORE,

00:45:54.360 --> 00:45:57.360
DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS AS MAY HAVE
I DON'T RECALL HEALTH THAT OVERSEES. WE

00:45:57.360 --> 00:45:59.360
HAVE FAITH

00:46:00.360 --> 00:46:02.360
HERE FROM

00:46:03.360 --> 00:46:05.360
THE DIRE CARE CENTER. WE

00:46:06.360 --> 00:46:09.360
HAVE EMONI BOOKER LEWIS HERE. WE
ALSO HAVE NINA WARD HERE. RAISE YOUR

00:46:09.360 --> 00:46:11.360
HANDS AS THEY
ARE AVAILABLE TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER ANY

00:46:12.360 --> 00:46:15.360
QUESTIONS THAT YOU
MIGHT HAVE. AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH

00:46:15.360 --> 00:46:18.360
FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO
TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR

00:46:18.360 --> 00:46:21.360
OUR RESIDENTS. AS YOU CAN
SEE WE CAN TALK ABOUT ALL THIS, BUT

00:46:21.360 --> 00:46:24.360
WE
WON'T. WE WILL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU, COUNCIL. THANK

00:46:24.360 --> 00:46:27.360
YOU SO
MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
>> THANK

00:46:27.360 --> 00:46:30.360
YOU,
THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THIS WAS AMAZING

00:46:30.360 --> 00:46:32.360
INFORMATION. I LEARNED

00:46:33.360 --> 00:46:36.360
A LOT MYSELF. I DO WANT
TO KNOW, IS DELEGATE TIM TAYLOR HERE? DO

00:46:36.360 --> 00:46:38.360
WE HAVE
ANY ELECTED OFFICIALS HERE? I KNOW

00:46:39.360 --> 00:46:41.360
SOME

00:46:45.360 --> 00:46:47.360
PEOPLE ON THEIR WAY. WE NOW HAVE

00:46:48.360 --> 00:46:50.360
OUR

00:46:51.360 --> 00:46:53.360
LIST,

00:46:54.360 --> 00:46:56.360
THIS IS THE WHOLE LIST. I'M GOING

00:46:57.360 --> 00:46:59.360
TO START WITH CALLING OUT ANY

00:47:00.360 --> 00:47:02.360
--OUR

00:47:05.360 --> 00:47:07.360
PUBLIC HEARING LIST, STARTING WITH
JOANNE WITH AFRICANS FOR MENTAL

00:47:08.360 --> 00:47:10.360
HEALTH. SO GOOD TO SEE YOU. THANK
YOU

00:47:11.360 --> 00:47:13.360
FOR ALL YOUR GREAT WORK. YOU HAVE
TO TURN THE

00:47:15.360 --> 00:47:18.360
MIC ON.
>>
THANK YOU, SIR. HI, EVERYONE. HAPPY MENTAL HEALTH

00:47:18.360 --> 00:47:20.360
AWARENESS MONTH TO

00:47:21.360 --> 00:47:23.360
ALL OF YOU. NICE TO SEE ALL YOU

00:47:24.360 --> 00:47:26.360
COUNCIL MEMBERS AND PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS. MY NAME

00:47:27.360 --> 00:47:30.360
IS JOANNE, ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF
AFRICANS FOR
MENTAL HEALTH. THIS MAY WE WILL BE CELEBRATING EIGHT

00:47:30.360 --> 00:47:33.360
YEARS
OF IMPACT IN THE COMMUNITY. THE LAST TIME

00:47:33.360 --> 00:47:35.360
I

00:47:36.360 --> 00:47:38.360
WAS HERE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT GAPS
IN THE COMMUNITY. WE

00:47:39.360 --> 00:47:41.360
WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW TO COLLABORATE. WELL, I'M

00:47:42.360 --> 00:47:45.360
HAPPY TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT
AFRICANS FOR MENTAL HEALTH HAS BEEN PARTNERING

00:47:45.360 --> 00:47:47.360
WITH SHEPPARD PRATT

00:47:48.360 --> 00:47:50.360
AND WE HAVE BEEN OFFERING MENTAL HEALTH
FIRST

00:47:51.360 --> 00:47:53.360
AID TRAINING AND SUICIDE PREVENTION TRAINING
TO

00:47:54.360 --> 00:47:56.360
THE COMMUNITY. SO FAR WE'VE TRAINED MORE THAN 200

00:47:57.360 --> 00:47:59.360
INDIVIDUALS, AND I WANT TO NOTE

00:48:00.360 --> 00:48:02.360
THIS, MAYOR SYDNOR IS HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER

00:48:03.360 --> 00:48:06.360
IS ONE OF THE FIRST ELECTED OFFICIALS
WHO IS NOW OFFICIALLY A GATEKEEPER. IN

00:48:06.360 --> 00:48:08.360
THE ROOM THEY

00:48:09.360 --> 00:48:11.360
MIGHT BE SOME INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE TAKEN TRAINING
WITH

00:48:12.360 --> 00:48:14.360
US, IF THEY CAN STAND UP AND JUST
WAVE TO JUST PROVE

00:48:15.360 --> 00:48:17.360
THE WORK THAT WE ARE

00:48:18.360 --> 00:48:20.360
DOING IN THE COMMUNITY. THIS TRAINING
IS ACCESSIBLE

00:48:22.360 --> 00:48:24.360
TO ANYONE OVER 18 YEARS

00:48:25.360 --> 00:48:27.360
OLD. IT'S ACCESSIBLE ONLINE. YOU

00:48:28.360 --> 00:48:30.360
CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE, AFRICANS
FOR MENTAL HEALTH AT ORG/TRAINING. THE

00:48:31.360 --> 00:48:34.360
REASON WHY I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT
THIS TRAINING IS AS A CAREGIVER WITH

00:48:34.360 --> 00:48:36.360
A LOVED
ONE LIVING WITH MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS,

