The Senate Education Committee held a hearing on Thursday afternoon where nearly a dozen speakers gave testimony on the great need for mental health resources among other interventions to support young people.
Maureen Brogan is the program manager of the Traumatic Loss Coalition and said so far this year, the state has seen at least three suicides among teens with likely two more waiting to be confirmed from the Medical Examiner.
Elisabeth Ginsburg of the Executive Director of the Garden Station Coalition of Schools advocates on behalf of its 100 districts. She said federal COVID funding has been supporting mental health services. "We are calling probably 8, 10, 12 kids a day to talk to them about searches on their devices and [asking] why are they expressing depression," said Isola.
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