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YouthWell New Hampshire
YouthWell helps young people notice how they're doing, reach for tools that help, and stay connected to the adults who care about them. Built for New Hampshire youth, families, and educators.
Young people choose their own look. Try it.
One app, three ways in. Everyone starts by saying what they're here for, not by picking a label.
A few quiet minutes that are all yours. Check in, breathe, write it down, find what helps nearby, and see yourself showing up.
Try a check-in
Just a demo. Nothing you tap here is saved.
Pick a mood to begin
Six quick steps. Only the mood is required.
1Check in
Six quick steps: mood, sleep, energy, what's on your mind, an optional private note, and a review. Only the mood is required, and skipped steps stay skipped. Check in as often as you like.
Tapping a mood on the home screen starts a quick check-in. A chart shows your last 30 check-ins, and there's a fresh “Today's thought” to start from each day.
2Breathe
Four coping tools: Slow Flow, Box Breathing, 4-7-8 Breathing, and 5-4-3-2-1 Grounding. A first-time walkthrough shows how each one works.
“You can do it anywhere, including in class or before a test, and nobody will notice.”
4s in, 6s out. No hold.
0 cycles
Go at your own pace. If you feel lightheaded or uncomfortable at any point, stop and breathe normally.
5-4-3-2-1 Grounding
Step 1 of 5
Look around and find five things you can see. Say them in your head, or out loud if you want. A crack in the ceiling, your shoes, the colour of the wall. Small things count.
No timer. Take as long as you need.
3Journal
There's a daily prompt if you want one. Notes from your check-ins land here too, labelled “From check-in”. You can edit or delete your own entries anytime.
4Explore
Articles, local support, and events. Support is matched to your county in New Hampshire, alongside statewide and national options, and urgent help is always listed first.
Adding a ZIP code is optional, and young people outside New Hampshire are welcome too. Events appear for ages 13 and up.
5Progress
Two streaks, one for check-ins and one for journaling. XP and levels, with 500 XP per level. Seven achievements to find along the way.
It's non-punitive by design: no leaderboards, no comparing yourself to anyone, no purchases or currency, and nothing that rewards being up late. If a streak lapses, you can pick it back up or start fresh. The app simply says: “You took a break.”
A small decision that says a lot
The team considered a “Night owl” achievement, then deliberately cut it. An app about feeling well shouldn't reward a young person for being awake late at night.
6Make it yours
Three themes: Bright, Coastal, and Bloom. Tap one to see this whole page change with it.
Pick your vibe and the topics you care about. Add a ZIP code for resources near you, or don't. Nobody gets turned away. Topics only change the order things appear in. Nothing is hidden.
Activity log
Log the things that lift you up, like time outdoors or time with friends. “Only you can see this.”
You see what your young person chooses to share, plus gentle signals that it may be a good week to check in. You also get words to use when you do.
Home dashboard
Their recent mood, their check-ins, and a chart of their last 30 check-ins. Recent signals point out a stretch of low moods (4 or more Rough or Meh check-ins in a week) or a quiet stretch with no check-ins. Signals never claim a child is “fine”.
Gentle “it might be a good week to check in” notifications come with conversation openers.
Tips and Scripts
Each situation comes with what to try saying, and what to avoid. Warning Signs sit right alongside.
Try
“I'm here when you're ready. No pressure, and I'm not going to ask again tonight.” Then leave the door open and go and do something else nearby.
Avoid
“Why won't you just talk to me?” It asks them to manage your frustration on top of whatever they were already carrying.
Try
“That sounds like a rough one. Do you want to talk about it or do you want to not think about it for a bit?” Offering both makes either answer fine.
Private notes
Your child never sees them. A place to reflect on what you're noticing and what's helping.
Your child's data and your rights
See what's stored by category, request deletion, or stop further collection. For under-13 accounts, you can also revoke consent.
Connecting is by invitation
The young person or the parent can send an invite, and sharing is set per adult. Supporting more than one child? Switch between them.
Shared with you, when they choose to share
Not part of what's shared with your dashboard
Crisis alerts work differently: they always reach linked trusted adults. See how safety works.
Young people aged 13 and up can sign up on their own. Under 13, it's “Let's get a grown-up involved”: a parent, guardian, or trusted adult sets it up with them by email first, and no account is created until then.
No. Journals are private to the young person and are not part of what's shared to your dashboard. You'll see what they choose to share.
Support appears for them immediately, including 988. If you're their linked trusted adult, you're notified by push and email. Crisis alerts can't be switched off.
No. YouthWell is not a clinical service.
No chatbots and no AI-generated advice. Daily thoughts, prompts, and tips are written and reviewed by people.
YouthWell staff cannot view a young person's moods, check-ins, or journal. The team's reports are de-identified, and small groups are withheld.
Trauma-informed classroom material for middle school, high school, and beyond. No special training required. No student data, ever.
A home hub with everything in reach, and a clear path to crisis support.
Quick drop-in resets of a few minutes each, like a “2-minute breath check”, a “Mood weather report”, or “Three tiny wins”.
Multi-session units you can run across a term, like “Understanding anxiety” and “Reducing stigma”.
What to notice and what to say, with Try and Avoid scripts and Warning Signs. When in doubt, loop in your school counselor.
Explore lists urgent support first. Choose Middle school, High school, or College and beyond, and your bands bring the most relevant material to the top. Nothing is hidden.
Identify and refer
Try
“Thank you for telling me that. Can you say more?” Stay with what they said rather than moving past it, and let them set the pace.
Avoid
“This stays between us.”
Don't promise confidentiality you can't keep.
“When in doubt, loop in your school counselor.”
Educators never see student data. No rosters, no per-student views, no alerts.
Also a parent? One account can hold both roles, with a simple switch between them.
The promises YouthWell is built around, in plain words.
On every screen. For immediate danger, call 911.
YouthWell responds right away with crisis resources, and lets a linked trusted adult know. Crisis alerts can't be switched off.
Support goes straight to the people in a young person's life.
Young people choose what they share, and with which adult.
No account and no data until a parent, guardian, or trusted adult sets it up with them.
YouthWell voluntarily follows children's-privacy best practices across all youth age groups, not just the youngest.
From 9pm to 7am, non-urgent notifications wait. Crisis alerts still come through.
No purchases or currency, either.
YouthWell is not a clinical service and is not a monitoring service. It doesn't replace care from a professional or the adults in a young person's life.
How the YouthWell team keeps content trustworthy, current, and safe, in an admin portal with two roles: Super Admin and Content Editor.
Sources
Articles and events flow in from outside content sources, such as WordPress sites and event calendars, on a daily schedule. Every source shows its health.
Review
Incoming partner content and every editor change wait in a Review Queue. A Super Admin approves, edits, or rejects. That means interns can work safely as Content Editors.
Edit and preview
The editor has a live mobile, tablet, and desktop preview, audience targeting by age group and role, and built-in guardrails, like a standing reminder to stay clear of eating, weight, and medication topics.
Six content types: Articles, Tips & Scripts, Warning Signs, Activities & Lesson Plans, Support Links, and Events.
Publish, then monitor
Every outbound link and every content source is checked daily. A link is flagged only after failing twice in a row, so editors aren't chasing false alarms.
People
Admin access is role-based: Super Admin and Content Editor, and editor changes always need a Super Admin's approval. Young people can leave anonymous feedback in the app whenever they like, and are never prompted to. The admin portal itself is built to WCAG AA.
For funders, boards, and school and community partners. Analytics are for Super Admins only, across six views.
Facts about how YouthWell is built.
