Peer Support Resources

Healthy Community Living Curriculums

Description: This site includes workshops of varying durations within CILs to build independent living skills/employment/housing/peer support. Workshops include: Living Well in the Community, Community Living Skills, and Working Well with a Disability.

URL: http://healthycommunityliving.com

Creation Date: 2020            

Type of Product: workshops

People Required: organization

Adaptation Needed: little to no adaptation

Rural Adaptations: does not appear to be limited to rural areas

Reading Time: varies depending on workshops offered

Funding: fee to access facilitator trainings

Staff Needed: need staff facilitators to take trainings and lead workshops

Supplies: need internet access, may want to print some materials

Technology: need internet access, devices to access materials; projector/tv if sharing with group

Alone/Group: done alone (1-2 staff), workshops are for groups of people with disabilities

Recruitment/Attrition Risk: not all participants will maintain interest/availability for a full 7-10 week workshop

Plain Language Rating (Flesch-Kincaid): Grade 9

Practical As-Is for Implementation: great


Effectively Employing Young Adult Peer Providers: A Toolkit

Description: A toolkit to help provider organizations employ young adult peer providers to help provide services to young adults with mental health concerns.

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Creation Date: N/A           

Type of Product: toolkit; guide/how-to

People Required: organization

Adaptation Needed: little to none needed

Rural Adaptations: does not appear to be limited to urban areas; need to be able to access webinar

Reading Time: may take a long time to read the document (100 pages)

Funding: none needed for this guide

Staff Needed: staff needed to hire young adults; need young adults on staff. Staff need to understand the topics reviewed in this manual

Supplies: this guide and included resources (e.g., webinar, worksheets, etc.)

Technology: to access this guide; can be printed; to access webinars

Alone/Group: done alone

Recruitment/Attrition Risk: liabilities, although these are addressed

Plain Language Rating (Flesch-Kincaid): Grade 14

Practical As-Is for Implementation: great


Sibling Advocacy Toolkit

Description: A toolkit to reveal and use the unique roles siblings play within advocacy.

URL: https://siblingleadership.org/policy-advocacy/sibling-advocacy-toolkit/

Creation Date: 2014          

Type of Product: toolkit; guide/how-to

People Required: individual

Adaptation Needed: little to none needed

Rural Adaptations: can print resource

Reading Time: does not take a long time to read document

Funding: none needed for this guide

Staff Needed: none

Supplies: this guide and the templates provided

Technology: to access this guide and other resources

Alone/Group: done alone

Recruitment/Attrition Risk: none

Plain Language Rating (Flesch-Kincaid): Grade 12

Practical As-Is for Implementation: great


The Peer Empowerment Program (PEP): A Complete Toolkit for Planning and Implementing a Mentoring Program within Community-Based Human Service Organizations

Description: A guide to facilitate peer mentoring services.

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Creation Date: N/A          

Type of Product: toolkit; guide/how-to; workshop

People Required: organization

Adaptation Needed: provide what trainings need to be completed

Rural Adaptations: how to facilitate with appropriate resources

Reading Time: does not take a long time to read document

Funding: some funding needed for supplies

Staff Needed: staff needed for facilitating, coordinating the program, and for mentoring. Staff need to have experience in facilitating, and a program coordinator needs to have experience in setting up this workshop

Supplies: this guide and the materials  provided; overhead and overhead projector

Technology: to access this guide and other resources; overhead projector

Alone/Group: collaboration with mentors and mentees, community organizations

Recruitment/Attrition Risk: none

Plain Language Rating (Flesch-Kincaid): Grade 14

Practical As-Is for Implementation: good