You serve in several roles: community health worker capacity builder with the United Way ...
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rssThe Minnesota Prison Doula Project: Providing Care and Community for Pregnant Individuals in Prison and Jail
By Kaeleigh Terrill, Fertility and Body Literacy Educator The Minnesota Prison Doula Project (MnPDP) ...
Q&A with Sandra Smith, PhD, Peer Programs Manager, Via Hope
You are the Peer Programs Manager at Via Hope, Mental Health Resource of Texas. ...
Q&A with Karen Fortuna, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College; Co-creator of the Digital Peer Support Certification
Q&A with Karen Fortuna, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College; Co-creator of the Digital Peer Support Certification GalleryQ&A with Karen Fortuna, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College; Co-creator of the Digital Peer Support Certification
The world has seen technology take a prominent role during the pandemic by allowing ...
Planting Justice Programs: Sowing Seeds of System Transformation and Community Growth
Julie McLafferty, MA, Project Associate, Policy Research “It’s no secret that getting your hands ...
Q&A with Robin Ledford, Clinical Director, Restorative Justice Program, Families Free
You are the clinical director at Families Free, Inc., and you oversee the restorative ...
Asian Prisoner Support Committee Supports Trauma Recovery and Healing in Prison and Reentry through Cultural Restoration
By Erika Ihara, M.A., M.S., Project Associate, SAMHSA’s GAINS Center Asian Prisoner Support Committee ...
Q&A with Janie Marsh Gullickson, Director, Mental Health & Addiction Association of Oregon
Your peer program EVOLVE works with the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office Behavioral Health Unit ...
Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe’s Welcome Home Program: Using Native Practices to Promote Healing
“Renewed hearts.” “Renewed lives.” “A future filled with hope.” These are the bywords of ...
My Teammates Are Peers
I have been working at the intersection of behavioral health and the justice system ...
Spotlight on Peers Working in Criminal Justice Settings: Lakeesha Dumas
By Lakeesha Dumas from Portland, Oregon Lakeesha Dumas This article is part ...
Facing Racial Inequity while Experiencing Mental Illness and a Substance Use Disorder: What Changed?
This article is part of a GAINS Center series on promoting race equity in ...