A Local Mental Health Advisory Council (LAC) offers individuals, parents, families, and providers the opportunity to make a real difference in how mental health care is provided in their community. It offers county and state policy makers the wisdom of those who experience mental health concerns first-hand. Who can serve on the LAC? Adults with a mental illness, family members of an adult with mental illness, mental health professionals, community support services program representative, someone who was in a mental health program as a child or adolescent, parents or guardian of a child or adolescent with severe emotional disturbance, children's mental health professionals, representative of minority populations of significant size residing in the county, or family community support services program representatives. For more information visit: http://mn.gov/dhs/lac.

Safe Dates is an evidence based program that educates youth on how to identify and prevent dating violence. Over the course of a single day session, students will learn and discuss the causes of dating violence, how they can help a friend in an abusive relationship, common stereotypes regarding dating violence and important prevention techniques.