00:48:37.360 --> 00:48:39.360
I WISH THIS WAS A TRAINING

00:48:40.360 --> 00:48:42.360
I RECEIVED WITH MY SISTER
WAS DIAGNOSED. SO I'M ENCOURAGING

00:48:45.360 --> 00:48:48.360
YOU AS INDIVIDUALS WHAT ARE HERE,
WHO ARE
ASKING ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH, WE CAN

00:48:49.360 --> 00:48:51.360
REALLY TALK ABOUT
MENTAL HEALTH BUT LET'S EQUIP INDIVIDUAL

00:48:52.360 --> 00:48:55.360
ON HOW THEY
CAN HELP. THINK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH

00:48:55.360 --> 00:48:58.360
FIRST AID. THINK ABOUT
QPR WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT CPR. THOSE

00:48:59.360 --> 00:49:02.360
TRAININGS ARE AVAILABLE TO ADDRESS
THE CRISIS

00:49:02.360 --> 00:49:05.360
IN OUR COMMUNITY AND TO BE ABLE TO
HAVE A HEALTH

00:49:07.360 --> 00:49:10.360
'82, COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU.
>>
THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT IS STANFORD MODE.

00:49:16.360 --> 00:49:19.360
OKAY. AND AFTER
THAT, WE HAVE JACQUELINE PAYNE BORDEN. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

00:49:25.360 --> 00:49:27.360
NO PROBLEM.

00:49:28.360 --> 00:49:30.360
AND IS

00:49:31.360 --> 00:49:34.360
AL
DA YELP? OKAY. AND RANDOLPH HOWARD? OH, WOW,

00:49:34.360 --> 00:49:36.360
SO

00:49:37.360 --> 00:49:39.360
THEY THOUGHT IT WAS --OKAY. AND

00:49:43.360 --> 00:49:46.360
THEN DAN --
DANIELLE LECLAIRE? THANK YOU.

00:49:46.360 --> 00:49:48.360
>> HI. I
WANT

00:49:49.360 --> 00:49:52.360
TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR HAVING THE
HEARING THIS SIN CRED BLAY IMPORTANT

00:49:52.360 --> 00:49:54.360
TO

00:49:55.360 --> 00:49:57.360
MY FAMILY. I WANT TO
THANK COUNCIL MEMBER OLSON, DAUGHTER'S

00:49:58.360 --> 00:50:00.360
SOCCER COACH. LITERALLY PROBABLY WOULDN'T
BE STANDING HERE TONIGHT IF IT WASN'T

00:50:01.360 --> 00:50:03.360
FOR THE HELP OF HIM

00:50:04.360 --> 00:50:06.360
AND A FEW OTHER

00:50:07.360 --> 00:50:09.360
PEOPLE. I'M USUALLY KNOWN AS
PATIENCE'S MOM TO ELECTED OFFICIALS

00:50:10.360 --> 00:50:12.360
WHO I RUN AROUND THE STATE AND BOTHER BECAUSE
THERE ARE NO RESOURCES FOR CHILDREN WITH

00:50:13.360 --> 00:50:16.360
SEVERE MENTAL HEALTH
NEEDS IN THIS COUNTY. THERE ARE NONE. I

00:50:16.360 --> 00:50:19.360
SAT THROUGH
THE PRESENTATION. YOU GUYS ALL JUST

00:50:19.360 --> 00:50:21.360
ADMITTED THERE ARE

00:50:22.360 --> 00:50:24.360
NONE. THERE ARE NO E.R. BEDS FOR CHILDREN

00:50:25.360 --> 00:50:27.360
WITH PSYCHIATRIC ISSUES EXCEPT FOR

00:50:28.360 --> 00:50:30.360
LARGO HOSPITAL. AND LARGO HAS TWO
BEDS, BUT IT'S WHERE THE ADULT MEN PATIENTS ARE WHO

00:50:31.360 --> 00:50:34.360
CAN JUST
WALK IN WITH YOUR TEENAGE DAUGHTER. THERE'S

00:50:34.360 --> 00:50:36.360
NO LOCKED

00:50:37.360 --> 00:50:39.360
DOOR. SO I INVITE YOU ALL TO GO

00:50:40.360 --> 00:50:43.360
LOOK AT. THAT'S NOT A
RESOURCE THAT'S SAFE FOR MY CHILD. THERE

00:50:44.360 --> 00:50:47.360
ARE ZERO INPATIENT MENTAL HEALTH BEDS
FOR

00:50:50.360 --> 00:50:53.360
CHILDREN IN THIS COUNTY, ZERO. NONE. SO
MY CHILD TEN TIMES

00:50:54.360 --> 00:50:56.360
LITERALLY HAS HAD TO GO TO OTHER COUNTIES. SHE
HAD TO

00:50:57.360 --> 00:50:59.360
GO TO UTAH ONCE. MY AFRICAN AMERICAN
CHILD

00:51:00.360 --> 00:51:03.360
HAD TO GO TO UTAH. THAT'S NOT A GREAT PLACE
FOR HER FOR
A LOT OF REASONS. 2,000 MILES AWAY

00:51:04.360 --> 00:51:06.360
FOR TREATMENT BECAUSE THERE WAS

00:51:07.360 --> 00:51:09.360
NONE IN THE STATE
OF MARYLAND FOR EIGHT MONTHS. THERE

00:51:10.360 --> 00:51:13.360
WAS
ACTUALLY IN A LANDFALL TRANSFER WHERE

00:51:13.360 --> 00:51:15.360
LAUREL UMMS,

00:51:16.360 --> 00:51:19.360
SHE WAS AT THE E.R., SERIOUS
MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, DSS WAS ACTUALLY HELPING

