Hope Squads are the eyes and ears of your school. They’re students trained to watch for at-risk peers, provide friendship, identify warning signs, and seek help from adults.

Hope Squad works with school advisors to train students identified by their classmates as trustworthy peers to serve as Hope Squad members.

Through evidence-based training modules, Hope Squad members are empowered to seek help and save a life. Hope Squad members are not taught to act as counselors, but rather, are educated on how to recognize signs of suicidal ideation, and how to properly and respectfully report this to an adult.