NJ4S funding is proposed for elimination. Your legislator needs to hear from you.
Governor Sherrill’s proposed FY27 budget eliminates NJ4S — the statewide program that has served 276,118 New Jersey students, caregivers, and educators in its first year alone.
We support expanding clinical mental health services in schools. Prevention should not be eliminated to pay for it. New Jersey’s students need both.
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276,118
served statewide in year one
DCF 2025 NJ4S Annual Report
97%
referral success rate
DCF 2025 NJ4S Annual Report
37,145
participants served in Union County
Prevention Links, 2023–present
“It’s the best part of my day these days to see them in the hallways.”
— Jill Hall, School Counselor, Union High School, describing freshmen boys transformed by Dr. Sconiers’ Mental Hop program through NJ4S.
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Coverage of the Governor’s proposed budget and the response from youth mental health providers.
A two-page overview of NJ4S, its impact, and what’s at stake. Share with legislators and community members.
Voices from school counselors, administrators, social workers, and family liaisons describing what NJ4S has made possible.
More ways to take action, including resources from the Prevention Is Possible NJ coalition.