00:51:19.360 --> 00:51:21.360
US, PROVIDED

00:51:22.360 --> 00:51:24.360
US AIDS IN OUR HOME, WHICH I'M
INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL TO THEM, SOMETHING HAPPENED

00:51:25.360 --> 00:51:27.360
WITH MY DAUGHTER WITH
A SERIOUS EPISODE, AND MY DAUGHTER HAD

00:51:28.360 --> 00:51:31.360
TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL. CLOSEST
ONE WAS LAUREL. SHE WENT TO LAUREL. SHE

00:51:31.360 --> 00:51:33.360
SAT
THERE FOR TWO WEEKS. NO INPATIENT

00:51:34.360 --> 00:51:36.360
BEDS IN

00:51:37.360 --> 00:51:39.360
THE STATE. SO AFTER TWO WEEKS,

00:51:40.360 --> 00:51:42.360
LAUREL SEPTEMBER HER TO LARGO. DIDN'T

00:51:43.360 --> 00:51:45.360
TELL ME. I'M HER MOTHER, SHE'S

00:51:46.360 --> 00:51:48.360
A MINOR CHILD WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY,
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES AND SEVERE

00:51:49.360 --> 00:51:52.360
MENTAL HEALTH WANTED LAUREL AND
LARGO HAVE CLAIMED MY DAUGHTER GAVE CONSENT. YOU

00:51:52.360 --> 00:51:55.360
CANNOT
HAVE A MINOR CHILD WITH INTELLECT

00:51:55.360 --> 00:51:58.360
YOU
THE WELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

00:51:58.360 --> 00:52:01.360
AND MENTAL
HEALTH ISSUES GIVE INFORMED CONCEPT

00:52:01.360 --> 00:52:04.360
FOR THEIR TREATMENT,
ESPECIALLY NOT FOR A TRANSFER. MY

00:52:04.360 --> 00:52:06.360
DAUGHTER WAS TOLD, IT

00:52:07.360 --> 00:52:09.360
WAS OKAY, YOUR
MOM KNOWS. THAT'S NOT OKAY. WOMEN

00:52:10.360 --> 00:52:12.360
HAVE SPENT

00:52:13.360 --> 00:52:15.360
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. NONE OF THEIR
BEDS ARE FOR CHILDREN. NONE. SOMEHOW

00:52:16.360 --> 00:52:18.360
IT'S GOING TO COST OVER $2

00:52:19.360 --> 00:52:22.360
MILLION TO MAKE A COUPLE
BEDS FOR KIDS? I DON'T GET THAT. I

00:52:22.360 --> 00:52:25.360
WANT TO GIVE YOU
SERIOUS KUDOS, IF I COULD HAVE TEN MORE SECONDS. I

00:52:25.360 --> 00:52:28.360
DIDN'T
VOTE FOUR IN THE PRIMARY, I'M GOING

00:52:28.360 --> 00:52:30.360
TO BE HONEST, BUT WITH WHAT YOU
SAID TONIGHT, THAT IT IS NOT SAFE

00:52:31.360 --> 00:52:34.360
FOR SOME PEOPLE TO LIVE
AT HOME, I ADOPTED MY DAUGHTER FROM

00:52:34.360 --> 00:52:37.360
FOSTER CARE WHEN
SHE WAS NINE. I LOVE THIS KID MORE

00:52:37.360 --> 00:52:40.360
THAN ANYTHING
IN THE WORD. I HAVE FOUGHT TO THE

00:52:40.360 --> 00:52:42.360
VENDS THE WORLD. I HAVE
FOUGHT INSURANCE COMPANIES, FOUGHT

00:52:43.360 --> 00:52:46.360
THE GOVERNMENT,
FOUGHT THE POLICE, I'VE FOUGHT EVERYBODY. YOU

00:52:46.360 --> 00:52:48.360
THE DATE MY CHILD HAS NOT BEEN

00:52:49.360 --> 00:52:52.360
ARRESTED, I HAVE KEPT HER OUT OF THE
JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM AND KEPT HER

00:52:52.360 --> 00:52:55.360
ALIVE BY THE GRACE OF GOD
BECAUSE I LOVE HER AND I'M NOT GOING

00:52:55.360 --> 00:52:57.360
TO

00:52:58.360 --> 00:53:00.360
STOP. I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE MS.
CHAKA KHAN HEARING ABOUT THIS NEW

