Texas A&M University-Texarkana announced that it has joined JED Campus in support of student well-being and mental health. The program is a nationwide initiative of The Jed Foundation (JED) designed to help schools evaluate and strengthen their mental health, substance misuse, and suicide prevention programs and systems to ensure that schools have the strongest possible mental health safety nets. Part of an initiative by The Texas A&M University System, Texas A&M University-Texarkana joins nearly 500 campuses already engaged in the JED Campus program. The program reaches more than six million students in 44 states and the District of Columbia.

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