Provides mental health support services to wounded veterans via group activities, online mental health screening/support and one to one peer mentoring. Group activities include Project Odyssey which is a 5-day outdoor retreat for wounded veterans and military couples aimed at helping them cope with combat stress by learning stress management techniques and cultivating helpful attitudes about their mental affliction. 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.

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

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.

Provides a wide range of programs for people who have a hearing loss, including system and individual advocacy, independent living training, peer mentoring, speech-to-text services and information and referral. Provides language development support as well that helps children going into school with hearing loss receive support and achieve fluency in American Sign Language

Provides telephone calling by trained volunteer survivors of a variety of blood cancers to those who are newly-diagnosed.

Designed to open up the loving choice of adoption as a real, viable option in a crisis or problem pregnancy. This program has developed a video called Faces of Hope and Families of Hope, showing the journey of a teen couple involved in an unplanned pregnancy and how they decided adoption was the loving and best option for their child.

Provides a peer to peer program where amputees are connected with certified, trained peers.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Connects individuals actively reentering society with resources and information that can improve their quality of life, assist with adjustment and help them become gainfully employed, as well as equip professionals with tools that promote positive outcomes. Also provides supportive and case management services.

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.

Operates a peer network made up of foster care alumni. Network members meet regularly, offer peer-to-peer support, meet with policymakers, and participate in child welfare advocacy opportunities.

Provides one-on-one emotional support, mentoring, and companionship to those living with a mental health condition or their friends, family members, and caregivers.

Provides an opportunity for those who are dealing with a cancer diagnosis of any type to discuss issues with someone who has survived their type of cancer diagnosis. Program also serves caregivers of those with a cancer diagnosis.

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.

Provides peer support for Breast Cancer patients.

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.

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.

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.

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

Provides telephone calling by trained volunteer survivors of a variety of blood cancers to those who are newly-diagnosed.

Matches adult individuals that have or have had cancer with a survivor of the same cancer, treatment, and side-effects. Also matches caregivers and family members with trained volunteer caregivers who themselves have undergone a similar experience. One-on-one emotional support and encouragement is generally provided over the phone, but may take place via email, text, or video chat.

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.