00:53:01.360 --> 00:53:03.360
-- OCTOBER WAS WHEN

00:53:04.360 --> 00:53:06.360
MY DAUGHTER WENT AWAY AND HASN'T COME

00:53:07.360 --> 00:53:09.360
BACK. SHE'S IN BALTIMORE COUNTY. SHE'S
LIVING EFFECTIVELY PERMANENTLY IN

00:53:10.360 --> 00:53:13.360
BALTIMORE COUNTY IN A REALLY GOOD
GROUP HOME. REALLY
GOOD GROUP HOME WITH THE SUPERVISION

00:53:13.360 --> 00:53:16.360
SHE NEEDS WITH THE SCHOOL THAT
SHE NEEDS WITH THE MENTAL HEALTHCARE

00:53:16.360 --> 00:53:19.360
SHE
NEEDS. EVERYONE IS SAFE NOW. BUT SHE'S

00:53:19.360 --> 00:53:22.360
AN HOUR AND
20 MINUTES AWAY. I DON'T GET TO -- I

00:53:22.360 --> 00:53:24.360
DIDN'T ADOPT MY

00:53:25.360 --> 00:53:27.360
KID TO HAVE HER LIVE IN ANOTHER

00:53:28.360 --> 00:53:31.360
PART OF THE STATE. I AM BEGGING
YOU GUYS, PLEASE GET SOME BEDS FOR KIDS

00:53:31.360 --> 00:53:33.360
IN THIS COUNTY AT

00:53:34.360 --> 00:53:36.360
THE ER, AT INPATIENT, AT

00:53:37.360 --> 00:53:40.360
RESIDENTIAL, AND FOR PLACES LIKE MS.
BRAVEBOY
SAID, SOME KIDS CANNOT LIVE, NOT SAFE. NOT

00:53:40.360 --> 00:53:42.360
WHAT I EVER

00:53:43.360 --> 00:53:45.360
WANTED. BUT I AM BEGGING YOU.
>> THANK

00:53:46.360 --> 00:53:48.360
YOU. THANK
YOU FOR THAT HEARTFELT PRESENTATION. CAN WE

00:53:49.360 --> 00:53:51.360
GET A RESPONSE ON THAT? BECAUSE THAT'S

00:53:52.360 --> 00:53:54.360
ONE OF THE THINGS WE
NOTED, AND UNFORTUNATELY, I REALLY

00:53:55.360 --> 00:53:57.360
HOPE THAT WE WOULD HAVE SOME

00:53:58.360 --> 00:54:00.360
UPDATES

00:54:01.360 --> 00:54:03.360
FROM NOVEMBER OF 2023.
>> THANK YOU

00:54:04.360 --> 00:54:06.360
SO MUCH

00:54:07.360 --> 00:54:09.360
FOR THAT. WE

00:54:10.360 --> 00:54:12.360
ARE WORKING. EMONI BOOKER, CAN YOU SHARE?
>>

00:54:13.360 --> 00:54:15.360
THANK YOU. I HOPE YOU

00:54:16.360 --> 00:54:18.360
DON'T MIND IF I CALL YOU PATIENCE'S

00:54:19.360 --> 00:54:21.360
MOM.
>> ABSOLUTELY. >> BUT AS DR

00:54:22.360 --> 00:54:24.360
--AS DR. LEVY MENTIONED, I BELIEVE
WE

00:54:25.360 --> 00:54:27.360
ARE CLOSE TO

00:54:28.360 --> 00:54:30.360
GETTING TO THAT POINT OF HAVING BOTH

00:54:31.360 --> 00:54:33.360
CRISIS STABILIZATION BEDS OR
MENTAL HEALTH INPATIENT BEDS OR RESIDENTIAL

00:54:34.360 --> 00:54:36.360
BEDS HERE

00:54:37.360 --> 00:54:39.360
IN THE COUNTY FOR OUR YOUTH,

00:54:40.360 --> 00:54:43.360
AND OUR CHILDREN. WE'VE BEEN IN TALKS. AND
I REPRESENT THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AUTHORITY. I SET

00:54:43.360 --> 00:54:46.360
IN MANY OF
THOSE MEETINGS, SO WE'VE BEEN IN TALKS

00:54:46.360 --> 00:54:48.360
WITH MANY OF
OUR HOSPITALS, PARTNERS, WITH SOME

00:54:50.360 --> 00:54:52.360
OF OUR COMMUNITY
PARTNERS AS WELL. WE'VE ALSO LOOKED

00:54:53.360 --> 00:54:55.360
AT
OTHER PROGRAMS OUTSIDE OF OUR JURISDICTION

00:54:56.360 --> 00:54:59.360
TO SEE IF WE CAN INVITE
THEM INTO THE PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY

00:54:59.360 --> 00:55:02.360
TO HOST
AND PROVIDE THESE SERVICES. SO, YOU

00:55:02.360 --> 00:55:04.360
KNOW, WE
KNOW CURRENTLY THERE IS --THERE'S

00:55:05.360 --> 00:55:07.360
AN ABSENCE THERE FOR OUR
CHILDREN AND YOUTH BUT WE'RE WORKING

00:55:08.360 --> 00:55:11.360
HEAVY TOLL MAKE SURE
THAT COMES TO FRUITION IN THE

00:55:11.360 --> 00:55:14.360
NEXT FEW MONTHS. YOU HEAR YOU
LOUD AND CLEAR.

00:55:14.360 --> 00:55:17.360
>> THANK YOU. >> THANK
YOU. I JUST WANT TO TORN IT OVER TO COUNCIL

00:55:18.360 --> 00:55:21.360
MEMBER OLSON.
>> THANK YOU. I'M NOT GOING
TO TAKE A LOT

00:55:22.360 --> 00:55:24.360
OF TIME BUT I DO JUST WANT TO THANK MS.
CLAIRE

00:55:25.360 --> 00:55:27.360
FOR COMING OUT AND SHARING HER STORY. WE

00:55:29.360 --> 00:55:32.360
HAVE SPENT A LOT
OF TIME, A LOT OF TIME, A LOT OF TEARS,

00:55:32.360 --> 00:55:34.360
A LOT
OF FRUSTRATION. SHE HAS DONE EVERYTHING RIGHT, WHICH

00:55:37.360 --> 00:55:39.360
I KNOW A LOT OF --A LOT OF FAMILIES
ARE

00:55:41.360 --> 00:55:43.360
ALL TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT
THING BY THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS. AND

00:55:44.360 --> 00:55:47.360
TO TRY TO
ALWAYS DO THE RIGHT THING, GET THE

00:55:47.360 --> 00:55:49.360
BEST SERVICES

00:55:50.360 --> 00:55:53.360
AND STILL RUN
INTO ROADBLOCK AFTER ROADBLOCK AFTER ROADBLOCK

00:55:53.360 --> 00:55:55.360
IS
DRAINING IN EVERY SINGLE

00:55:56.360 --> 00:55:58.360
WAY. SO I JUST WANT

00:55:59.360 --> 00:56:01.360
TO THANK YOU
FOR SHARING YOUR STORY AND COMMIT

00:56:02.360 --> 00:56:04.360
TO ALL OF US TO CONTINUE TO

00:56:05.360 --> 00:56:07.360
DO THE WORK TO

00:56:08.360 --> 00:56:10.360
GET THOSE BEDS HERE AND ADDRESS

00:56:11.360 --> 00:56:14.360
THE PROBLEMS
THAT NEED ADDRESSING. THANK YOU.
>>

00:56:14.360 --> 00:56:16.360
THANK YOU DEFINITELY

00:56:17.360 --> 00:56:20.360
FLAGGED THIS FOR US IN 2023
THAT THIS WAS A CONCERN. FORTUNATELY

00:56:20.360 --> 00:56:22.360
I DEFINITELY
THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT THE LEADER THAT'S GOING

