Extend trusted support beyond the visit.
For health systems and children’s hospitals, sponsored access embeds early, human-led support into pediatric and youth care pathways, offering a supported next step after a visit. It complements clinical care and never replaces clinicians, therapists, or crisis services.
Care pathways
Alongside clinical care
A bridge, not a replacement.
Health systems integrating early support.
This path is for health systems and pediatric leaders interested in extending trusted support to young people and families beyond the clinic, working alongside their existing clinical teams.
Children’s hospitals
Pediatric leaders interested in extending trusted support to young patients and families beyond the clinic.
Health systems
Systems integrating early, human-led support into behavioral-health and primary-care referral pathways.
Referral pathways
Teams looking to offer a supported next step for young people after a visit or referral.
The support gap often opens after the visit.
Between appointments and referrals, young people can be left to navigate hard moments alone. Sponsored access places trusted human connection in that gap, without adding clinical obligation or replacing the care your teams provide.
Human-led, and clearly bounded. Peer Chaperones offer trusted human connection within structured supervision and safety practices. Serious needs are routed toward qualified professional or crisis services. The Initiative is not therapy, clinical treatment, diagnosis, crisis counseling, or emergency response.
Trusted support, embedded responsibly.
Sponsored youth access
Embed sponsored access into pediatric, primary-care, and behavioral-health pathways for defined youth populations.
Safety & escalation
Clear safety workflows, quality review, and escalation pathways to appropriate resources when more help is needed.
Shared measurement
Evaluation in partnership with UIC to study engagement, safety, and care navigation over time.
Scoped to your pathway.
Access is structured through an approved implementation plan for a defined youth population, not open public enrollment.
Map the pathway
We identify where a supported next step fits within your referral or discharge flow.
Deliver supervised support
Chaperone Health, the operational delivery partner, provides supervised Peer Chaperone access.
Evaluate together
Independent evaluation helps show what works and where the model can improve for your population.
Evidence your teams can trust.
Delivery runs on operational peer-support infrastructure from Chaperone Health, the operational delivery partner, with research and evaluation in partnership with the University of Illinois Chicago, so integration is studied honestly as it grows.
Bring trusted support to your youth care pathways.
Tell us about your system and the young people you serve. We’ll follow up to explore how sponsored access can complement the care your teams already provide.
The Chaperone Initiative is not therapy, clinical treatment, diagnosis, crisis counseling, or emergency response. If you or a young person needs immediate help, call or text 988, or chat through the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. We never gate anyone in crisis behind a form.