![]() This is part one of two parts, and features the screening of Kids in Crisis: You're Not Alone, A documentary about youth mental health produced by Milwaukee PBS in partnership with USA TODAY NETWORK Wisconsin and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. On June 17, 2019, the Assembly Speaker's Task Force on Suicide Prevention held an informational hearing and a public hearing in Ripon, WI. Read more in the article Linnane published on JSOnline February 5, 2020.Ģ019 Speaker's Task Force on Suicide Prevention - Part 1 - Ripon, WI ![]() The bill will allow for grant opportunities that schools can use to start peer-to-peer mentoring programs. Rory Linnane, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter, attended the bill signing ceremony at Milton High School where Governor Tony Evers signed bill AB 528 into law. Kara Rogatzki, Assistant Principal of Academics, Pius XI Catholic High SchoolĪ New State Law Will Fund Suicide Prevention Programs in Wisconsin Schools. Thank you for your dedication to the de-stigmatization of mental health issues in high school. The resilience and strength shown in this group of young people is commendable. I wanted to say thank you for bringing this amazing documentary to Pius XI. I plan to incorporate this documentary within my sessions with teens and parents.“ - Patrice Griffin, Behavioral Health Clinician, Central Virginia Health Services The same themes heard in the documentary I hear in my practice with teens, which is very impactful. "I must say that the documentary is AMAZING and very well done. ![]() Thank you so much for making this documentary and being a major part in breaking the mental health stigma!" - Jasmine, high school student, Colorado I want to see if I can incorporate it into a mental awareness day or week at my school or my community that I've been really wanting to have. I plan to show this to my teachers/mayors to see what they think. ![]() My community and my school really needs to see this. Joan Ballweg, R-Markesan, said the bill was inspired by stories shared by young people in the Milwaukee PBS and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel documentary, “You’re Not Alone,” who’d helped their peers talk about mental health challenges. "It ensures that the people students are most likely to turn to have the tools that they need to help," Governor Tony Evers said. Beginning next school year, schools can apply for $1,000 grants for peer-to-peer suicide prevention programs. Plus, find out how the documentary and the producers' visit to the State Capitol are impacting proposed policy changes when it comes to mental health challenges in Wisconsin. Two young women who shared a moving exchange during a peer outreach event, which was captured by our documentary, now tell their own stories about mental health challenges and their new found friendship. 10thirtysix presents a follow-up to its nationally acclaimed documentary "Kids in Crisis: You're Not Alone" about youth mental health. ![]() You can read Linnane's full article about the bill signing here.ġ0thirtysix presents a follow-up to its nationally acclaimed documentary "Kids in Crisis: You're Not Alone" about youth mental health. “The things that were done by the documentary crew has been very helpful in helping people around the state and my colleagues in the legislature to understand the crisis of youth behavioral health and suicide," Ballweg said. Joan Ballweg, co-chair of the task force, told Journal Sentinel reporter Rory Linanne, who is also a producer of the documentary, that the new law was inspired by the stories shared in the film by TJ, Alex, Reyña and Barrett. After the bill signing at Milton High School, state Rep. Lawmakers on the suicide prevention task force stated that they proposed the bill after watching and hearing from the young voices featured in “Kids in Crisis: You’re Not Alone,” a documentary about youth mental health that was produced by Milwaukee PBS in collaboration with USA TODAY NETWORK-WISCONSIN and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Tony Evers recently signed a bill into law that provides grant funding for peer-to-peer suicide prevention programs in schools across the state. ![]()
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