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There are many different types of peer-run and peer-operated alternatives to psychiatric hospitalization. Successful peer-run and peer-operated respites are currently operating in New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, West Virginia, Ohio, Georgia, New York, and Nebraska. Below is a directory of peer-run and peer-operated alternatives compiled by NEC. If you are aware of a program or service that should be added to this list, please contact the National Empowerment Center with the information. [Click to download this directory (PDF, 114KB, 4 pages)] A Peer-Run Respite indicates that peers oversee, staff, and operate the respite at all levels and that at least 51% of the Board of Directors identifies as peers. A Hybrid indicates that although the respite is attached to a traditional provider organization and/or the Board of Directors is comprised of less than half peers, the director and staff of the respite do identify as peers. PEER-RUN RESPITESAFIYAWebsite: www.westernmassrlc.org/peer-respite Afiya strives to provide a safe space in which each person can find the balance and support needed to turn what is so often referred to as a ‘crisis’ into a learning and growth opportunity. Afiya is located in a residential neighborhood in Northampton, Massachusetts and is central to a variety of community resources. It is available to anyone ages 18 and older who is experiencing distress and feels they would benefit from being in a short-term, 24-hour peer-supported environment with others who have ‘been there.’ Typical stays at Afiya range from one to seven days. The majority of people you will meet (including in leadership roles) at Afiya identify as having lived experience that may include extreme emotional or altered states, psychiatric diagnoses, trauma histories, living without a home, navigating the mental health and other public systems, addictions and more. ALYSSUM, Inc.Website: www.alyssum.org Open as of November 21, 2011, the mission of Alyssum is to provide a peer operated non- medical holistic approach to mental wellness and recovery for Vermonters who are experiencing emotional crisis. This alternative to psychiatric hospitalization provides a safe, mutually supportive, non- judgmental, educational and self- empowering environment. Alyssum affords individuals the opportunity to engage in the principles of wellness, recovery and peer support and to emerge from crisis with wisdom and the personal responsibility skills for living well. FOUNDATIONS: A Place for Education and RecoveryLocation: 1707 Cleveland Ave., NW, Canton, OH Funded by the county mental health board, the Foundations program includes educational and support groups, trainings, and opportunities for volunteers to be part of the organization. People are referred to the program by their service provider and usually stay 1-3 days. Three respite bedrooms are available; guests in the respite choose what they need to do for their own support and recovery. Many people become volunteer peer workers after being released. Suicidal people are referred to a crisis center. This is a clinically oriented respite program, overseen by the community mental health center and staffed by consumers. GEORGIA PEER SUPPORT AND WELLNESS CENTER - DecaturWebsite: www.gmhcn.org/wellnesscenter/decatur.html The Peer Support and Wellness Center is a peer-run alternative to traditional mental health day services and psychiatric hospitalization that opened January 30, 2008. A 24-hour warmline for peer support over the phone is available at the number listed above. The Center is open from 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. seven days per week for wellness activities that many people attend. The Peer Support and Wellness Center has three respite bedrooms, which can be occupied by participants who need extra support for up to seven days and prefer not to be in a hospital setting. The Peer Support and Wellness Center is a project of the Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network. [Visit their website] GEORGIA PEER SUPPORT, WELLNESS, AND RESPITE CENTER - Bartow CountyWebsite: www.gmhcn.org/wellnesscenter/bartow The Peer Support and Wellness Center is a peer-run alternative to traditional mental health day services and psychiatric hospitalization that opened January 30, 2008. A 24-hour warmline for peer support over the phone is available at the number listed above. The Center is open from 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. seven days per week for wellness activities that many people attend. The Peer Support and Wellness Center has three respite bedrooms, which can be occupied by participants who need extra support for up to seven days and prefer not to be in a hospital setting. The Peer Support and Wellness Center is a project of the Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network. [Visit their website] GEORGIA PEER SUPPORT, WELLNESS, AND RESPITE CENTER - White CountyWebsite: www.gmhcn.org/wellnesscenter/white The Peer Support and Wellness Center is a peer-run alternative to traditional mental health day services and psychiatric hospitalization that opened January 30, 2008. A 24-hour warmline for peer support over the phone is available at the number listed above. The Center is open from 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. seven days per week for wellness activities that many people attend. The Peer Support and Wellness Center has three respite bedrooms, which can be occupied by participants who need extra support for up to seven days and prefer not to be in a hospital setting. The Peer Support and Wellness Center is a project of the Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network. [Visit their website] KEYA HOUSEWebsite: http://keya.mha-ne.org Keya House is a peer-run respite program offering an alternative support system to psychiatric hospitalization. Keya House provides a comfortable, clean, furnished four-bedroom house in a quiet and safe neighborhood. Trained peer companions who are compassionate, understanding, and empowering offer self-help and proactive recovery tools to regain and maintain wellness. They understand the need for support in these difficult times, and offer strength, hope, and knowledge about recovery to those individuals who need a supportive and healing environment. ROSE HOUSE HOSPITAL DIVERSION PROGRAM by PEOPLe Inc. - Milton, NYWebsite: http://login.npwebsiteservices.com/PEOPLE/HospitalDiversion.asp Rose House is an innovative and unique “hospital diversion” model whereby persons seeking temporary residential care/respite care can stay from one to five nights in a warm, friendly, safe and supportive home-like environment where they are