October 1st, 2026, Human Services Committee Meeting

The Northampton County Human Services Committee meeting on October 1, 2026, featured a presentation on Avita’s student-led, school-based mental health and suicide-prevention programs. The organization described its peer-support training, school clubs, leadership workshops, and other activities intended to build supportive school communities. Presenters noted that its programming is free to participating schools and that clubs operate in nearly every middle and high school in Northampton County.

Avita requested continued county support, including connections to public forums and potential funding. It estimated that a Talk Workshop and a Leader Lab each cost approximately $5,000, and said it would ideally hold both annually in the area. Committee members expressed support and interest in attending future events, but no funding commitment, procurement decision, motion, or vote was recorded.