{"id":1401,"date":"2025-07-17T00:40:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T00:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/1401\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T00:40:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T00:40:25","slug":"mercer-county-grad-promoting-mental-health-resources-for-farmers-wrmj-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/1401\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercer County Grad Promoting Mental Health Resources For Farmers \u2013 WRMJ.COM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-930311\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/rachel-brown-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"192\" height=\"269\"\/>A Mercer County High School grad is promoting a mental health resource for farmers.<\/p>\n<p>The Southern Illinois University School of Medicine developed the Illinois Farm Family Resource Initiative, which is available to all Illinois farm families. The purpose of the initiative is to provide a range of resources, including a helpline to assist with farmer and farm-related issues that include mental and physical health needs.<\/p>\n<p>Rachel Brown is a licensed professional counselor at Pepper, Brown &amp; Associates in Springfield. She says taking the first step in receiving mental health support is often the hardest.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wrmj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/brown-farm-mental-health.mp3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/wrmj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/brown-farm-mental-health.mp3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Illinois Farm Family Resource Initiative helpline is 1-833-327-6767. Brown says calling the helpline can refer you to a counselor who can provide up to six free sessions.<\/p>\n<p>Brown is an approved provider with the Illinois Agricultural Mental Health Voucher Program.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s a 2013 Mercer County High School grad.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"mh-facebook\" href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwrmj.com%2Fmercer-county-grad-promoting-mental-health-resources-for-farmers%2F&amp;t=Mercer+County+Grad+Promoting+Mental+Health+Resources+For+Farmers', 'facebookShare', 'width=626,height=436'); return false;\" title=\"Share on Facebook\"><\/p>\n<p>\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"mh-twitter\" href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=Mercer+County+Grad+Promoting+Mental+Health+Resources+For+Farmers:&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwrmj.com%2Fmercer-county-grad-promoting-mental-health-resources-for-farmers%2F', 'twitterShare', 'width=626,height=436'); return false;\" title=\"Tweet This Post\"><\/p>\n<p>\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"mh-linkedin\" href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwrmj.com%2Fmercer-county-grad-promoting-mental-health-resources-for-farmers%2F&amp;source=\" return=\"\" false=\"\" title=\"Share on LinkedIn\"><\/p>\n<p>\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"mh-pinterest\" href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwrmj.com%2Fmercer-county-grad-promoting-mental-health-resources-for-farmers%2F&amp;media=https:\/\/wrmj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/rachel-brown-1.jpeg&amp;description=Mercer+County+Grad+Promoting+Mental+Health+Resources+For+Farmers', 'pinterestShare', 'width=750,height=350'); return false;\" title=\"Pin This Post\"><\/p>\n<p>\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"mh-email\" href=\"https:\/\/wrmj.com\/mercer-county-grad-promoting-mental-health-resources-for-farmers\/mailto:?subject=Mercer%20County%20Grad%20Promoting%20Mental%20Health%20Resources%20For%20Farmers&amp;body=https%3A%2F%2Fwrmj.com%2Fmercer-county-grad-promoting-mental-health-resources-for-farmers%2F\" title=\"Send this article to a friend\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"mh-print\" href=\"https:\/\/wrmj.com\/mercer-county-grad-promoting-mental-health-resources-for-farmers\/javascript:window.print()\" title=\"Print this article\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t<\/a><br \/>\n    <a class=\"mh-whatsapp\" href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('https:\/\/api.whatsapp.com\/send?phone={phone_number}&amp;text=Mercer+County+Grad+Promoting+Mental+Health+Resources+For+Farmers:&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwrmj.com%2Fmercer-county-grad-promoting-mental-health-resources-for-farmers%2F', 'whatsappShare', 'width=626,height=436'); return false;\" title=\"Share on Whatsapp\"><\/p>\n<p>    <\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"mh-mastodon\" href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('https:\/\/mastodonshare.com\/share?text=Mercer+County+Grad+Promoting+Mental+Health+Resources+For+Farmers:&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwrmj.com%2Fmercer-county-grad-promoting-mental-health-resources-for-farmers%2F', 'mustodonShare', 'width=626,height=436'); return false;\" title=\"Share On Mastodon\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/mostadon-logo.png\" height=\"25px\" width=\"20px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Mercer County High School grad is promoting a mental health resource for farmers. 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