In 2025, a bipartisan and bicameral group of lawmakers introduced the Homeland Security Department Suicide Prevention and ...

This week, Mad in America examines three articles around peer support in mental healthcare settings, including the creation ...

BACK INTO THE 20S WITH THOSE PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES. BILL AND JULIE. CHILLY. OKAY. THANKS, BILL. CHI. HEALTH GETS A HALF MILLION DOLLAR GRANT TO HELP GROW ITS PEER SPECIALIST PROGRAM. THEY’LL ...

Teenagers already talk to each other about their problems, so why not train them to counsel each other? That was one of the ideas behind Vintage High School’s Peer Support Program, which is ...

This presentation is designed to teach members and department leaders the components of a working peer support program. Dena Ali explains the development of the North Carolina Peer Support Team, and ...

Oakland Tech High School, above, in Oakland is one of two California school that adapted their peer support programs to school-specific goals such as providing restorative alternatives to suspensions ...

Peer advocates have helped students avoid suspension when they are caught with a substance on campus. The program has enabled ...

Lamoille County Mental Health Services (LCMHS) has been providing peer support for many years now. This is groundbreaking work in the emerging climate of the mental health landscape. Peer support is ...

FARGO - Jenenne Guffey’s job has an unusual prerequisite: a criminal history. After years of involvement with the North Dakota and Minnesota corrections systems, Guffey worked hard to rebuild her life ...

PHOENIX — "The need is huge, it's absolutely heartbreaking how much need there is," said Debi Neat, a retired educator of more than thirty years who now volunteers with Arizona's Educator Peer Support ...