On National First Responders Day, Governor Kathy Hochul highlighted several new initiatives to support the State’s ongoing efforts to improve first responder mental health and wellness. The new resources available include a Responder Wellness Program Primer , an informational resource intended to help state and local public safety agencies develop or enhance their responder wellness programs; a video that highlights the unique mental health needs of first responders; and the launch of a new website dedicated to first responder mental health and wellness. The publication of these new resources builds on Governor Hochul’s expansion of supportive services for first responders after the State’s first of its kind First Responder Mental Health Needs Assessment showed that more tha

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