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2121 Hughes Drive, Toledo, OH 43606

Provides educational programs on bleeding disorders and coordinates care with Hemophilia Treatment Center at Toledo Children's Hospital's Hemophilia Clinic (4th Tuesday of each month). Provides educational materials to providers and consumers. Family resource meetings provide education, networking and support. Youth Leadership holds bi-monthly meetings with youth ages 12 and older to discuss management of bleeding disorder, teach leadership skills, education and mentoring. Direct Client Service meets at Hemophilia Treatment Center to provide medical identifications, family support, educational materials and other services on an as-needed basis.

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UW 211 Greater Toledo

2323 West Fifth Avenue, Suite 160, Columbus, OH 43204

The Bipolar Peer Support Group is an opportunity for people living with this disorder to connect, find validation, and potentially learn some new coping strategies. Two trained co-facilitators will maintain a safe environment for people of all backgrounds to share space. Please feel free to come and talk—or just listen—as we discuss the ups and downs of living with bipolar disorder and how to make the most out of life.

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LSS 211 Central Ohio

4899 Belfort Rd., Ste. 300, Jacksonville, FL 32256

Provides mental health support services to wounded veterans via group activities, online mental health screening/support and one to one peer mentoring. Restore Veterans offers veterans online mental health screening and support tools such as self-help guides and online videos of other veterans sharing their personal experiences. One to one peer support is also available and all peer mentors are alumni of the Wounded Warrior program and are certified by Wounded Warrior to perform their duties.

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211 Cleveland

250 Williams Street, Atlanta, GA 30303

Provides the Reach to Recovery support program, matching volunteers who are breast cancer survivors with newly diagnosed or pre-diagnosis patients who are comparable in age, cancer type and extent, treatment planned, etc., a volunteer will make the initial phone contact and an initial visit to the patient, and will provide literature, exercise information, and other support.

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211 UWGC

1500 Coal Run Road, Zanesville, OH 43701

PRS training teaches individuals in recovery from a mental health and/or substance use issue to use their experience to help their Peers who are also in recovery. To be eligible for PRS training, you must be personally be in recovery from a mental health and/or substance use issue (having a friend or family member in recovery will not qualify you for PRS training). Individuals who successfully complete training and pass the PRS Certification Exam are eligible to apply for certification as a Peer Recovery Supporter in Ohio.

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211 Pathways

574 North Leavitt Road, Amherst, OH 44001

Provides a peer support program to match adults coping with severe mental illness with a community volunteer for friendship and social skill building. Provided through a partnership with Compeer International. Opportunties in the program may include: - One-to-One Friendship Program: Offers face-to-face contact with adult volunteer. - Compeer Calling: Provides telephone support (may be offered in addition to face-to-face support). - Compeer Community: Offers group events and celebrations among Compeers to strengthen social skills. - Peer-to-Peer: Matches clients with one another in supportive, one-on-one friendships. - Skillbuilders Program: Promotes social ties through structured life skills training.

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211 Summit

292 East Market Street, First Congregational Church, Akron, OH 44308

Provides one-on-one peer support to individuals that are HIV positive.

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211 Summit

Gallipolis, OH 45631

NAMI Peer-to-Peer is a free, eight-session educational program for adults with mental health conditions who are looking to better understand themselves and their recovery. Taught by trained leaders with lived experience, this program includes activities, discussions and informative videos. However, as with all NAMI programs, it does not include recommendations for treatment approaches. NAMI Peer-to-Peer is a safe, confidential space. The course provides an opportunity for mutual support and growth. Experience compassion and understanding from people who relate to your experiences. This is a place to learn more about recovery in an accepting environment. NAMI Peer-to-Peer helps you: - Set a vision and goals for the future - Partner with health care providers - Develop confidence for making decisions - Practice relaxation and stress reduction tools - Share your story - Strengthen relationships - Enhance communication skills - Learn about mental health treatment options.

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211 Pathways

214 West First Street, Morehead, KY 40351

Offers support, information, resources, and training to families of children with special needs. Services are provided by experienced parents and primary caregivers of an individual with special health care needs.

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211 UWGC

200 Vesey St., 28th Floor, New York, NY 10281

Connects families and caregivers of children with type I diabetes, as well as individuals with the disease, to others facing similar life circumstances. Trained mentors answer non-medical questions, share personal experiences, and lend specialized support.

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211 Cleveland

254 Agler Road, Gahanna, OH 43230

Motherful provides a community of support for single mothers in Columbus and its surrounding areas. There are Mom's Night Out events, wellness events, virtual town halls, and other special events catered towards single moms and their children.

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LSS 211 Central Ohio

17 Blue Line Drive, Athens, OH 45701

Offers a chance to connect with peers in recovery. Crafts, games and discussion with group.

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211 Pathways

641 S St. Nw, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20001

Provides the next step towards virtual, one-on-one support providing the community with experienced mentors to help them overcome any huddle they may have to using their machines.

