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Students and mental‑health groups press Senate for stronger youth behavioral‑health and suicide‑prevention funding
Summary
Students and nonprofit mental‑health groups told the Senate Health Committee that youth face escalating mental‑health crises and urged the Senate to support behavioral‑health and suicide‑prevention investments, 988 crisis services and school‑based programs in HB96.
A group of high school students and nonprofit advocates told the Senate Health Committee that mental‑health and substance‑use stresses among young people require sustained investments in prevention, school supports and crisis services.
Several Meadowdale Career Technology Center students described bullying, depression, addiction and domestic violence, and asked lawmakers to fund mental‑health supports and alternatives to…
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