Struggling New Jersey residents could see their monthly food benefit nearly double under a proposal designed to avoid what advocates describe as a looming “hunger cliff” after federal emergency funding expires in February. Lawmakers unanimously approved a bill Thursday to establish a $95 minimum monthly allotment to participants in SNAP, the state and federally funded…
Adolescents at high schools throughout the state are learning how to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental health issues and substance use disorders in their friends and how to seek help from an adult that they trust through a mental health first-aid program for teenagers. The Mental Health Association in New Jersey is introducing the…
The Murphy administration is making progress in lead remediation efforts. It awarded $38 million in grants to some 20 organizations Wednesday for their work to rid the state of hazardous lead exposure, especially for our youngest and most vulnerable residents.
The National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, also known as the new 988 hotline, has been operational for only six months, and it has already handled more than two million inquiries across phone calls, chats and text messages. This number far surpasses the inquiries received in the same time period the previous year, when the hotline was 10…