Suzanne Crouch detailed how mental health challenges are impacting her and her family personally.
INDIANAPOLIS—Indiana’s Lieutenant Governor Suzanne Crouch appeared before the commission on Thursday, Senate Bill 1to expand mental health services statewide.
“We know one in five Hoosiers suffers from mental illness or addiction,” Crouch told the Senate Appropriations Committee. “We all know Hoosiers who have faced these challenges. .”
“I was raised by a mother who struggled with depression. My sister Nancy committed suicide in her early 20s,” Crouch said. “We just buried her brother Larry in November. He was an alcoholic. His husband’s father was an alcoholic. Her daughter Courtney is 12 and has bipolar disorder.”
Crouch urged state senators to vote on a bill that would provide $30 million over the next two years. 988 Crisis Hotline Released in 2022.
Expanding the hotline, mobile crisis management allows callers to respond to someone facing a mental health crisis and refer them to local crisis management professionals for long-term assistance. I was able to connect with the team.
The funds required by the bill are Accredited Community Behavioral Medicine ClinicThere are currently 18 covering 15 different counties.
“This bill will not only change people’s lives, it will give them an opportunity to save lives,” Jody Moshua said in her testimony.
Mosure testified how such services saved his brother, who grew up in Indiana but died in Florida when he called 911 after his wife committed suicide.
“Within 15 minutes, Adam was shot more than five times, a week before his 40th birthday.
Much of the testimony was like that — personal and poignant about how battling mental illness and substance abuse affects not just the people who live with them.
It’s a story shared by many Hoosiers, including the second Indiana chief. This is a story she hopes can help others facing the same challenges.
“I hope that sharing my story will help others share theirs,” Crouch said.
The Senate Appropriations Committee is scheduled to vote on the bill next Thursday.
