Solano County declared National Suicide Prevention Week; public-health staff said Proposition 1 funding shifted prevention responsibilities and reported 39 suicides in the year-to-date, and behavioral-health staff and survivors urged sustained, culturally informed services.

The Senate Human Services Committee heard sponsorship and nonprofit testimony on SB 5,966, which would define medically tailored meals under Washington’s Medicaid waiver, prioritize Washington-based nonprofit providers, and set uniform quality and nutrition-care-plan requirements; a fiscal note is pending.

Senate Bill 15 establishes a multi‑year committee to examine Medicaid waiver delivery for intellectual and developmental disability services, citing program costs, caseloads and provider sustainability. The measure passed on final reading.

King County's suicide prevention task force highlights rising suicide rates and ongoing intervention programs.

Mitchell Behavioral Health told commissioners the agency manages roughly $26 million in regional behavioral‑health programs, recorded 34 mobile crisis dispatches in FY25 and 82 so far in FY26 in Caroline County, and plans to apply for Maryland behavioral‑health transformation funding to expand mobile treatment and peer‑support training locally.

The Live for Thomas Foundation, founded after the 2019 death of Thomas Ocasio, runs Den 22, peer-support and school programs across Harford and Cecil counties that leaders say provide daily drop-in supports, school-based Hope Squads and coach-friendly mental-health talks. Funding is primarily grant-based.