Alliance for Youth 2023
Recovery Mentor Program: Expanding Recovery Support Services and Building the Peer Support Workforce Pipeline
Alliance for Youth is a nonprofit organization that advances healthy youth development through a collaborative approach to substance use disorder education, prevention, intervention, and treatment. Sober Life is a program within the Alliance for Youth that provides peer and recovery support services. The goal of the project is to build a Recovery Mentor Program to improve outcomes and access to services and to increase the Certified Behavioral Health Peer Support Specialist (CBHPSS) workforce. They will accomplish this by providing training and real-world experience to those interested in a career as a CBHPSS and developing a pipeline of trained and experienced CBHPSS that area providers can hire. Grant funds will be used towards staffing, training, and travel. Partners for this project include Many Rivers Whole Health, Alluvion Health, Indian Family Health Clinic, the Little Shell Tribe, Child and Family Services, and Veterans and Adult Drug Courts.