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Peers: Find Peer Services

Peers are community members who use their lived experience and professional training to provide an array of services for people in addiction recovery or suffering from a mental health issue who need support and guidance.

Learn more below about the importance and purpose of peers and how you can find local peer services.

Resources

What Are Peer Recovery Support Services? (PDF): Provides information about peer recovery support services that are designed to help people who are in recovery from drug or alcohol addiction, or those who are ready to start recovery.

Parent Coaching: Find support and resources about substance use and addiction that are science- and research-based, and designed specifically for parents and caregivers.

Family Support Services: Learn more about family support services, including Family Resource Centers, where parents and caregivers can meet with advocates who have also have experienced the struggle of raising a child with emotional or behavioral challenges.

NYC Family Resource Centers

St. Johns Episcopal Hospital

Institute for Community Living

Jewish Child Care Association

The Jewish Board

Peer Bridger Project: This program from the New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services helps to ease the transition for people discharged from New York psychiatric centers into community life.

Friends of Recovery: Information on recovery support services and organizations in New York State.

National Alliance on Mental Illness: Find trained volunteers with lived experience who can help people affected by mental illness.

More Information

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