Peer Support Specialists expand the non-clinical workforce to improve patient experience and outcomes and reduce clinical staff burnout.

Nine inmates at Buckingham Correctional Center recently became the first individuals incarcerated in a Virginia Department of Corrections facility to receive certification as Peer Recovery Specialists ...

The Carroll County Board of Commissioners proclaimed September to be Recovery Month, and one of those in the Health Department helping people try to escape substance abuse is certified peer recovery ...

Now, all in long-term recovery, they work full time at the Richmond Behavioral Health Authority as certified peer recovery specialists, trained professionals who offer support and their own lived ...

Wisconsin Secure Program Facility in Boscobel, a maximum security prison where the peer specialist program started. | Photo courtesy Wisconsin Department of Corrections William Bowers is incarcerated ...

BUCKINGHAM COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) –Nine inmates at the Buckingham Correctional Center were the first incarcerated individuals in a Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC) facility to become certified ...

THEY'VE BEEN THERE: From left, Philip Cooper, Jenna Woodman, Dillon Moss and Brandon Manson are part of the peer support specialist team in the Investments Supporting Partnerships in Recovery ...

The March 10 Aegis article, “Clearing a path to recovery,” highlights an effective strategy that will help stem the tide of drug addiction in Harford County: employing peer recovery specialists to ...

Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services has announced that it has 1,500 active certified peer recovery specialists. The department has also added an additional certification ...

French novelist Victor Hugo said nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come. The phrase captures the momentum in this year’s legislative session for HB 795 and SB 282, bills that would ...

French novelist Victor Hugo said nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come. The phrase captures the momentum in this year’s legislative session for HB 795 and SB 282, bills that would ...