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Let's talk about helping young people reach trusted support earlier.

Whether you are a foundation, family office, healthcare system, research institution, public-sector or community partner, corporate sponsor, or journalist, we want to make it easy to reach the right team. Tell us how we can help, and we will route your inquiry to the person best placed to follow up.

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How can we help?

Find the right path for your inquiry.

Most conversations begin in one of the areas below. Choose the route that fits, and we'll direct your inquiry to the appropriate team.

Funding & Philanthropy

For institutions interested in supporting early implementation, sponsored youth access, and the evidence base for trusted human support.

Healthcare & Public Sector

For children's hospitals, health systems, government agencies, school systems, and public-health partners interested in connecting young people to trusted human support and sponsored community access.

Research & Evaluation

For universities and research institutions interested in study design, independent evaluation, or collaboration alongside the Initiative's UIC research partnership.

Community Implementation

For community organizations and local partners interested in bringing sponsored, trusted human support to the young people they already serve.

Corporate & Social Impact

For companies and social-impact teams seeking a credible, evidence-informed youth-safety initiative to support or sponsor.

Media & General Inquiries

For journalists and editors covering youth safety and prevention, and for anyone unsure where they fit. We will connect you with the right spokesperson, background, or team.

Looking to give as an individual? Individual gifts will help fund trusted human support for young people.
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Reach the right team.

Tell us how we can help. Share a little about you, your organization, and what you're hoping to explore. We'll route your note to the team best placed to follow up, whether your inquiry is about funding, healthcare, public-sector partnership, research, community implementation, media, or something else.

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  • For partnership, funding, research, implementation, media, and general inquiries.
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Prefer not to use a form? Partnership and giving conversations can also start from the Become a Founding Partner and Contact Us About Giving actions across the site.

Who your inquiry reaches

A prevention-focused initiative built on real infrastructure.

When you reach out, your inquiry is routed to the team best positioned to respond, whether the conversation is about funding, partnership, research, implementation, media, or general questions. The Initiative is built on peer-support infrastructure from Chaperone Health and designed around trusted human connection.

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If you need immediate help, contact 988 now

The Chaperone Initiative is not therapy, clinical treatment, diagnosis, crisis counseling, or emergency response, and we never place a person in crisis behind a form. If you or someone you know is in immediate danger or crisis, call or text 988, or chat through the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. The 988 Lifeline provides 24/7 support by call, text, or chat.

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Available 24/7 in the United States. This contact form is for partnership, funding, research, implementation, media, and general inquiries, not urgent support.

There's a place for your organization

Help trusted support reach young people earlier.

Founding partners and funders help make sponsored, trusted human support possible for defined youth populations and communities. Start the conversation today.

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