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Student testimony spotlights Hope Squad peer counseling during Mississippi Senate session
Summary
Mississippi State Senator introduced Jackson County Hope Squad members and a Saint Martin High senior described how the peer-to-peer program supports students with anxiety and depression; the Senate did not take formal action to expand the program but lawmakers said they hope to broaden it statewide.
At a Mississippi State Senate session, Senator England introduced members of Jackson County’s Hope Squad and a Saint Martin High School senior, Vicky Nafungbo, described how the peer-to-peer suicide-prevention program helped her manage anxiety and depression.
Senator England said the program was implemented across 14 Jackson County schools — seven high schools and seven middle schools — after a series of teen suicides in the area and that local partners underwrote the launch. "Our superintendents all got together. Our community, Singing River Health System Foundation, Ingalls Shipbuilding, Chevron, Navigator Credit Union, Mississippi Power, Merchants Marine Bank, just to name a…
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