Trailblazing the Future of Youth Peer Support

Youth peer support is a growing part of the conversation and strategy to ensure all young people have access to timely, relevant, and responsive mental health support wherever and whenever they need it. 

This report, co-authored by Mental Health America’s (MHA) Youth Policy Accelerator (YPA) members, highlights the importance of youth peer support and offers key recommendations for policy change driven by the group’s expertise and a YPA-led survey of more than 350 people working in youth peer support.