00:56:23.360 --> 00:56:26.360
TO TAKE US TO THE NEXT
LEVEL, AND THIS IS DEFINITELY A PRIORITY BECAUSE WE'VE

00:56:26.360 --> 00:56:29.360
HEARD
IT BEFORE AND WE DON'T HAVE AN ADEQUATE

00:56:29.360 --> 00:56:31.360
SOLUTION TO

00:56:32.360 --> 00:56:34.360
IT, EVEN TWO YEARS LATER.

00:56:35.360 --> 00:56:38.360
>> I
FAILED TO MENTION, LOCAL BEHAVIORAL

00:56:38.360 --> 00:56:40.360
HEALTH

00:56:41.360 --> 00:56:44.360
AUTHORITY ALSO HAS A CHILD AND ADOLESCENT COORDINATOR
WHO WORKS CLOSELY WITH PARENTS IN

00:56:44.360 --> 00:56:47.360
VERY SIMILAR SITUATIONS
WHO ARE LOOKING FOR RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT

00:56:47.360 --> 00:56:49.360
FOR
THEIR LOVED ONE, FOR THEIR CHILDREN. SO

00:56:50.360 --> 00:56:52.360
I INVITE ANYONE IN THIS ROOM TO

00:56:53.360 --> 00:56:56.360
REACH OUT TO
THE LOCAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AUTHORITY. GINA IS

00:56:56.360 --> 00:56:59.360
SOMEWHERE HERE. GINA, IF
YOU DON'T MIND RAISING YOUR HAND,

00:56:59.360 --> 00:57:01.360
GINA

00:57:02.360 --> 00:57:04.360
IS OUR CHILD
AND ADOLESCENT COORDINATOR AND HAS WORKED

00:57:05.360 --> 00:57:07.360
FOR

00:57:08.360 --> 00:57:10.360
MANY DECADES AND CAN CERTAINLY

00:57:11.360 --> 00:57:14.360
HELP TO CONNECT PARENTS TO
THE NEXT AVAILABLE RESOURCE AND SUPPORT. IT WORKS

00:57:17.360 --> 00:57:19.360
CLOSELY WITH STATE ON THAT.
>>

00:57:20.360 --> 00:57:22.360
GINA IS A

00:57:23.360 --> 00:57:25.360
RAISED --RESOURCES TO GIVE THE PARENTS.
>>

00:57:26.360 --> 00:57:28.360
THANK YOU. THANK YOU

00:57:29.360 --> 00:57:31.360
SO

00:57:32.360 --> 00:57:34.360
MUCH. NEXT

00:57:35.360 --> 00:57:37.360
WE WILL CALL JOHN. OKAY. WE HAVE THAT

00:57:38.360 --> 00:57:40.360
ON THE

00:57:41.360 --> 00:57:43.360
LIST. AND THEN

00:57:44.360 --> 00:57:47.360
DR. TELLUS. ALL RIGHT. WELL,
I THINK WE -- DR. TELLUS, DID YOU SIGN

00:57:50.360 --> 00:57:52.360
UP

00:57:53.360 --> 00:57:55.360
TO SPEAK?
>> NO. >> YES.

00:58:02.360 --> 00:58:05.360
>> GOOD
EVENING. IT FIRST WANT TO START OFF

00:58:05.360 --> 00:58:08.360
BY SAYING THANK YOU
FOR GETTING ME HERE, AND THAT COMES

00:58:08.360 --> 00:58:10.360
FROM YOUR PR AND

00:58:11.360 --> 00:58:14.360
YOUR MARKETING, BICK DIDN'T KNOW WHERE MY
COMMUNITY WAS. I AM THE GRANDMOTHER

00:58:14.360 --> 00:58:16.360
OF A 15-YEAR-OLD GRANDSON

00:58:17.360 --> 00:58:19.360
WHO I HAD TO TELL HIM THAT HIS MOM

00:58:20.360 --> 00:58:22.360
HAD PASSED AWAY. MY BACKGROUND IS

00:58:23.360 --> 00:58:25.360
IN CRISIS RESPONSE AND TRAUMATIC BEHAVIOR. MY

00:58:26.360 --> 00:58:28.360
DOCTORAL DEGREE IS
IN COMMUNITY CARE AND TRAUMATIC BEHAVIOR. I

00:58:29.360 --> 00:58:31.360
THINK AS

00:58:32.360 --> 00:58:35.360
A COMMUNITY WE'RE
ALL SOMEWHAT TRAUMATIZED BY MENTAL HEALTH. AND

00:58:35.360 --> 00:58:37.360
THAT'S BECAUSE

00:58:38.360 --> 00:58:41.360
IT'S BEEN KEPT UNDER THE
TABLE. I THANK YOU ALL AND EVERYONE

00:58:41.360 --> 00:58:43.360
IN THIS ROOM WHO
HAVE TAKEN A STEP TOWARDS SAYING I

00:58:44.360 --> 00:58:46.360
WANT MY VOICE TO BE HEARD. TWO WEEKS

00:58:47.360 --> 00:58:50.360
AFTER I HAD MY HAVE TO TELL MY
GRANDSON THAT HIS MOM PASSED AWAY,

00:58:51.360 --> 00:58:54.360
HIS BEST FRIEND WAS MURDERED. SO I
DON'T

00:58:56.360 --> 00:58:58.360
KNOW HOW MUCH THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS
THAT

