Advocates’ Guide 2020
The Advocates’ Guide: An Educational Primer on Federal Programs and Resources Related to Affordable Housing and Community Development is, as
Recording Now Available: Youth MOVE’s Approach to Developing Youth Leadership
Presenters: Madeline Zielinski and Jasmine Boatright Webinar Description: As the youth movement expands across the country, youth advocates are stepping into
Guidebook for Peer Respite Self-Evaluation: Practical Steps and Tools
This Guidebook for Peer Respite Self-Evaluation: Practical Steps and Tools can be used to document program operations and outcomes and
WHO Quality of Life Scale
Click here for a downloadable PDF of the World Health Organization Quality of Life Scale.
Self-Reliance and Belonging: Guest Experiences of a Peer Respite
Below is the abstract for this study on peer respites: Objective: A peer respite is a voluntary, short-term, overnight program
Recording Now Available: The Living Room – A Welcoming Space for those in Crisis
Presenter: Keith Scott Webinar Description: For many people in crisis, connecting with another person with shared lived experience can be
From Asylums to Recovery
This video by Mental Health America describes the history of the fight for civil rights and humane treatment for people
Hearing Our Voices: Peer Support and Mental Illness (TEDx Talk)
When trying to solve this problem of lack of support for college students with mental illness, many people look to
A Case Study of the Peer-Run Crisis Respite Organizing Process in Massachusetts
In Massachusetts, a group of consumers, called Groundhogs, organized themselves in early 2009 to design, lobby for, and implement PRCRs
The Need for Size Equality in the Mental Health Recovery Movement: Ways that Peer/Recovery Activists Can Do Better on Issues of Sizeism, Diet Culture, and Eating Disorders
One of the values of peer support and mental health recovery is cultural sensitivity and diversity. An important form of