Angelina Palmer
9/29/2011 2:23 PM
Job openings
I have 2 open peer support specialist position available at my company (in the flint office) Do you know where I can find or should look for already certified.
MRCE Response:
Hi Angelina. I would suggest that you contact your Peer Liaison or MDCH directly for this information. Good luck.
Gayle Myers
9/21/2011 1:59 PM
Need Ride to and From 3rd Annual Peer Support Conference.
TO: Any Peer Who Lives close or near to Madison Heights, MI
FROM: Gayle Myers
RE: Needs Ride.
If there are any Peers who live close or near to the Madison Heights, MI area, I need a ride to and from The 3rd Annual Peer Support Specialist on Oct. 3-5, 2011, and am willing to split gas expenses. Thank you.
MRCE Response:
Enjoy the conference, Gayle!
Dr. Veneese V. Chandler, Family Outreach Center, Inc.
9/21/2011 10:34 AM
Job Posting for Bi-Lingual Recovery Coach
Family Outreach Center, Inc. in Grand Rapids, Michigan has an immediate opening for someone to work with women and their families with a history of substance abuse. The successful candidate must: be fluent in Spanish and English; be clean and sober for at least 2 years; have the ability to work with women, children and families; be willing to work a flexible schedule and have a working knowledge of community resources.
Please Forward Resume and Contact Information to: Shelley Seasly, Outpatient Supervisor at: sseasly@focgr.org
EOE
MRCE Response:
Thank you Dr. Chandler. If you will kindly email your job posting in PDF format to
rcasteels@iamtgc.net, I will make sure that it is posted on this site on the Job Postings for Peers page.
Free Financial Literacy Course for Consumers-Please Share
BHPI presents the Money Matters Institute--Free Financial Literacy Course for Consumers with financial expert and author Gail Perry-Mason, October 20-21, 2011, 10:00-3:00 at BHPI 1333 Brewery Park Blvd. Ste. 300, Detroit (in the Eastern Market area) Registration required. Includes a field trip and lunch on both days. Participants must attend both days. Topics include: budgeting, credit & debt, smart shopping, personal banking and more. Cme join us. To register or for more information call (313) 656-0000.
MRCE Response:
Thank you for this information.
recovery council
Is the recovery council still open to everyone?
MRCE Response;
Recovery Council meetings are open to the public. To find information about the Council, including a schedule of upcoming meetings and minutes from past meetings, please enter Michigan Recovery Council into the search box on this website and you will find links to a number of pages with information about the Council.
Thanks for your question.
peer support specialist
Hello, I would like to obtain a recovery coach certification. however, I am having a difficult time finding information on classes or exams to become certified. can you help?
Thanks
MRCE Response:
Thanks for your question. I would encourage you to contact your local community mental health provider for information about training available in your area. You can use the Find Services in Your Area button on the Home page of this website to locate your local provider and relevant contact information. You may also want to reach out to
MAADAC.
We hope you find this information helpful.
St. Ignace Groups
This is for the question posted on 8/23 about groups in or around St. Ignace. I am a peer support in Manistique, and yes, there are currently a couple of groups in the St. Ignace area. I know for sure that one is a WRAP group. They are awesome! I do not know the # for the St. Ignace office, but the phone book should have the #, or you can call the 800 # for Hiawatha Behavioral Health and ask to be transferred to the St. Ignace office. You can also phone the Manistique office @ 906-341-2144 and ask to be transferred to that office. Good luck!!
MRCE Response:
Thanks so much for the information.I will be sure it gets to our friend from St. Ignace.
peer support certification
Good afternoon,
I would like to become a certified peer support specialist. I have been searching the internet for training to obtain certifications but have been unable to obtain any information. Can you please help me get started. I am a recovering person, that has been sober 20 years. Now its time for me to help someone else to obtain their potential, and improve their quality of life. So any information you can offer will be appreciated. Thank you.