00:58:59.360 --> 00:59:01.360
SOME OF THESE CHILDREN, EVEN ADULTS, ARE
LIVING

00:59:02.360 --> 00:59:04.360
WITH TRAUMA THAT WE OFTEN IDENTIFY

00:59:05.360 --> 00:59:07.360
WITH PTSD ON THE LEVEL

00:59:08.360 --> 00:59:10.360
OF VETERANS. IF WE ARE GOING TO BE

00:59:11.360 --> 00:59:13.360
A COMMUNITY THAT'S WILLING TO SPEAK

00:59:14.360 --> 00:59:16.360
OUT ABOUT OUR MENTAL HEALTH, IT REALLY
HAS TO START AT

00:59:17.360 --> 00:59:19.360
HOME AND IT

00:59:20.360 --> 00:59:22.360
HAS TO START WITH US. I HAVE RAN INTO COUNSELORS, TEACHERS,

00:59:23.360 --> 00:59:26.360
AND OTHERS IS WHO HAVE READ MY
BOB, THE PHENOMENAL RESEARCH STUDY OF

00:59:26.360 --> 00:59:28.360
AFRICAN AMERICAN

00:59:29.360 --> 00:59:31.360
MALE, GREFF AND THE NEED TO

00:59:32.360 --> 00:59:35.360
COMMUNICATE. THERE'S VERY LITTLE RESEARCH
ON HOW
TO COMMUNICATE ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH. BUT

00:59:35.360 --> 00:59:37.360
AGAIN, I WANT

00:59:38.360 --> 00:59:40.360
TO SAY I THANK EVERYONE

00:59:41.360 --> 00:59:43.360
THAT'S HERE, BECAUSE I HAVE TO FIND

00:59:44.360 --> 00:59:47.360
AN EMAIL IN AN EMAIL THAT
POPPED UP ABOUT THIS FORM. I ALSO

00:59:47.360 --> 00:59:49.360
WANT TO

00:59:50.360 --> 00:59:53.360
SAY WHEN WE
THINK ABOUT ADOLESCENTS AND TEENAGERS, OR

00:59:53.360 --> 00:59:55.360
GENDERS,

00:59:56.360 --> 00:59:58.360
OR ANYTHING THAT CAUSES US OR

00:59:59.360 --> 01:00:01.360
OUR BRAIN TO LOCK UP, AND CAN

01:00:02.360 --> 01:00:05.360
PUSH US
INTO FURTHER MENTAL HEALTH DECLINE,

01:00:05.360 --> 01:00:07.360
HAT TO START

01:00:08.360 --> 01:00:10.360
ON AN ELEMENTARY LEVEL. SO I WOULD

01:00:11.360 --> 01:00:13.360
LIKE TO SEE
TEACHERS AND OTHERS UNDERSTAND WHAT TRIGGERS

01:00:14.360 --> 01:00:16.360
ARE. IF YOU TRIGGER SOMEONE WITH MENTAL
HEALTH

01:00:17.360 --> 01:00:19.360
THAT YOU MAY NOT EVEN KNOW

01:00:20.360 --> 01:00:23.360
ABOUT AS A FAMILY, BUT TEACHERS
SEE EVERY DAY AND THEY'RE PUTTING THAT

01:00:23.360 --> 01:00:25.360
CHILD

01:00:26.360 --> 01:00:29.360
IN THE CATEGORY OF A BEHAVIORAL PROBLEM,
THEN THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE A PROBLEM. SO

01:00:29.360 --> 01:00:31.360
I

01:00:32.360 --> 01:00:34.360
WANT TO THANK
EVERYONE THAT'S HERE. I BELIEVE YOU'RE

01:00:35.360 --> 01:00:37.360
ALL OFF TO A GREAT START. I

01:00:38.360 --> 01:00:40.360
BELIEVE IN COLLABORATION. BUT I

01:00:41.360 --> 01:00:43.360
JUST WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS,
EVEN IF

01:00:44.360 --> 01:00:46.360
IT HAS TO

01:00:47.360 --> 01:00:49.360
BE PLASTERED

01:00:50.360 --> 01:00:52.360
ON THE FOOD LION STORE, THE

01:00:53.360 --> 01:00:55.360
TACO BELL, BUSES, AND IN THE ARENAS OR BASKETBALL COURTS. OUR

01:00:56.360 --> 01:00:58.360
VOICES NEED TO BE HEARD, AND WE
NEED TO BE HEARD COLLECTIVELY. THANK YOU.

01:01:03.360 --> 01:01:05.360
>>
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. I JUST WANT

01:01:06.360 --> 01:01:08.360
TO NOTE THAT

01:01:09.360 --> 01:01:12.360
WE ARE CLOSING
THIS PUBLIC HEARING. THIS WAS AN AMAZING

01:01:12.360 --> 01:01:14.360
EVENT OF HEARING
THE UPDATES THAT WE HAVE. I THINK WHILE

01:01:16.360 --> 01:01:19.360
WE SAW THAT WE HAVE IMPROVEMENTS,
WE

01:01:21.360 --> 01:01:23.360
HAVE WORK TO DO. AND I DO WANT
TO THANK ALL OF YOU TOGETHER, ESPECIALLY

01:01:24.360 --> 01:01:26.360
A LOT OF
THE PARENTS THAT ARE HERE. WE HEAR YOU,

01:01:27.360 --> 01:01:30.360
AND
WE DO NEED TO FIND RESOLUTIONS. I

01:01:32.360 --> 01:01:34.360
REALLY DON'T WANT YOU, MS. LECLAIRE,

01:01:35.360 --> 01:01:37.360
TO HAVE TO COME BACK AND VOICE FRUSTRATION AGAIN. AND
BELIEVE

01:01:39.360 --> 01:01:41.360
ME, YOU DON'T JUST SPEAK FOR
YOURSETS. MANY FAMILIES, MANY PARENTS, I'VE HEARD

01:01:42.360 --> 01:01:45.360
THE SAME THING, SO YOU
JUST SPEAK FOR THE VILLAGE, AND WE

01:01:45.360 --> 01:01:48.360
DO
APPRECIATE YOU ALL. I JUST WANT TO THANK MS.

