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February 28, 2017 www.broadcasteronline.com
Steps Forward In
Mental Health
By Gov. Dennis Daugaard:
Pictured with items collected during the fifth annual Veterans' Holiday Relief Drive
in Vermillion are Penny Ascheman, Vermillion Broadcaster/Plain Talk office manager;
Autumn Simunek, Veterans Holiday Relief Drive founder and former Miss South
Dakota 2015; Patricia Kozak, president, American Legion Auxiliary Wallace, Unit #1;
Marie Anne Ben, chairperson American Legion Auxiliary Wallace Unit #1; Cynthia
Aden, Veterans Service Officer of Clay County and Jackie Williams, Broadcaster/
Plain Talk media consultant.
Veterans’ Relief Drive Wraps Up Feb. 14
A successful Veterans’ Holiday Relief
curtain with rings, bath towel set, bathroom
Drive wrapped up on Feb. 14, with several
tissue, dishes, eating utensils, dish soap
items donated by local citizens to help
and a dish towel set frosted with clear wrap,
provide a comfortable holiday season to
bow, and greeting tag.
local veterans, military members, and their
Buddy Bags may included personal
families that may be homeless or in need.
hygiene products, hand towel sets, shower
The fifth annual drive was made possible shoes or slippers, socks, hat, gloves, scarf
with the by American Legion Auxiliary
sets; and shopping or salon gift cards.
Unit 1 of Vermillion which assisted the
The Vermillion drop-off location was The
South Dakota American Legion Auxiliary.
Broadcaster/Plain Talk in Vermillion, and
Citizens were encouraged to prepare Buddy representatives involved with the relief
Baskets and Buddy Bags filled with essential drive stopped by The Broadcaster office on
household or personal care items.
Wednesday, Feb. 15, to pick up the Buddy
Buddy Baskets consisted of a laundry
Baskets and the Buddy Bags.
basket/plastic basket filled with: paper
Additional information is available at
towels, laundry detergent, household
SDLegionaux.org, or by contacting Autumn
Tell them you saw it in
cleansers, rubber gloves, cleaning sponges,the Simunek at VeteransHRD@gmail.com, or
dust pan with hand brush, light bulbs,
calling 605.890.3093.
flashlight, batteries, alarm clock, shower
Broadcaster!
A significant number of Americans struggle with mental illness. For many the struggle is silent. Some experience short-term
mental health problems; it’s not uncommon
for individuals temporarily to face mild
forms of mental illness at some point during
their lives. For others though, it’s a lifelong
battle that requires consistent treatment.
No community is untouched by mental
illness. It affects schools, work places and
families.
Last year the Helmsley Charitable Trust’s
Rural Healthcare Program released a study
on mental health in South Dakota. The study
found that our state has a high prevalence
of undiagnosed and untreated depression
as well as a very high prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder and anxiety. While
87 percent of survey respondents reported
receiving all needed medical care, only 64
percent reported receiving all needed mental health care, and just 54 percent received
all needed substance use care.
Without proper treatment, individuals
with mental health problems can land in the
emergency room or in jail. When a person
showing signs of mental illness behaves
in a way that causes arrest, a court may
order an evaluation of the person’s fitness
to stand trial. In recent years, the increased
number of these court-ordered evaluations
has caused delays for the mentally ill. In
some instances, mentally ill individuals had
to wait in jail several months for competency evaluations to be completed.
Recognizing this problem, South Dakota
Supreme Court Chief Justice David Gilbert-
son convened a task force to address delays
in court-ordered mental health evaluations
and shortfalls in treatment for the mentally
ill within the justice system.
Funded by a grant from the Helmsley
Charitable Trust, the task force released
its report in November. Among its findings,
it recognized that our system lacks procedures to identify mental illness quickly after
an arrest, and in many cases jails are not
equipped to deal with mental health needs.
In some cases, diversion options that are
already authorized by statute are not available in all areas of the state.
This legislative session, the Legislature
is considering House Bill 1183, which would
enact the task force’s recommendations.
The legislation will provide law enforcement with tools to better identify and
respond to mental health crises, prevent
unnecessary jail admissions, and assist
communities in building capacity to offer
intervention services. The bill will also expand the pool of providers who can provide
competency evaluations, and will shift funding from the Human Services Center directly
to counties to perform these evaluations.
An oversight council will monitor implementation and recommend changes to future
legislatures.
I thank the Chief Justice and task force
members for undertaking this work and
offering their recommendations, and I thank
the Helmsley Charitable Trust for the funding they provided.
I support HB 1183 and I hope legislators
will send the bill to my desk. These common sense proposals will be steps forward
for our state.
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