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211 Cleveland

636 Morris Turnpike, Suite 3a, Short Hills, NJ 07078

Provides a peer mentoring program for individuals living with paralysis, their families and caregivers; individuals meet face-to-face or can communicate via telephone, text or Skype.

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UW 211 Greater Toledo

1500 Coal Run Road, Zanesville, OH 43701

NAMI Peer-to-Peer is a free, eight-session educational program for adults with mental health conditions who are looking to better understand themselves and their recovery. Taught by trained leaders with lived experience, this program includes activities, discussions and informative videos. However, as with all NAMI programs, it does not include recommendations for treatment approaches. NAMI Peer-to-Peer is a safe, confidential space. The course provides an opportunity for mutual support and growth. Experience compassion and understanding from people who relate to your experiences. This is a place to learn more about recovery in an accepting environment. NAMI Peer-to-Peer helps you: - Set a vision and goals for the future - Partner with health care providers - Develop confidence for making decisions - Practice relaxation and stress reduction tools - Share your story - Strengthen relationships - Enhance communication skills - Learn about mental health treatment options.

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211 Pathways

4100 Franklin Blvd., Cleveland, OH 44113

Coordinates and provides supportive services to help young people who are facing housing instability and homelessness find or maintain stable housing. Also provides information and referral for employment assistance, mentoring, financial capability, and emergency financial assistance. The program is offered through peer Youth Navigators who use their personal experiences and knowledge of systems to support youth in accessing a variety of resources on their paths to stability.

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211 Cleveland

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Provides resources, care packages and peer support to parents during and after their child's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) stay.

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UW 211 Greater Toledo

2500 Metrohealth Dr., Cleveland, OH 44109

Provides assistance dealing with trauma in a variety of ways. Services may include counseling, advocacy, support groups (peer led), peer to peer support, and other services, depending on the trauma experienced. Helps with navigating compensation services for those eligible for assistance through the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) .Provides trauma-focused counseling staffed by a social work professional for crime victims as well as social work care coordination.

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211 Cleveland

1250 Ridgewood Drive, Bowling Green, OH 43402

Provides 8 two-hour sessions for adults living with a mental illness. Sessions are taught by a trained team of individuals living in recovery from mental illness. Participants learn about up-to-date research on brain biology, mental illness symptoms, and their relationship to personal experiences and personalized relapse prevention plan.

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UW 211 Greater Toledo

6 West Third Street Suite 300, Mansfield, OH 44902

Peer Support Staff members with like disabilities who are living independently are always available to talk with and provide support for consumers. Problem solving in areas such as learning to use community services more effectively, adjusting to a newly acquired disability, or a change in living accommodation are only a few topics that can be discussed. Individual and group support through role models encourages consumers to seek ways to enhance their quality of life and to contribute to their communities.

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211 Mansfield OH

2 North Road, Suite A, Chester, NJ 07930

Offers confidential, one-on-one emotional support by matching trained, volunteer cancer survivors with adult cancer patients, their caregivers & loved ones. Our volunteers have faced more than 80 cancer types and speak 15 languages.

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211 Pathways

Offers free one-on-one peer support to cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers. Provides connections with trained peer mentors who have a shared diagnosis, similar treatments, or shared life experiences.

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211 UWGC

411 Longbeach Pkwy., Bay Village, OH 44140

Provides information, education, and advocacy to health care providers and the general public around the issue of twin to twin transfusion syndrome, including forms of TTTS called TAPS (twin anemia polycythemia sequence), SIUGR (selective intrauterine growth restriction) and TRAP (twin reversed arterial perfusion sequence). Materials include phone and social media resources for families diagnosed, at risk and those that have delivered special needs children as a result of TTTS.

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211 Cleveland

700 Ken Mark Industrial Pkwy., #730, Broadview Heights, OH 44147

Provides mentors for parents whose newborn children are hospitalized in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Mentors are parents who have experienced the hospitalization of their own newborns. They are matched with parents currently in similar situations. Mentors provide support, share resources, and listen to parents going through the experience. Mentors receive training to ensure they can assist.

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211 Cleveland

320 Executive Drive, Marion Area Counseling Center, Marion, OH 43302

NAMI Peer-to-Peer is a free, eight-session educational program for adults with mental health conditions who are looking to better understand themselves and their recovery. Taught by trained leaders with lived experience, this program includes activities, discussions and informative videos. However, as with all NAMI programs, it does not include recommendations for treatment approaches. NAMI Peer-to-Peer is a safe, confidential space. The course provides an opportunity for mutual support and growth. Experience compassion and understanding from people who relate to your experiences. This is a place to learn more about recovery in an accepting environment. NAMI Peer-to-Peer helps you: - Set a vision and goals for the future - Partner with health care providers - Develop confidence for making decisions - Practice relaxation and stress reduction tools - Share your story - Strengthen relationships - Enhance communication skills - Learn about mental health treatment options.

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211 Pathways