October 17, 2025
Gaining Insight on a Critical Public Health Challenge
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A prevention and leadership program preparing high school students to provide mental health and substance-use support.
Understand how mental health and substance use show up across counseling, health, law, and technology fields.
Build relational skills to talk openly about mental health and substance use.
Recognize concerns early and connect peers to trusted help.
Destigmatize mental health and substance-use conversations through peer connection and the Peer Link app.
Peer Link is Mobile United’s peer-to-peer prevention and leadership program for high school juniors and seniors across Mobile City and County. The program prepares students to serve as peer counselors—supporting mental health and substance-use prevention through peer connection, early recognition of warning signs, and referrals to trusted adults and community resources.
While Peer Link Counselors are not clinical providers, they play a critical role in strengthening peer support networks, increasing awareness, and fostering healthier, safer school communities. The long-term goal of Peer Link is to establish a sustainable culture of care in every Mobile County high school while developing the next generation of youth leaders.
Peer Link is open to high school students who:
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