01:01:48.360 --> 01:01:51.360
TURNER FOR
REALLY --WHEN I REACHED OUT TO HER

01:01:51.360 --> 01:01:53.360
ABOUT
THIS, AND WE REALLY PUT THIS TOGETHER

01:01:54.360 --> 01:01:56.360
AT SUCH A
LAST MINUTE, LESS THAN TWO WEEKS NOTICE

01:01:57.360 --> 01:02:00.360
ALMOST, MAYBE TWO WEEKS NOTICE, AND
THE ROOM IS FULL OF PEOPLE, AND WE GOT

01:02:01.360 --> 01:02:04.360
GREAT INFORMATION. SO THANK YOU SO
MUCH. AND I JUST WANT

01:02:04.360 --> 01:02:07.360
TO THANK THE CLAIRE AND VICE-CHAIR
FOR ALLOWING

01:02:08.360 --> 01:02:10.360
US TO HAVE THIS TODAY. WE LOOK FORWARD

01:02:12.360 --> 01:02:14.360
TO COLLABORATION UNDER THE BOARD

01:02:15.360 --> 01:02:18.360
OF -- UNDER THIS BOARD FOR --BOARD
OF HEALTH, WE ARE GOING DING DEEP. AND

01:02:20.360 --> 01:02:22.360
FOCUS IN ESPECIALLY ON THE CHILDREN PIECE
OF

01:02:23.360 --> 01:02:25.360
WHAT WE CAN DO TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. I'LL TURN
IT

01:02:27.360 --> 01:02:29.360
BACK OVER TO OUR CHAIR.
>>

01:02:30.360 --> 01:02:33.360
WELL, THANK YOU, CLAIRE. THERE
WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS MENTIONED THAT

01:02:33.360 --> 01:02:35.360
I REALLY

01:02:36.360 --> 01:02:38.360
WANTED TO TOUCH ON. THE

01:02:39.360 --> 01:02:42.360
WOMAN THAT SHARED ABOUT HER --THE
PASSING OF A MOTHER AND THEN THE MURDER

01:02:44.360 --> 01:02:46.360
OF A FRIEND, AND I THINK THERE'S SO

01:02:47.360 --> 01:02:49.360
MUCH HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IN OUR COMMUNITIES
AROUND THE TRAUMA THAT A

01:02:50.360 --> 01:02:52.360
LOT OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING. AND
SO I

01:02:54.360 --> 01:02:56.360
THINK SOMETIMES WITH
WE HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH CONVERSATION,

01:02:57.360 --> 01:02:59.360
IT STOPS AT IF SOMEONE

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IS
DIAGNOSED WITH AN ISSUE. AND WE DON'T

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EVEN TALK ABOUT
THE IMPACT OF TRAUMA ON OUR COMMUNITY. I

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JUST WANT TO
VOICE THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE

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FOCUSED ON. I

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KNOW SALLY IN DISTRICT 7,

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I'VE SEEN SO MANY PARENTS LOSE

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THEIR CHILDREN, AND WE CREATED A

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FUND JUST TO HELP WITH BURYING BABIES. THE
YOUNGEST

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CHILD THAT WE'VE HAD TO HELP BURY
WAS THREE YEARS OLD. AND SO I SAY

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THAT TO SAY THAT THERE'S
A LOT OF TRAUMA IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND WE

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HAVE

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TO HAVE SUCH A TRANSPARENT CONVERSATION
AROUND MENTAL
HEALTH AND MAKING SURE PEOPLE HAVE

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ACCESS TO
IT. THE NUMBER ONE REQUEST I GET IS DO YOU

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KNOW WHERE
I CAN GET MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR

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FREE BECAUSE

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I'VE HIT THE MAX
THAT MY INSURANCE WILL COVER. SO WE

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HAVE PARENTS THAT THEY THINK
THAT AFTER THEY HAVE BURIED THEIR

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CHILD FOR TWO MONTHS,
THAT THEY'RE DONE WITH NEEDING SERVICES. AND

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THEY CAN'T EVEN GO BACK TO WORK, BECAUSE
OF

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THE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES THAT THEY'RE DEALING WITH. AND
SO I JUST

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WANTED TO NAME
HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS TO US. USUALLY

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AT PUBLIC

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HEARINGS WE JUST HEAR, AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A
DIALOGUE, BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT

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WE
HEAR YOU. THIS IS A TOP PRIORITY, AND

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WE REALLY WANT TO FIGURE

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OUT HOW TO GET THE SERVICES
THAT WE DESERVE FOR THE RESIDENTS

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HERE

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IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY. THANK YOU, CLAIRE.
>>
COUNCIL MEMBER FISHER.

