Mental Health Awareness Month
Mental Health Awareness Month is an annual proclamation item before the City of Fairfax City Council, recognizing May as Mental Health Awareness Month.
In May 2025, the Mayor presented a proclamation acknowledging both Mental Health Awareness Month and May 7, 2025 as National Children's Mental Health Day; recipients included the city's Crisis Resources Team (CRT), the Fairfax County Community Service Board, and the Heart Leaf Center. The following year, on April 28, 2026, the Council again took up the item, with Mayor Catherine S. Reed proclaiming May 2026 as Mental Health Awareness Month in the City of Fairfax; the proclamation was presented to Lesley Abashian (Human Services Director), the city's Crisis Response Team, and Dr.
Robyn Mehlenbeck. The proclamation calls upon residents to advocate for appropriate and accessible mental health care services for people of all ages, framing mental health as an essential pillar of overall health and well-being.
What members have said
- Mayor Catherine S. Reed
On April 28, 2026, Mayor Reed issued the proclamation declaring May 2026 as Mental Health Awareness Month, stating that 'mental health is an essential pillar of everyone's overall health and well-being' and calling on residents to advocate for accessible mental health care services for people of all ages. She also noted ahead of the presentation that 'mental health is part of our basic health.'
Positions as recorded in meeting minutes; votes without recorded comment aren’t summarized.
History
Filled dots are actions on this topic; open dots are mentions.
- May 13, 2025City Council · item 3bProclamation: Mental Health Awareness Month and National Children's Mental Health Day
Proclamation presented by the Mayor to the city's Crisis Resources Team (CRT), Fairfax County Community Service Board, and the Heart Leaf Center.
- Apr 28, 2026City Council · item 3cProclamation acknowledging May as Mental Health Awareness Month in the City of Fairfax
May was proclaimed Mental Health Awareness Month in the City of Fairfax.
Discussed alongside
Topics that come up in the same meetings.