Memorandum
Date: September 17, 2024
To: The Honorable Lake County Board of Supervisors
From: Elise Jones, Behavioral Health Services Department
Subject: Presentation of Proclamation Designating the Month of September 2024 as National Recovery Month in Lake County.
Executive Summary:
Proclamation
DESIGNATING THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2024 AS NATIONAL RECOVERY MONTH IN LAKE COUNTY
WHEREAS, Recovery Month recognizes the strong and proud recovery community, the dedication of service providers and community members in Lake County who assist and support individuals from prevention services to recovery; and
WHEREAS, Lake County Behavioral Health Services provided substance use disorder services to 559 participants, Hilltop Recovery Services provided 264 residential treatment beds, Redwood Community Services Tule House provided residential treatment services to 43 women and 17 children, Hilltop Recovery Services and Fran's House Sober Living Environment (SLE) provided combined safe housing to 29 men and women and 10 children in the calendar year 2023; and
WHEREAS, Lake County Behavioral Health Services provided mental health services to 2,034 individuals during the calendar year 2023; and
WHEREAS, nationally 24 million people in the US experience a substance use disorder, while 9.5 million experience both substance use disorder and mental health disorders; and
WHEREAS, 7 in 10 adults who have substance use disorders, consider themselves recovering or in recovery and 2 in 3 adults who have mental health disorders consider themselves recovering or in recovery; and
WHEREAS, through promotion of Recovery Month, people from all walks of life are encouraged to become knowledgeable about what they can do to create a healthier tomorrow for themselves and others by helping to prevent these problems today; and
WHEREAS, Recovery is possible, and treatment is effective. People in recovery can and do become gainfully employed, own homes, and rejoin their families and th...
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