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May is Mental Health Awareness Month – and a couple of local women have started an initiative to get people talking more about mental health and end negative stigmas.
Jessica Pape and Stefanie Dingbaum are cousins – Pape serves as the Area Director for Heartland Youth for Christ and Dingbaum works as a School Social Worker with Keystone AEA and West Delaware. They say we need to get to a point in our community where mental health is talked about just as much as our physical health. Pape says in their jobs, they both hear from local teens who struggle with where to find help or who to talk to.
Stress and feelings of isolation continue to mount for tri-state-area youths as the COVID-19 pandemic stretches on, according to local advocates discussing brain-health needs on Wednesday.
âIâve gotten so many phone calls from parents asking, âWhat do I do with my children?ââ said Taryn Fellinger, a school counselor with Maquoketa Valley Community School District. âWe have seen a lot of anxiety.â
Fellinger was one of about 25 participants in a virtual listening session hosted by Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque.
Organizers sought to gather information on childrenâs brain-health needs â and gaps in services â in Dubuque, Delaware and Jones counties.