Family Peer Support Specialists

Youth Services has a team of Family Peer Support Specialists (formally known as Family Resource Facilitators) whose mission is to help parents and/or primary caregivers with children experiencing mental health and/or substance abuse challenges which are resulting in trouble at school, with the law and/or that put the child at risk of out of home placement. Family Peer Support Specialists act as family peer support for families and offer a unique perspective, having utilized the mental health system either themselves or for a family member. Services and support include information to access community resources and local support groups and are provided at no cost to the families.