The opioid and addiction crises have greatly impacted family stability, leading to large increases in child welfare cases and the rate of grandparents or other relatives raising children. In this collection, we feature reports that describe the impact of addiction on families and provide strategies for improving services provided to children and their caregivers.
Search Results for: peer support (81 results)
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Peer Support Toolkit
Source: City of Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability Services, Achara Consulting, Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health
This interactive toolkit is intended to support organizations that are hiring (or planning to hire) peers into new support roles. The toolkit discusses considerations for preparing the organizational culture for adding peer support services, recruiting and hiring peer staff, creating effective service delivery of peer support services, and supporting, supervising, and retaining peer staff.
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Youth Peer Support
Source: Youth MOVE National
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.
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Peer Support Roles in Criminal Justice Settings
Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
An overview of peer support services provided in the criminal justice setting from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Provides descriptions of the roles and responsibilities and key characteristics of different peer support roles, describes how to use the sequential intercept model to explore peer support roles in criminal justice settings, and presents best practices in recruiting, hiring and retaining peer support staff.
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Family, Parent, and Caregiver Peer Support in Behavioral Health
Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
This 2-pager provides an overview of peer specialist services for families, parents, and caregivers supporting children and youth receiving mental health or substance use disorder services.
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Family, Parent, and Caregiver Peer Support in Behavioral Health – Spanish Language Version
Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
This 2-page Spanish language resource provides an overview of peer specialist services for families, parents, and caregivers supporting children and youth receiving mental health or substance use disorder services.
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Peer Support Toolkit
Source: Southern Plains Tribal Health Board
The online toolkit for creating peer support programs for indigenous communities from the Southern Plains Tribal Health Board provides an overview of peer specialist services and describes the core roles and responsibilities peer specialists play in supporting treatment and recovery from substance use disorders in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities.
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Providing Youth and Young Adult Peer Support Through Medicaid
Source: SAMHSA & The TA Network
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.
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Making a Difference: Peer-to-Peer Support
Source: Youth MOVE National
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.
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Operationalizing and Funding Youth and Parent Peer Support Roles in Residential Treatment Settings
Source: SAMHSA & The TA Network
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.