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Shavonda E. Sumter

Shavonda E. Sumter

Former New Jersey State Representative

Jul 20, 2026

15:45
Yes.
15:46
So NJ4S was started approximately three years ago to combat the need for student mental health services for grades 6 through 12.
15:56
At that time, because data is ever moving, at that time, that was the most vulnerable population coming off of the pandemic of social isolation, anxiety, depression being experienced in schools.
16:12
This program serves 1.2 million students, and it doesn't matter your income.
16:18
It doesn't matter whether you have Medicaid, whether you have a health insurance managed care plan.
16:23
It really partners with the schools to be sure that we're doing programming, prevention programming that is evidence-based.
16:32
And it's big words.

9 MINS LATER

25:50
Are we... finding that students are more anxious today than 10 years ago? And why is that?

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