What is Peer Support ?

This toolkit unfolds the truths and myths on Youth Peer Support Specialists. Additionally, gives helpful strategies in order to become an impactful Youth Peer Support Specialist. 

Defining, Supporting, and Sustaining the Peer Support Specialist Role

 This resource explores ways of providing peer support, and grappling with issues related to hiring, funding, training, and supervising peer support providers to work with emerging adults (ages from 17-25)

Peer Support and Mental Health 

This is a summary of evidence on the effectiveness of Youth Peer Support Specialists in mental health services.

This resource includes charts from a national scan of states that are using Medicaid to finance family and youth peer support efforts.

Medicaid Financing for Family and Youth Peer Support

Youth Peer Support Job Description

This page provides a sample job description for the youth peer support specialist.

Texas Youth Peer Support Roundtable

The 2018 Youth Peer Support Roundtable was convened to examine opportunities and develop statewide consensure related to support near-age peer support in Texas.

A Guide to Supervising and Developing Young Adult Peer Mentors

This toolkit provides fantastic insight on how to ensure that your organization is prepared to provide effective supervision and professional development opportunities to youth peers.

Effectively Employing Young Adult Peer Providers

This toolkit provides employers with direct guidance on how to enhance their capacity to sustain and grow a young adult peer workforce.