Resources for Integrated Care (RIC) is launching its fifth Integrated Care Community of Practice (ICCoP) focused on behavioral health.  This shared learning opportunity, organized and facilitated by faculty from RIC and Community Catalyst, will explore strategies health plans can use

The first episode in our podcast series explores how The Council of Southeast Pennsylvania, Inc. (The Council) restructured their peer supervision program by centering their supervision model on strength-based principles to better address the needs of their peer staff and

This provider spotlight features Advocates, a nonprofit organization located in Framingham, Massachusetts that provides comprehensive behavioral health and social services. The spotlight describes Advocates’ approach and strategies used to strengthen awareness and positive regard for peer support staff. Peer support

Peer support staff are individuals in recovery from a mental health challenge, substance use condition, or co-occurring illnesses who – with training – use their lived experience to assist others in their journey towards wellness and recovery. This tip sheet

Peer support staff are individuals in recovery from a mental illness and/or substance use condition who have leveraged their lived experience to assist others in recovery.  One challenge peer support staff may face on the job is a lack of

Peer support staff are individuals in recovery from a mental illness and/or substance use condition who with training, use their lived experience to assist others in recovery. One of the key steps to successfully integrate peer support staff into behavioral

This assessment tool is designed to assist behavioral health organizations in delivering self-management support to clients managing serious mental illness and/or substance use conditions. These conditions often coincide or are dually diagnosed; an estimated 50 percent of individuals with a serious mental illness also have

Supporting documents such as webinar slides, transcript, and additional resources are available to download by scrolling to the attachments section below. Podcast: This webinar is also available as podcasts on SoundCloud and iTunes. Providing self-management support (SMS) is a key activity for health

Peer-led interventions can increase activation for self-management of chronic physical and behavioral health conditions. This webinar explores promising evidence from a chronic disease self-management program adapted for peer intervention for people with serious mental illness (SMI). Essential themes include the