David Silvers is proud to serve as an Ambassador for Project Lifesaver International, an organization dedicated to protecting individuals with cognitive conditions who are at risk of wandering and helping bring them safely home.
As both a husband and father, my greatest responsibility is to protect and support my family. As a member of the Florida House of Representatives, that responsibility extends to fighting for policies that ensure the safety, prosperity and freedom of all Floridians.
As we come to the end of Mental Health Awareness Month, it is imperative that we focus on mental health advocacy. For far too long, there has been a stigma associated with seeking treatment for mental health disorders whether it be cerebral issues, such as depression, or physical issues, such as anorexia, cutting and bulimia.
Silvers’ campaign over the weekend announced the endorsements of 20 current and former Democratic state lawmakers. The endorsements are pouring in for Lake Clarke Shores Democratic Rep. David Silvers’ bid to take the seat representing Senate District 26 in two years.
As both a husband and father, my greatest responsibility is to protect and support my family. As a member of the Florida House of Representatives, that responsibility extends to fighting for policies that ensure the safety, prosperity and freedom of all Floridians.
Florida has experienced a significant increase in psychiatric crisis hospitalizations of children and teens in recent years, and an increase in those children being repeatedly hospitalized in the same year.
His Senate candidacy follows years of uninterrupted lawmaking in the Florida House. Democratic Rep. David Silvers is running for Senate — though it’ll be a few years before Palm Beach County voters see his name on a ballot again.
When I was first elected to the Florida House of Representatives, in 2016, my initial goal was to become a champion for education reform, but after I was elected, I learned of the many mental health pitfalls awaiting so many children here in Florida.
This legislative session, I had the honor to sponsor and pass the Genetic Counseling Patient Protection Act, which will improve Floridians’ access to critical health care services as well as access to workforce opportunities in a rapidly growing career field.
If ever there was a time to modernize how we treat mental health and substance use treatment; the height of a global pandemic certainly seems like such a time.