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Offers ways to explore options and to solve problems that sometimes occur for people with disabilities. Common issues include making adjustments to a newly acquired disability, experiencing changes in living arrangements and learning to use community services more effectively.

HRDI provides peer support services for individuals struggling with substance abuse or mental health disorders.

Offers a peer support group for individuals living with a mental health condition.

Provides peer support services for adults experiencing substance use issues.
Offers peer support services to individuals who have had or currently struggle with mental health and/or substance use disorder. Peer support specialists work with individuals as they develop and implement a personal recovery plan.
Recovery Support Services: Provides peer-based recovery support services to individuals experiencing mental health and/or substance use disorder recovery.
Josselyn's Drop-In Center provides a stigma-free space for individuals to connect, socialize, and learn new tools and skills. The Drop-In Center provides a space to identify and manage mental health challenges, build connections with peers on a similar journey, and engage in planned small group activities on a variety of mental health themes.
Erika's Lighthouse provides free teen-oriented online educational materials that allow teachers and students to start healthy, open discussions about depression students from elementary school through high school.

Services

Virtual Program Delivery
Peer Mental Health Support Services
Mental Health Intervention Programs
Free, peer-support service for information and support to those with mental health challenges, their caregivers and family members, mental health providers and the public. Also includes Living Room drop-in center for adults needing immediate support (but not emergency crisis help) and Family Walk-In Support.

Services for adults with mental illness.

- Day rehabilitation programs provide daily living skills, pre-vocational, social skills training, and special activities.

- Community support services provide one-to-one assistance in independent living, to maximize community participation and enhance quality of life.

- Residential rehabilitation provides a structured skill-building program within a group home setting.

- Vocational services provides work-related training, both on and off the job, to assist individuals with mental illness to choose, obtain, and retain employment.

- Peer Specialists are trained to assist those newly diagnosed with a mental health issue or are in the midst of recovery and need motivation. Peer Specialists offer insight for dealing with mental illness and how it impacts work, relationships, finances, health, and more. They also connect clients with resources and programs.

- Assertive Community Treatment services provide a clinical team that delivers treatment, rehabilitation, and support services for persons in the community.

- Case management services including assistance in applying for entitlements/financial aid, and coordination of services.

- Community housing (e.g. apartments) linked with mental health rehabilitation and support services.

- Family education services offer education and support to family members affected by mental illness. Individual and family sessions available. Family to Family classes offered every eight weeks.

- Psychiatric Outpatient including medication management and counseling coupled with primary health care services. Also includes care coordination and health and wellness services.

- First Episode Psychosis services for persons 14-34 years of age and experiencing first time with psychosis.

- Crisis Services provides immediate mental health support for people of all ages to help resolve a crisis situation. The team will come to the client as a mobile crisis team as needed and provide follow-up support after the crisis. Contact is available from a crisis team member and/or therapist within 24-48 hours after delivering crisis services. Tele-health options are available for follow-up.

- Peer support specialists provide peer navigation services for individuals who are struggling or are in recovery from opioid addiction. Peer staff will provide assistance with accessing treatment services, care coordination to access community-based services, and support that helps in promoting recovery.

Services

General Mental Health Support Groups
Adult Day Programs
Medication Information/Management
Peer Mental Health Support Services
In Person Crisis Intervention
Case/Care Management
Assertive Community Treatment
Talklines/Warmlines
Vocational Rehabilitation
Group Residences for Adults With Disabilities
Peer Counseling
General Crisis Intervention Hotlines
The Integrated Health Home Program is a statewide initiative designed to assist adults with serious mental health conditions who are Medicaid beneficiaries in coordinating and managing their health and mental health care services. The program provides support and assistance for clients in identifying their goals, communicating these goals to their healthcare team, and works with the healthcare team to ensure that the needs of the client are met. Services include coordinating the client's primary and specialty care providers; coordinating the care provided in the hospital, clinic, and the community; access to a Peer Support Specialist who have experienced living with mental illness.

Offers a variety of peer support group meetings in person, virtually, and hybrid for grief, and individual and family recovery groups. A schedule of the weekly peer support groups can be found on the website.

Provide peer-led support and educate adults who are dealing with mental health and or substance abuse issues that want to improve their quality of life. This is done by being there to listen, groups, and classes on different mental health issues and on recovery.

Provides emotional and practical support to individuals facing mental health challenges. Using shared life experiences to offer encouragement, build hope, and foster empowerment. Peer support can help individuals navigate recovery, develop coping skills, and connect to community resources, all while promoting personal growth and self-advocacy.