MRCE Response:
Thanks for your question. For information about the Peer training and certification process, II would encourage you to contact your local community mental health center and ask to speak to a Peer Liaison. She or he will be able to assist you. If you need assistance finding your local community mental health center, please go to the Home page of this website and click on the button that says Find Services in Your Area. By entering your county or zip code, you will be taken to a directory that includes contact information for your local Peer Liaison.
I hope this information is helpful.
Kathy Bennett
8/26/2011 12:42 PM
Power Day 2011
Power Day 2011 will take place on September 14th from 11:30 -2:00. It will take place on the Capital lawn in Lansing. The theme for this year is "Resiliency to Recovery". Power Day is sponered by USPRA-Michigan (formerly known as MIAPSRS) and is a legislative information day in which we encourage People from Michigan to contact their legislators regarding legislation about Mental Health. We will have 6 speakers and will be presenting the Phyllis Levine award to a deserving legislator who has impacting Mental Health leglation in a positve manner. Please bring a lunch and chairs as well as signs and banners.
Kathy Bennett, President, USPRA-Michigan
MRCE Response:
Thanks Kathy for sharing the details of this event. Information about Power Day is also posted on the MRCE events calendar. Thanks again.
Nearest groups for Saint Ignace, MI
I'd like to know if there are any groups in the Saint Ignace area, location, time and contact phone number if there is one. Thanks.
MRCE Response:
Thanks for your question. One way to find out what is available in your community is to go to the Find Services in Your Area button on the Home page of this site. Enter your zip code, click on submit and you will find a link to information available at your local community mental health center, including important phone numbers, etc.
We hope this information is helpful to you.
Francesca Pernice-Duca - USPRA-MI
8/13/2011 7:40 AM
Power Day 2011
Press Release
USPRA-MICHIGAN POWER DAY
Michigan State Capital East Lawn
September 14, 2011
USPRA-MI (formerly MIAPSRS) is proud to sponsor Power Day 2011. Our theme this year is Resiliency to Recovery. No one in Michigan is unaffected by our dismal economy and we must remind our legislators about the importance of mental health programs that work and the social justice behind equity in mental health care. Everyone involved in mental health is acutely aware of the concerns and issues we are facing in mental health financing. With Power Day, USPRA-MI is hoping to emphasize that psychosocial services do help people achieve recovery and that people with mental illness represent a large, untapped resource for our state.
Festivities begin at 11:30 a.m. The rally will be held from 12 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. and will feature dynamic speakers from around the state, as well as the presentation of the Phyllis Levine Award for Legislative Advocacy to a legislator who has demonstrated leadership in mental health advocacy.
MRCE Response:
Thank you for the information, Francesca. We will be sure to add this to the Events calendar.
Eileen Alexander
7/29/2011 9:57 AM
peer support specialist
I live in Grand Rapids Michigan. Do you know where I can take the necessary training to become a peer support specialist?
MRCE Response:
HI Eileen. Please contact the Peer Liaison at your local community mental health center. He or she can provide you with information regarding eligibility for training and the application process. If you're not sure which agency to contact, please go to the Home page of this site, click on Find Services in Your Area, and enter your zip code. You will be taken to a listing that includes contactt information for your Peer Liaison. I hope this information is helpful to you. Good luck!
mental health first aid training
I'm interested in taking this training. Is one available in the City of Detroit?
MRCE Response:
Thank you for your question. I would encourage you to contact Steve Kuhlman at Detroit-Wayne County Community Mental Health Agency at (313) 833-2500. He may have an answer to your question.
Deb Freed
7/20/2011 9:57 AM
Northern Lakes CMH listing on your website
Hi all. After last Recovery Council meeting I made a note to check Northern Lakes CMH information on your site. Am wondering if there is a way to include that, in addition to Traverse City, there are also offices in Cadillac, Houghton Lake and Grayling? See http://northernlakescmh.com/about-us/map-of-service-area-office-locations/ for details. Thanks!
