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County youth survey: lack of out‑of‑school activities, mental health and cost top concerns, county says
Summary
A county-run random pulse survey of 402 respondents found the leading concerns for young people in Gloucester County were a lack of extracurricular opportunities, mental health and substance abuse. County and school officials discussed marketing, capacity and potential infrastructure investments to expand programs.
Deputy County Administrator Steve Wright briefed the Gloucester County School Board on results from a collaborative youth-programming survey administered March 5–May 6 with 402 respondents.
Wright described the instrument as a randomized, rake-weighted 'pulse' survey intended to identify programming needs across demographic groups. "This was administered between March 5 and May 6," he told the board, noting the survey deliberately matched 2020 census distributions to improve…
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