Below is the weekly newsletter from our CEO, Morgan Thompson:

Dear Friends,

Let me tell you about a group of freshmen boys at Union High School.

Last year, they were skipping classes, disrespecting staff, and their parents were at their wit’s end. Nothing was working. Not discipline, not redirection, not anything the school could offer on its own.

Then they joined Mental Hop, a program we run through NJ4S with Dr. Sconiers. Today, their teachers report dramatic improvements in behavior and academics. Their parents have called the school just to say thank you. Their counselor, Jill Hall, told us: “It’s the best part of my day these days to see them in the hallways.“

That is what prevention-forward youth mental health looks like. And Governor Sherrill’s proposed FY27 budget would end it.

Let me be clear: the Governor is… READ MORE