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>> YES, MR. CHAIR. I
JUST WANTED TO THANK

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YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE

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TONIGHT. I WANT TO

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THANK AGAIN OUR
GREAT COLLEAGUE, COUNCIL MEMBER BLEGAY FOR

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HER LEADERSHIP. I ALSO

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WANTED TO

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RISE, I
DID SEE DELGATE TAYLOR JOIN US. WILL

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YOU

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STAND
UP. THANK YOU. DELEGATE TAYLOR. DELEGATE

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TAYLOR REALLY WORKS HAND

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IN HAND TO FIGHT FOR

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THESE ISSUES. A GOOD FRIEND
OF MINE, MR. ERIC CARPENTER GRAN THAM

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IS HERE

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AND HIS MOM MRS. GRAN THAM

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WHAT WORKED ON PASSESSER HE RICK'S

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ID LAW. STAND UP. THERE YOU GO. AND

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WE ACTUALLY MET AT MARTIN'S AND

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CONNECTED AND WERE SO EXCITED
THAT IT WILL BECOME LAW. SO ERIC, WE'LL

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PUT A MARKING

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ON YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE, IF

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YOU OPT TO WITH OUR MVA, SO THAT
LAW ENFORCEMENT KNOWS THAT IF YOU HAVE AUTISM

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OR ANYTHING ELSE YOU CAN IDENTIFY. I WANTED
TO RECOGNIZE. I
WANTED TO THANK YOUR LEADERSHIP, MR. CLAIRE. I

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WANT TO

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PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT THIS COUNTY COUNCIL PARTNERS. SOMETIMES
WE

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NEED ALWAYS BE THE ANSWER, BUT

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WE WORK ACROSS BODIES TO FIND THE ANSWER
AND BRING RESOLUTION. SO I THANK YOU

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ALL. THIS IS A

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VERY NEAR AND DEAR ISSUE

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TO MY FAMILY, MY SIBLING SURF, ONE

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OF MY SIBLINGS SUFFERS GREATLY

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WITH MENTAL HEALTH, AND SO I'M HERE
TO
SUPPORT AND DO ALL THAT WE CAN TO

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MAKE THINGS EASIER FOR FAMILIES ACROSS PRINCE
GORLINGS, SO THANK YOU.

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I DON'T KNOW IF DEL TAT

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TAYLOR WANTS TO ADDRESS US OR

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NOT.
>> DELEGATE

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TAYLOR?
>> JUST A

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MINUTE. THANK YOU,
MR. CLAIRE, FOR ACKNOWLEDGE ME. AND

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THANK

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YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER FISHER
FOR ACKNOWLEDGING ME AND ERIC AND

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LINDA

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FOR THEIR WORK WITH ERIC'S ID LAW. IN
FACT, THE

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REASON WHY WE'RE LATE IS
BECAUSE WE LEFT HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA,

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WHERE THEY HAVE THE
PENNSYLVANIA STATE HOUSE, VERY INTERESTED

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IN HAVING THIS
BILLION IN PENNSYLVANIA AS WELL. SO THEY ARE

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TAKING IT ON THE ROAD. AND
WHAT I REALLY WANTED TO SHARE WITH

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THOSE

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OF YOU WHO ARE ON OUR COUNCIL

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AND IN THE AUDIENCE IS THAT I

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HAVE A SON WHO IS AUTISTIC, HIGH FUNCTIONING,

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UNTIL HE HAD A MENTAL
BREAKDOWN, PSYCHOTIC BREAK, AND I

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LOST MY SON THEN. HE'S STILL ALIVE,

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BUT I'VE LOST MY SON. TRYING

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NOT TO DO

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THIS. WE KNOW THAT
THERE'S LIMITATIONS IN THE COUNTY. JUST

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RECENTLY, IT WAS
A STRUGGLE ON THE STEPS OF MY SON

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AND MY HUSBAND AND I
CALLED, DIDN'T KNOW WHO TO CALL. AND I

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CALLED

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988, AND THERE WAS A

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WAIT. THERE WAS NOBODY AVAILABLE. ANYWAY. THANK
YOU

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FOR WORK ON THIS ISSUE, BECAUSE THOSE
OF US PEOPLE LIKE ME, SOME PEOPLE

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WHO WOULD EXPECT, OH, SHE

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CAN PICK UP THE
PHONE AND HAVE SOME HELP. WELL, NO. I

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DIDN'T HAVE HELP. WE HAD TO JUST

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WAIT
IT OUT UNTIL HE GOT HISSELF TOGETHER

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AND MAKE SURE
HE HAD HIS MEDICINES, AND JUST PRAY

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THAT THE NEXT

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DAY WOULD BE A BETTER
DAY. SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR WHAT YOU DO, AND

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IT'S

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REALLY GOING TO BE HELPFUL,

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IMPACTFUL FOR ALL
THE RESIDENTS OF PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY. APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU.

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>> DELEGATE, I WANT TO
SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS ISSUE

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AND

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REALLY TAKING YOUR
OWN LIVED EXPERIENCE AND CREATING ACTION

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TO MAKE IT BETTER

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FOR SOMEONE ELSE, MAKE IT BETTER
FOR OUR COUNTY. SO THANK YOU, DELEGATE

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SISTER TAYLOR FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE
ALREADY AND

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ALL THAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO IN ANNAPOLIS. AND
PLEASE

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GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROTHER TAYLOR,
WHO

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IS BOTH MY CHAPTER

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BROTHER IN ALPHA
AND ALSO, WITH BROTHER SYDNOR, THANK YOU

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SO
MUCH FOR YOUR ADVOCACY. ERIC, GREAT

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SEEING YOU. THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR GOING ALL THE WAY UP TO

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PENNSYLVANIA TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. SO
YOU'RE ON FIRE,

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MAN. SO PLEASE KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK. I

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JUST WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT

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WE WILL BENEFIT GREATLY FROM
HAVING AN EXECUTIVE LIKE AISHA BRAVEBOY

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AND
COUNCIL ON THE SAME PAGE, ROLLING

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IN THE SAME
DIRECTION, LOOKING FOR REAL RESULTS. SO COUNCIL

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MEMBER FISHER'S POINTS, I DON'T

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KNOW ALL OF THE ANSWERS,
BUT I'M COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH

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EVERYONE TO

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BRING ABOUT POSITIVE CHANGE AS RELATES TO
MENTAL HEALTH IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY. AND

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WITH THAT,

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IS THERE A MOTION TO

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ADJOURN?
>> SO MOVED. >> IT'S BEEN

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PROPERLY

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MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BLEGAY. SECONDED