Family Peer Support, Family peer support specialists work specifically with families of individuals who are experiencing mental health challenges. Family peer specialists offer guidance, resources, and emotional support to help families better understand the struggles of their loved ones. Offering coping strategies, enhance communication within the family, and help families connect to services and support networks, fostering a more supportive home environment for recovery.

Peer Recovery Specialists, peer recovery specialists assist individuals in achieving and maintaining long-term recovery from substance use disorders. They offer practical support such as goal setting, skills building, and crisis intervention, alongside emotional encouragement. Through shared experiences, they serve as mentors and role models, helping individuals create personalized recovery plans and connect with resources for housing, employment, and social services.

University of Illinois at Chicago - Adult Education and Career Transition - FAST West provides a peer-to-peer transitional support program where individuals can share their experiences and learn from each other in a closed and confidential support network.
Peer-operated respite housing for those coming out of a state correctional facility, within 18 months after release, on parole, on state probation for a felony, or involved in any problem-solving court i.e. Drug Court.

Services

Ex-Offender Reentry Programs
Peer Mental Health Support Services

Offers support services to individuals experiencing mental health or substance use issues or facing a crisis situation. Services include: peer support, crisis intervention, safety planning, referrals for community resources.

Offers immediate crisis and mental health support in an alternative, calmer environment than Emergency Departments. Peer recovery support specialists help distressed and overwhelmed individuals in a comfortable place, without using more intensive intervention.

Services include, crisis intervention, safety planning, coping skills training, community resource referrals, follow-up support.

Thresholds' New Freedom Centers employs staff who are in recovery from mental illness. They provide community support services focused on illness self-management, skill-building identification, and the use of natural supports and community resources. These Certified Recovery Support Specialists (CRSS) operate the two New Freedom Centers, which offer a range of daily, drop-in activities that include art groups, basic living skills, holiday parties, and volunteer opportunities. The centers provide a vital social network as well as a host of programming, including topics related to peer services, empowerment, self-advocacy, system transformation, and consumer choice.Peer Success operates two of the four New Freedom Centers at Thresholds. The centers are open seven days a week for consumers of all levels of mental health services. People who come to the New Freedom Centers learn about mental health recovery by meeting people who are themselves in recovery. Many people who are moving out of Institutes of Mental Disease or nursing homes back into their community have identified building social relationships as one of their primary struggles. The program also operates an Empowerment Center six days a week, where structured self-care and recovery groups are offered.The centers provide a vital social network as well as a host of programming, including topics related to peer services, empowerment, self-advocacy, system transformation, and consumer choice.
Provides a safe place for adults working on their brain health to recovery. Peer support staff offer a variety of groups throughout the week.

Provides emotional and practical support to individuals facing mental health challenges. Using shared life experiences to offer encouragement, build hope, and foster empowerment. Peer support can help individuals navigate recovery, develop coping skills, and connect to community resources, all while promoting personal growth and self-advocacy.

Family Peer Support, Family peer support specialists work specifically with families of individuals who are experiencing mental health challenges. Family peer specialists offer guidance, resources, and emotional support to help families better understand the struggles of their loved ones. Offering coping strategies, enhance communication within the family, and help families connect to services and support networks, fostering a more supportive home environment for recovery.

Peer Recovery Specialists, peer recovery specialists assist individuals in achieving and maintaining long-term recovery from substance use disorders. They offer practical support such as goal setting, skills building, and crisis intervention, alongside emotional encouragement. Through shared experiences, they serve as mentors and role models, helping individuals create personalized recovery plans and connect with resources for housing, employment, and social services.

Offered to any adult with mental illness living in Iowa. Peer support specialists offer emotional support, help with resources and referrals, and goal-setting over the phone, text or Zoom. Sign up for a weekly 30 minute slot and receive peer support from home.

Provides a peer-based, mutual support group open to adults experiencing mental health challenges. The course is designed to encourage growth, healing and recovery among participants.

Group meets every Tuesday at 200 Railroad Street, Decorah, IA.

Support provided by Peer Support Specialists who have "lived experience". These specialists support the individuals served by modeling competency in recovery and coping skills. All Peer Support Specialists have worked on their own recovery and can share those experiences.

Mental health respite. Peer support for individuals living with mental illness or substance abuse. Assists in crisis prevention and diversion from psychiatric distress that may lead to hospitalization. Offers a 24-hour warmline to speak with a trained Peer Specialist.

Maximum five-day overnight stay; day guests also welcome.

Services

Adult Out of Home Respite Care
Peer Mental Health Support Services
Peer Counseling