MRCE Response:
HI Deb. Thanks for your question. When the database that supports the Find Services in Your Area search function was developed, we decided not to include the physical address of each community mental health center. We wanted to keep it simple. We thought it might be best to highlight access numbers instead, encouraging callers to receive directions to the appropriate service locations from access center staff. That being said, it is possible to create new fields within the database to include multiple office locations.
Thanks again.
Leslie Sladek
7/19/2011 11:37 AM
medication-treatment subjects
Cedrick Harrell
7/16/2011 9:33 AM
CPSS Training
I would like to know when and where is the next Certified Peer Support Training and what do I need to do to get registered?
MRCE Response:
Hi Cedrick. Please contact the Peer Liaison at your local community mental health agency for instructions. If you're not sure which agency to contact, go to the Home page of this website and click on Find Services in Your Area. By entering your county or zip code, you will be able to search for your community mental health agency and find a listing that includes the name of your Peer Liaison and contact information.
Good luck.
Tom Burden
7/16/2011 9:28 AM
Great quote for the peer movement
I posted this to our MPSU group page the other day. This touched my heart. It is so our Movement.
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.”
- Theodore Roosevelt
MRCE Response:
Thanks, Tom, for sharing this. It certainly does capture the spirit of the peer movement..
Corrections
Our Peer Liasion is Jill Perticone jill.perticone@lifewayscmh.org 517-780-3300. Our Website is http://www.LifeWayscmh.org.
MRCE Response:
Thank you for the information. We will update our data base to reflect the correction.
Kimberly McLaurin-Thompson
7/12/2011 11:01 AM
Peer Support Certification
Hello, I am seeking information for peer support certification here in Michigan. I am currently pursuing my Associates with a career plan of a Masters in Social Work. Do you know where I can take necessary training to become a peer support specialist? Thank you for your help.
MRCE Response:
Hi Kimberly. Please contact the Peer Liaison at your local community mental health services program. They will be able to provide you with the guidance you are seeking. If you're not sure where community mental health services are available in your community, please click on the Find Services In Your Area badge on the Home page of this site. By entering your county or zip code you be directed to a page that includes contact information for your local Peer Liaison.
We hope this information is helpful. Take care.
antonia hoak
7/11/2011 7:08 AM
drop-in-centers
Hello, My dissertation topic is drop-in-centers. I have had work and private life interaction with centers in my area. Can you point my in the direction of or give me any/all information on centers you have access to. It would be greatly appreciated., Regards, Antonia Hoak B.S.,M.A.
MRCE Response:
Thanks for your question, Antonia.You may find it helpful to locate additional information on this website by using the search bar on the Home page. Enter consumer-run drop-in centers or consumer operated service programs and you will find a number of links to relevant information. The best source for direct information about consumer-run drop-in centers in Michigan is the Justice In Mental Health Organization (JIMHO). Please contact them at (517) 371-2794. They may be able to provide the information you need.
Good luck with your dissertation.
Jen Stidham
7/7/2011 8:55 AM
Lenawee County Revision for CMHSP info
Hi, Just thought you'd like to know that your info for Lenawee is slightly inaccurate. New Focus Clubhouse closed at the end of last year. I work at the Drop-In and if you need to call and verify with someone, the number is above.
Thanks, Jennifer Stidham, Lenawee CPSS
MRCE Response:
Hi Jennifer,
Thank you for the information. We will make the correction in our database. We appreciate the feedback.
leena smith
6/13/2011 2:27 PM
peer support t/shirts
I would like to get more of the t/shirts that a peer support person makes and usually sells at our events, would anyone out there please give me her name and phone number so i can order some more??????
MRCE Response:
Thanks Leena. I'm not sure who makes these t-shirts, but you may want to contact someone at the Michigan Association of Community Mental Health Boards
www.macmhb.org. They may have the contact information you need. Good luck.
