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  • Peer support: how ordinary Ohioans are helping others break mental health barriers

    February 04, 2022 |

    Eye On Ohio |

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    Response Location: United States, Ohio

    In Ohio, Thrive Peer Recovery Services connects people experiencing addiction with a peer supporter to help them find and access resources and reduce isolation. Peer supporters are people recovering from addiction who have been sober for at least two years and are trained to support others.

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  • 'So much hope': Alaskans say peer support can make recovery possible

    November 24, 2021 |

    Alaska Public Media |

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    Response Location: United States, Alaska

    Alaska has begun certifying peer support specialists with a free 40-hour training. Peer support specialists use their own experiences with mental health conditions or substance use to guide others dealing with similar issues. The state has certified 43 people, including 12 Indigenous traditional peer support specialists. Trainings teach peer supporters about different coping skills and how to help clients deal with a mental health diagnosis and set healthy boundaries. They also cover legal and ethical issues in peer support. The specialists model recovery and offer support without telling people what to do.

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  • Up and Out of the Darkness

    November 16, 2021 |

    Think Global Health |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom

    Several UK organizations sprang into action to combat COVID-19-related lockdown loneliness and isolation. The Cares Family connected tens of thousands of younger and older neighbors to spend time together, virtually now due to the pandemic, and Linking Lives also connected people through a telephone befriending model that has yielded deep connections. The government used “heat maps” to identify areas of need even before the pandemic and had a national strategy already in place, which facilitated a quick response as the pandemic highlighted the need for social connections.

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  • Thousands of Alaskans are considering suicide. You can learn to help them choose life.

    November 03, 2021 |

    Alaska Public Media |

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    Response Location: United States, Anchorage, Alaska

    To address Alaska’s high suicide rates, especially among youth, programs like the Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training teaches people how to safely and confidently talk about suicide. The two-day training provides steps people can use to talk with others about suicide, dispel any shame around the topic, and develop a safety plan with them. The main idea is not to solve all of their problems, but to keep the person safe now. The training combines conversations, videos, PowerPoints and roleplaying to teach the steps, based on a global model developed by LivingWorks 35 years ago in Canada.

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  • Medication and Recovery: Doctors Say Access to Critical Addiction Care is Difficult in Appalachia

    October 21, 2021 |

    100 Days in Appalachia |

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    Response Location: United States, Wise, Virginia

    The Health Wagon provides medical care to those experiencing addiction. The Health Wagon also provides services for those in recovery, including medications, counseling, and peer support groups in an effort to reduce relapses and overdose deaths which have skyrocketed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  • Beating HIV through family, mentorship

    October 12, 2021 |

    Nation Africa |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Homa Bay

    Pama Care is an initiative that coordinates HIV care within a family to address barriers to adherence to achieve viral suppression in children and adults. All HIV positive family members are put on the same medication schedule, which improves adherence, and given clinic appointments on the same day, which provides a better picture of family barriers and improves guidance and counseling. The government, backed financially by private companies, also pays a monthly stipend to patients who reach out to those having a hard time accepting their HIV status. This model has been successful across the country.

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  • Reforms are emptying Louisiana's prisons. This group makes sure no one goes back.

    May 26, 2021 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

    First 72+ is a New Orleans reentry agency founded by formerly incarcerated people to help others as they exit prison. That help focuses on everyday needs for transportation, housing, and emotional support. As in many states, a large share of formerly incarcerated people get sent back to prison, often for lack of support on the outside. The name First 72+ refers to research showing how the first 72 hours after prison can determine one's fate. In six years, none of the 176 people, mostly men, served by the agency has returned to prison, a record that prompted the state to send more clients to the agency.

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  • Life after prison: Communities heal by helping former inmates succeed

    May 13, 2021 |

    Akron Beacon Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, Akron, Ohio

    People returning home to Akron from prison step into a community that needs healing, work that the formerly incarcerated can help with because of the lessons they can impart to younger people. But first they need their own healing. South Street Ministries and Truly Reaching You, two nonprofits run by formerly incarcerated men, help people in re-entry clear the barriers to housing and jobs that can doom them to returning to prison. They also provide peer counseling and mental health care.

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  • How COVID Impacts Education — Prison Literature Club Adapts During COVID Lockdowns

    March 11, 2021 |

    Rafu Shimpo |

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    Response Location: United States, San Quentin, California

    An educational program called ROOTS (Restoring Our Original True Selves) taught at San Quentin prison in Marin County, California, has transformed into the Literature Club due to the pandemic and has reached other nearby prisons. The Literature Club, started by the Asian Prisoner Support Committee in Oakland, pairs people who are incarcerated with people outside, and they exchange emails to update each other on their reading progress and reflections. "More than a reading group, it’s a supportive space where emotions are openly discussed."

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  • How the Indian Stammering Association has empowered thousands to find self-acceptance

    February 12, 2021 |

    The National |

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    Response Location: India

    In India, where stuttering is not recognized as a disability, The Indian Stammering Association (TISA) offers "free online courses, counseling, communication workshops, and daily virtual meeting" to help those who struggle with a stutter. Although the offerings are limited to those who have access to a computer, more than 4,000 people have joined TISA with many reporting stories of success.

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