Assembly Resolution No. 398

BY: M. of A. Gunther

MEMORIALIZING Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim
May 7, 2023, as Children's Mental Health Awareness
Day in the State of New York

WHEREAS, The citizens of the State of New York are committed to
ensuring the safety and well-being of our most precious resource, our
children, and to protecting them, in every facet of their daily lives;
and

WHEREAS, This Legislative Body is justly proud to memorialize
Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 7, 2023, as Children's Mental
Health Awareness Day in the State of New York, in conjunction with the
observance of National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day; and

WHEREAS, In any given year, 20% of American children will be
diagnosed with a mental illness; and

WHEREAS, Children's Mental Health Awareness Day is a day to promote
positive youth development, resilience, recovery, and the transformation
of mental health services delivery for children and youth with serious
mental health needs and their families; and

WHEREAS, Children's Mental Health Awareness Day raises awareness of
effective programs for children's mental health needs; demonstrates how
children's mental health initiatives promote positive youth development,
recovery, and resilience; and shows how children with mental health
needs thrive in their communities; and

WHEREAS, Children's Mental Health Awareness Day efforts will
integrate mental health into every environment that impacts child
development from birth; nurture the social and emotional well-being of
children from birth; and look for and discuss milestones of a child's
social and emotional development from birth; and

WHEREAS, It is imperative that there be greater public awareness of
this serious health issue, and more must be done to increase activity at
the local, State and national levels; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
memorialize Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 7, 2023, as Children's
Mental Health Awareness Day in the State of New York; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be
transmitted to The Honorable Kathy Hochul, Governor of the State of New
York.