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Date:5/8/2008

e will fund youth-led activities that will promote positive mental health in their school and/or community. Funded by SAMHSA and Youth Motivating Others through Voices of Experience (Youth MOVE National Inc.) overseen by and the National Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health, Dare to Dream America will give youth a chance to speak out about the importance of focusing on mental health. Applications and additional information are available for the program at http://www.youthmove.us and http://www.ffcmh.org beginning today.

The STILL I RISE event in the District was one of many activities in communities across the country on Awareness Day to focus attention on the mental health needs of high school youth and the services and supports needed to ensure their total well-being.

National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day is an annual event celebrated during the first full week in May, which is also Children's Mental Health Awareness Week. A SAMHSA initiative, Awareness Day was established as a day on which all SAMHSA-funded children's programs and their colleagues across the country can demonstrate their support for children's mental health. May is also Mental Health Month.

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, a public health agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the lead Federal agency for improving the quality and availability of substance abuse prevention, addiction treatment, and mental health services in the United States.

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