The state introduced a new curriculum earlier this year that is aligned with national standards. Indiana also started to allow family members of people with substance use disorders to become certified ...
The Howard County Library System is offering free opportunities for people experiencing substance or alcohol use to connect with Certified Peer Recovery Specialists in partnership with the Howard ...
Marcie McIlveen never thought she'd work in a hospital. Due to her negative experiences in treatment for substance use disorder on about 14 occasions, "I hated health care, did not like it, wanted ...
For Amanda Horne, a weekly basketball game with other peer support workers and youth is a lifeline, an hour of connection and ...
A new center in Henderson County for people in need of mental health, substance use or crisis support will soon begin accepting guests. It will be staffed 24 hours a day by certified peer support ...
Promise Resource Network, founded by Cherene Caraco in 2005, has led the state in the expansion of peer-run programs. With the support of state dollars, the organization opened two peer-run respite ...
HELP IS AVAILABLE: The crisis line 855-PEERS-NC is staffed by certified peer support specialists around the clock. The specialists are people in recovery who have a mental health or substance use ...
A new Kentucky law that stands to put many peer support specialists out of work should be declared “void and unenforceable,” ...