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Gloucester schools outline mental-health supports: counselors, Care Solace referrals and Hope Squad peer program

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The district summarized counseling resources, community partnerships, 243 Care Solace referrals and student-led Hope Squad and Renaissance activities as part of a broad mental-health and prevention effort.

Gloucester County Public Schools presented a midyear update on student mental-health and wellness supports that cited school counselors, four full‑time school psychologists, community partnerships and referral services as core elements of the district’s system.

Associate director of student services Katina Keener told the board every school has a full‑time counselor and that counselors spend approximately 80 percent of their time in direct student work and…

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