Scott Gilman
6/8/2011 4:42 PM
Warm Line
Do you know if anyone in Michigan is offering a warm line, as an alternative to a crisis line? I've seen this offered in other states by peers and/or clubhouses.
MRCE Response:
Thanks for your question, Scott. The MRCE is actually very interested in learning about the availability of warm lines in Michigan as well. Hopefully, other folks around the state who are aware of these services will respond to your post and will share the information with the rest of us. I will let you know what we find out as a result of our search.
Thanks again.
Anna-Magdalena Christianson
6/2/2011 2:32 PM
New Web Page Layout
Hey, I really like the new layout. Less clutter, easier to navigate, clean & sharp. Good job!
MRCE Response:
Hi Anna. Thanks so much for the positive feedback.
Becky Gorton
6/2/2011 10:20 AM
Training for supervisors
Peer provider or consumer ran services
Are there monies available within the state or surrounding states to help open a peer provider agency? What are the ins and outs, and basically the loop holes that have to be jump through to be able to operate a peer run agency? This would offer peer support services without the stigma of being attached to a CMH or mental health facility.
MRCE Response:
Thanks for your question. Justice In Mental Health Organization (JIMHO) provides technical assistance and support for new and existing peer-run organizations in Michigan. I would encourage you to contact them at (517) 371-4661 or
www.jimho.org.
Good luck with our start-up effort.
CPSS pay
I am interested in finding out what the average hourly rate that is being paid to a Certified Peer Support Specialist in Michigan. Any additional information you have on CPSS compensation would be apprecaited. Thanks.
MRCE Response:
Thanks for your question. I'm not sure if anyone has collected that information. However, I will forward the question to the Michigan Department of Community Health along with your contact information.
Thanks again.
Updated Response:
Although MDCH would like to collect this information in the future, we are not currently aware of anyone who is tracking it. We do know, however, hourly rates for Peers vary widely.
Peer Support Training schedule
Hi, I am interested in taking peer support specialist training, but am having trouble finding any information on how to receive training. Are there scheduled training courses available?
MRCE Response:
Thank you for your question. Please contact your local community mental health service provider and ask for the Peer Liaison. She or he will be able to provide you with information regarding your eligibility to participate in the training as well as the application process.
Good luck.
Tom Burden
5/26/2011 10:04 PM
Job Postings in Wayne County
3 positions opened in Wayne County. Contact Steve Kuhlman at DWCCMHA in customer service. Sorry I don't have the number handy........There is info posted on both Michigan Peer Specialist United and Michigan Peer Specialist group pages on Facebook.
MRCE Response:
Thanks for the lead Tom. I will contact Steve immediately.
Tom Burden
5/26/2011 9:57 PM
New Layout
Just wanted to say what a awesome job on the new lay out !!!
MRCE Response:
Thanks for the feedback Tom. We couldn't have done it without all of the valuable input from you and others around the state. Take care.
Nettie Johnson
5/24/2011 9:08 AM
Peer Support Specialists
Please contact me in reference to posting a PSS posting on your web site.
MRCE Response:
Thanks Nettie. Will do. I'm calling you now.
Susan Mosca
5/23/2011 11:48 AM
2011 peer support conference
I understand that the 2011 Peer Support Conference is in June but I have received no information regarding the conference. Is the conference still going to be held and, if so, when is material going out to register. I have checked with other Peers and no one has received information.
MRCE Response:
Hi Susan. The 3rd Annual Michigan Peer Support Specialist Conference will be held October 3rd through 5th at the Causeway Bay Hotel in Lansing. Please check back on the website in the coming weeks. We will post additional information as it becomes available. Thanks.
Sharon Navalta
5/19/2011 1:52 AM
Peer Support Specialist position openings
Please inform me of any Peer Support Specialist positions that open up in the downriver area of Michigan. Areas to include Southgate, Lincoln Park, Wyandotte, Detroit, Westland, Livonia, Redford and Inkster and Farmington and Farmington Hills. Will be relocating to the Inkster, Westland m Livonia in August of 2011.
