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Red Wing presenters seek school space, student access for Hope Squad peer-suicide-prevention program
Summary
A group seeking to launch a locally funded chapter of Hope Squad briefed the Red Wing Public Schools board on the program’s model, costs and two specific requests: space for meetings and access to student nomination lists; the group said the program itself would be fully funded by outside fundraising.
Liz Miguel, speaking as a Hope Squad organizer, told the Red Wing Public Schools Board that Hope Squad is a peer-to-peer program that trains students to recognize signs of anxiety and depression in classmates and to pass those concerns to designated adults who then connect students with mental-health providers.
"Students are identifying anxiety and depression in their peers, not suicidal ideation," Miguel said. She said squad members relay concerns to identified adults — teachers, custodians or other staff — who then refer students to mental-health agencies such as Hiawatha Valley Mental Health rather than providing clinical care themselves.
Miguel described Hope Squad as "an evidence based model for community…
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