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.

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.

Offers a cancer education center and lending library of books, CDs, and DVDs. Medical librarian provides technical assistance on gathering information about cancer via the Internet. In addition, maintains a file of cancer survivors who may be contacted for peer support (either by individuals with similar cancers or by caregivers).

Provides a free IOS/Android app that connects people with substance use disorder. It instantly connects people to a global sober community in their neighborhood and around the glober. It allows people to build strong sober support networks and inspire others. opber rid also offers 24/7 certified peer coaches to assist individuals in their recovery. Our peer coaches are trained and certified to help people get sober and stay sober

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

Provides a program that helps veterans create bonds with other veterans through phone calls and a website.

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.

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

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.

If you are looking for ways to connect with other parents and guardians in our communities, this may be just the right event for you. Make connections and share your parenting experiences from the comfort of your own home. We will be offering three virtual series between now and June . Each family will get a meal kit, activity kit, and gas voucher to thank you for your participation! This first series will prioritize individuals that are parenting children between the ages of 6 and 18, but all are welcome as space allows.

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.

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

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 a Peer to Peer volunteer phone connection for blood cancer patients and their families.

Offers a peer-to-peer online forum of individuals with multiple sclerosis and caregivers who are interested in sharing information and their experiences with multiple sclerosis.

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

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.

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 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.

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.

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.