MRCE Response:
Hi Sharon. Please visit the Job Postings for Peers page of this website under the Peer Support tab. We post job postings that are available throughout the state of Michigan as they are made available to us. Good luck with your move and job search.
Michelle Bidigare, CPSS
5/2/2011 10:33 AM
Updated Website
Your newly updated website looks great! Nice job!
MRCE Response:
Thank you for the feedback, Michelle. We are also pleased with the site.
Steve Wiland
4/22/2011 2:59 PM
April 25-26 COD Conference
The Michigan Department of Community Health and the Michigan Association of CMH Boards are pleased to announce Michigan's 3rd Annual Statewide conference on integrated services for individuals with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders. Building upon the foundations laid by the first two COD conferences, which drew 320 attendees in 2009 and 400 in 2010, there are 550 participants already registered for the 2011 event, held at the Hyatt Regency Dearborn at 600 Town Center Drive in Dearborn, MI, 48126. We are very pleased to share that individuals with lived recovery experience actively participated in planning the conference, and are presenting or co-presenting in over half of the featured workshops or plenaries. A good deal of the information that is presented at the conference will also be posted to the MACMHB website so if you aren't able to attend, please visit www.macmhb.org in May to check out the proceedings.
MRCE Response:
Thanks Steve. I will post this information as a Recovery News article on the Home page and update the information about the COD Conference on the Events Calendar of this site.
Best wishes for another successful conference.
Gayle Myers
4/22/2011 2:58 PM
Peer Support Live Town Hall Meeting on-line March 14, 2011
I really enjoyed the Live Webcast from March 14, 2011. You guys did a fantastic job. Keep up the good work!
MRCE Response:
Thanks for the positive feedback, Gayle. We were pleased to provide people an opportunity to learn more about the great work that MDCH and Peers are doing around the state. We hope to host more town hall events in the future.
Eric DiCenso
4/22/2011 2:56 PM
WRAP
Is there any way they we could advertise the 1st Annual WRAP Around the World Conference? Is there anyone going? I can get prices and information on sponsors. Just let me know.
http://copelandcenter.com/blog/2011/02/22/last-day-for-discounted-early-bird-registration-228/
MRCE Response:
Thanks Eric. This information is now posted as a brief news item and is also included on the MRCE event calendar. I don't know who is planning to attend, but I'm sure others will appreciate you sharing the information.
Thanks again.
Julia E Copper
4/1/2011 2:10 PM
TBI
I am a high-functioning survivor of a traumatic brain injury and would like to get involved in peer support. I believe I have much to offer others like me.
MRCE Response:
Hi Julia. I'm certain you have a great deal to offer. As I indicated in my email, you may want to contact the Recovery Institute of Southwest Michigan for more information about peer support networks. Their website is www.recoverymi.org.
Thanks again.
Michelle Bidigare
4/1/2011 2:07 PM
Consumer run organization
Please add Peer Choices, Inc. to your consumer run organizations tab - our website address is www.peerchoices.org
We are the only completely consumer-run organization in southeast Michigan. This would be a wonderful way to showcase the strides we've made in Peer-Delivered Recovery Services.
MRCE Response:
Thanks Michelle. You'll be happy to know that Peer Choices and your website both appear on the site already. See www.mirecovery.org/PeerSupport/Consumersasproviders.aspx. We are also working on developing a new Peer Choices page for the redesigned website that we are hoping to launch soon.
Thanks for your suggestion.
Tom Burden
4/1/2011 2:06 PM
Town Hall Meeting
Great job on the Town Hall meeting ! I watched the video on the YoutTube link. I noticed that the comment section is disabled. I think it would be good the have this available for input on the video content that gets posted to YouTube.
Thanks.
MRCE Response:
Thanks Tom. Based on your suggestion, the ratings and comments sections are now enabled. Thanks again for your suggestion.