Universities of Wisconsin provide digital peer support in systemwide collaboration with Togetherall

We are pleased to announce that students at 12 Universities of Wisconsin now have access to a clinically moderated mental health support resource. Through a newly established collaboration with Togetherall, students can engage with a global community of peers, giving and getting peer support in a safe and anonymous online environment, available 24/7/365.  

John Achter, Ph.D., Senior Director of Student Success and Wellbeing Office of Enrollment & Student Success, Kristen Jasperson, Advisor for Student Success Initiatives Office of Enrollment & Student Success, and their team brought on an additional service that addressed clinical capacity, crisis support, wellness content, and resource navigation in partnership with Mantra Health. By allocating remaining HEERF funding previously provided by Governor Tony Evers through the American Recovery Plan Act, they were able to adopt Togetherall’s population-level, digital peer support community with the goal of reaching students who may not be seeking traditional services.

Togetherall’s Chief Clinical Officer, Ben Locke, Ph.D., speaks to the importance of population approach services for large campuses in saying,

“Implementing a comprehensive mental health strategy for a large system like the Universities of Wisconsin, means adopting a ‘both-and’ mindset and embracing the idea that mental-health concerns are universal. Both- and refers to the importance of providing your entire population with immediate, 24/7, mobile access to mental health supports (i.e., Togetherall), which can work hand-in-hand with traditional one-to-one treatment services.”

Integrating Togetherall into the Universities’ existing services, including Mantra Health, a leading provider of comprehensive mental health and wellness solutions; You at College, a personalized wellbeing platform; and the UW Mental Health Support line, provides students across the state of Wisconsin with a comprehensive and robust set of resources to meet the spectrum of their needs.

We’re thrilled to be able to support a system of students and complement the existing services at each of their universities, throughout this school year and beyond.

About Togetherall  

To date, Togetherall is available to 4.6 million students worldwide at more than 450 colleges and universities. Togetherall is the leading clinically managed, peer-to-peer, online support community where students can share what’s on their minds, anonymously, safely, and in-the-moment, 24/7/365. Students can connect through shared lived experiences with a global network of peers, backed by the safeguarding of real, live, licensed clinicians overseeing the community around-the-clock. These clinicians empower individuals in peer support and foster and maintain a safe, vibrant environment.   

About Mantra Health

Mantra Health is an award-winning mental health and wellness provider for colleges and universities. On a mission to make evidence-based mental health care more accessible to students, Mantra Health partners with higher education institutions to provide undergraduate and graduate students with virtual therapy, psychiatry, 24/7 crisis care, in-the-moment support via ConnectNow, peer-to-peer support, emotional wellness coaching, and self-care content modules. Through augmenting campus partners with high-quality, evidence-based clinical services with seamless campus integrations, Mantra Health improves student well-being while increasing student persistence. The company was named a Rising Star by the 2022 UCSF Health Hub Digital Health Awards in Mental & Behavioral Health and in 2023 won Juniper Research’s Gold Star award for Best Digital Therapeutic Solution. Mantra Health solutions have been deployed across more than 125 college and university campuses, including Penn State University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Miami Dade College, serving more than 900,000 students. To learn more about Mantra Health, visit mantrahealth.com.

If you are interested in offering safe and scalable ways to support your students’ mental health, contact us to find out more about Togetherall’s online community.