Links to additional information about peer support, the peer specialist initiative, recovery and related topics.
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| Pennsylvania Peer Support Coalition |
OpenMindsOpenDoors |
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The purpose of the coalition is to ensure that peer support services are consumer-driven, and to provide resources and support for individuals who provide peer support.
www.PAPeerSupportCoalition.org
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OpenMindsOpenDoors is a Pennsylvania initiative aimed at ending discrimination against people with mental illeness. Approximately one in five people in this country live with a mental illness.
www.openmindsopendoors.com
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| Recovery Innovations/Recovery Opportunity Center |
The Institute for Recovery and Community Integration |
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Recovery Innovations of Pennsylvania is part of Recovery Innovations, Inc, a national company whose mission is "To create opportunities and enviroments that empower people to recover, to succeed in accomplishing their goals , and to connect to themselves, others, and meaning and purpose in life."
www.recoveryinnovations.org
www.recoveryopportunity.com
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The Institute for Recovery and Community Integration works to introduce and advance communties understanding of recovery and community integration as the catalyst for transforming individual lives, communities, and all levels of behavioral health systems in a culturally competent manner.
www.mhrecovery.org
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| The National Association of Peer Specialists, Inc.(NAPS) |
Pennsylvania Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR) |
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The National Association of Peer Specialists (NAPS) is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to promoting peer specialists throughout the United States. They are a group of dedicated peer specialists seeking ways to improve the effectivness of the mental health system through the hiring of other peer specialists. NAPS also works to enhance the profession--not just encourage the hiring of more peer specialists.
www.naops.org
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The Pennsylvania Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, or OVR, provides vocational rehabilitation services to help persons with disabilities prepare for, obtain, or maintain employment.
www.dli.state.pa.us/ovr
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| Pennsylvania Recovery and Resiliency |
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Behavioral Health for the New Century. The Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (OMHSAS) is the state entity charged with ensuring that Pennsylvania's citizens have access to a broad array or behavioral health services.
www.parecovery.org
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