taught to use new recovery and relapse prevention skills. Rose House’s services are designed to help ‘at risk’ individuals to break the cycle of learned helplessness and recidivism and to move away from what are often long histories of cycling from home to crisis to hospital, year after year. This is achieved through twenty-four hour peer support, self-advocacy education, self-help training and mutual understanding. In addition to the Rose House, PEOPLe, Inc. has developed a continuum of peer-operated services that are collaboratively integrated with the community mental health service delivery system; these include peer emergency room services, peer-run crisis support warmline, and an in-home companion program. All services are free to recipients. ROSE HOUSE HOSPITAL DIVERSION PROGRAM by PEOPLe Inc. - Putnam County, NYWebsite: http://login.npwebsiteservices.com/PEOPLE/HospitalDiversion.asp Rose House is an innovative and unique “hospital diversion” model whereby persons seeking temporary residential care/respite care can stay from one to five nights in a warm, friendly, safe and supportive home-like environment where they are taught to use new recovery and relapse prevention skills. Rose House’s services are designed to help ‘at risk’ individuals to break the cycle of learned helplessness and recidivism and to move away from what are often long histories of cycling from home to crisis to hospital, year after year. This is achieved through twenty-four hour peer support, self-advocacy education, self-help training and mutual understanding. In addition to the Rose House, PEOPLe, Inc. has developed a continuum of peer-operated services that are collaboratively integrated with the community mental health service delivery system; these include peer emergency room services, peer-run crisis support warmline, and an in-home companion program. All services are free to recipients. STEPPING STONE PEER SUPPORT & CRISIS RESPITE CENTERWebsite: www.steppingstonenextstep.org Established in 1995, Stepping Stone is an active peer center open 7 hours a day Monday through Saturday with a variety of activities for clients and with two bedrooms for those who choose to stay as respite guests. People who choose to say as guests stay overnight from one to seven days and are welcome to bring their pets. This is an alternative to psychiatric hospitalization, serving individuals with overwhelming feelings including those who feel so badly that they do not want to continue living. Guests are free to come and go. Some continue to go to work and stay overnight at Stepping Stone. Guests bring and cook their own food and can have 24-hour peer support available to them. Stepping Stone Crisis Respite Program creates an opportunity for people to learn from, and be supported in making the transition from crisis to wellness. Within the context of a mutually responsible relationship, and with the help of consumer staff’s experiential knowledge and training, those who sincerely wish to overcome their difficulties can greatly reduce the use of more restrictive hospital settings, including involuntary admissions. All services are free to New Hampshire residents. VOICES OF THE HEART, Inc.Website:www.voicesoftheheart.net The Respite Program offered by Voices of the Heart, Inc is available to individuals experiencing emotional distress. Offering an alternative to emergency hospital services and hospital admissions, the Respite Program is a community and people centered hospital diversion program. The program is different from other forms of crisis response as it starts with the idea that crisis is an opportunity to grow in relationship and change old patterns. The program offers honest, caring, mutually supportive and responsible relationships. This is done in by sharing a home and community–like environment where people are supported to work through the emotional crisis. WEST VIRGINIA MENTAL HEALTH CONSUMERS’ ASSOCIATIONLocation: WV MH Consumers’ Association, 910 Quarrier St., Charleston, WV
25301, Funded by the West Virginia State Bureau and the state legislature. WVMHCA has three houses for 20 guests in dormitory style living: Holly House, Almost Home and New Beginnings. The program offers a continuum of support and wraparound services. The program philosophy is that “with a roof over your head, food on your table and some change in your pocket and you can start your recovery.” People are encouraged to find employment, volunteer, or seek addiction services if needed. HYBRIDS2nd STORY RESPITE HOUSEWebsite: www.secondstoryhouse.org 2nd Story is a Peer Run Respite House designed to complement the services of other more traditional services in Santa Cruz County, CA; and to provide an alternative for people who are in distress and hoping to avoid a crisis and/or hospitalization. Founded in March 2011, we are funded with a five year SAMHSA Transformation grant that contains a research component to study the efficacy of Intentional Peer Support. Our staff has been trained in Intentional Peer Support with the aim to create a setting based on trauma informed principles. We are located in a convenient neighborhood, offer a comfortable home-like environment, and encourage people to share in household tasks. We have a maximum stay of 14 days and can accommodate up to 8 people. We are staffed 24 hours a day with the hope of creating open and trusting conversations that explore such questions as, "how did we get here?" and "what might we look like going forward?" SWEETSER PEER SUPPORT & LEARNING & RECOVERY CENTERWebsite: www.sweetser.org/peers.aspx Established in 2002, Peer Crisis Respite services are available to individuals who are experiencing a period of intensified emotional distress. Support is provided in one of three beds at Maine’s only Peer Crisis Respite program. Peer Support Specialist utilize the principles of Recovery and Intentional Peer Support to support the guest who is experiencing a mental health crisis to resolve the crisis situation; to assist the individual to view the crisis as an opportunity for growth, change, and transformation; to consider proactive ways for the individual to manage future crises. Volunteers and community participants are also available during the hours the Learning & Recovery Center is open to engage in mutual conversations centered on Recovery and personal growth. Programs offered include recovery focused groups and art groups. Staff are paid Certified Peer Support Specialist with a history as a consumer of mental health services and recovery work, using an Intentional Peer Support model based on the work of Shery Mead, www.mentalhealthpeers.com. Warmline: 866-771-WARM (9276) - Local crisis number: 800-400-2506. | |||
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