Big Brothers Big Sisters of West Central Ohio hosted an event during Mental Health Awareness Month to help adults support children’s emotional health through emotional regulation tools and storytelling.
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Dr. Portia Smith, executive director of BBBS of West Central Ohio, said, “Majority of the data will go to national Big Brothers, Big Sisters, and I'm guessing that they're going to use that to also see how they can better service their agencies. But we also noticed that this is an area that we would like to really hone in on and see how we can do much better, because we have kiddos in our programs that are probably going through mental health situations, and we may not be as equipped as we thought we were.”
Sens. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) and John Fetterman (D-Pa.) today introduced a resolution to support the designation of May 4 through May 10, 2025, as Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week.