HANFORD â The Kings County Board of Supervisors voted on Tuesday to adopt a resolution recognizing May as Mental Health Matters Month, joining a statewide effort to promote mental well-being.
During their Tuesday meeting, Phil Leanos, the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) program manager for Kings County Behavioral Health, proposed the resolution as a means of raising awareness. According to Leanos, there is no impact to the general fund for doing so, as the services are already covered for the 2021 fiscal year under the act.
Mental Health Matters Month was adopted by the State of California in 2013 in order to generate dialogue and a greater understanding of mental health treatment and reduce some of the social and cultural shames that are often attached to it.