This 2-page brochure explains Ohio’s Sobriety, Treatment, and Reducing Trauma (START) Program, which provides family peer support and other services to children and families impacted by opiates and other addictive substances. The brochure explains the program with an emphasis on the role of family peer mentors. Continue reading
Resource Tag: Peer Support
Ohio START Program
The Ohio Sobriety, Treatment, and Reducing Trauma (START) Program provides wrap-around services to children and families impacted by opiates and other drugs. Continue reading
Peer and Recovery Specialist Support
The website for peer and recovery support services at the National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare includes reports to download and links to resources, trainings, and webinars. Continue reading
Peer Support
This collection features resources to assist substance use disorder (SUD) treatment providers, health care systems, and community organizations create and manage peer support programs. Continue reading
Operationalizing and Funding Youth and Parent Peer Support Roles in Residential Treatment Settings
This 7-page report provides an overview of operationalizing and funding youth and parent peer support services in residential treatment settings. The report defines the continuum of services from involvement to engagement, describes the services provided by youth and parent peer support, and provides an overview of financing and sustainability strategies. Continue reading
Medicaid Funding for Family and Youth Peer Support Programs in the United States
This 2020 overview of state Medicaid coverage of family and youth peer support services, prepared by the Institute for Innovation and Implementation at the University of Maryland School of Social Work, describes the efforts of states who reimburse for these peer support services. Continue reading
Providing Youth and Young Adult Peer Support Through Medicaid
This2016 report explores options for providing youth and young adult peer support through Medicaid from the Center for Health Care Strategy and Youth MOVE National. Continue reading
Youth Peer Support
The website of the Youth MOVE National Peer Center, a youth-run peer organization, includes information about their programs including youth-run program support, youth peer support, youth leadership development, professional development and education, and peer-to-peer networking opportunities. Continue reading
Making a Difference: Peer-to-Peer Support
This 3 minute video explains the role of peer support for youth and young adults. It features the voices of youth who serve as peer support providers for their community. Continue reading
Value of Peers
This presentation slide deck briefly reviews the evidence for the effectiveness of peer support specialists who provide mental health, substance use disorder, and family and caregiver support. Continue reading