COS/PS Resources


STRENGTHENING OHIO’S PEER SUPPORT / CONSUMER-OPERATED SERVICES

 
“Recovery is a multi-faceted concept based on 10 fundamental elements and guiding principles, including:
…Peer Support:  The invaluable role of mutual support wherein consumers encourage other consumers in Recovery while providing a sense of belongingness, supportive relationships, valued roles and community is recognized and promoted.”                                     --National Consensus Conference on Mental Health Recovery
 
Overview
The Ohio Association of County Behavioral Health Authorities (OACBHA) has been working to move Ohio’s local communities forward as Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care (ROSC). The first major principle of the working the ROSC BluePrint is focus on clients and families, and OACBHA is invested, as is the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (OhioMHAS), in nurturing the peer movement in Ohio that utilizes “lived experience” in helping consumers achieve and sustain recovery.  Toward this end, OACBHA has partnered with OhioMHAS, thanks to a Statewide Advocacy Network Grant, to make available tools, resources, and trainings to strengthen Ohio’s peer support/consumer-operated services network. Click here to view the OhioMHAS peer support page.
 
Our ultimate goal with the grant is to support the development of a stronger Statewide Advocacy Network (SWAN) of Peer Support/Consumer Operated Services that builds upon existing tools and expertise with specific focus on strengthening their governing boards and their advocacy efforts.* To help guide the work of the grant, OACBHA has enlisted members to join a PS/COS Advisory Committee.

*It is important to assure Peer Support and Consumer-Operated Services providers that through this one-year grant, OACBHA plans to function as a catalyst for establishing and developing COS’s in Ohio; OACBHA does not intend to “own” this project or process long-term.
 

SWAN Resources
Peer Support and Consumer Operated Service Resources

Index of Resource Topics for Peer Support/Consumer Operated Services

Index of Policies and Procedures by Source 


SWAN Regional Grantee Map
OhioMHAS has given grants to five regional SWAN grantees in Ohio. These grantees' regions are defined by the OhioMHAS state hospital catchment areas. Each grantee is working to reach out to other consumer-operated service organizations and peer support organizations to help coordinate their efforts and work together to support each other. The grantees and their regions are detailed in the map below. The Northcoast region does not yet have a grantee. These five grantees and a number of other organizations have formed the SWAN Advisory committee. Click here to view a listing of the Advisory Committee.
 
Click here for a listing of COS and peer support organizations. Note:This listing may not be fully accurate. If you know of a site that exists but is not on this list, or a site that is on this list that is no longer operational, please contact Cody Williams at cwilliams@oacbha.org.   




OACBHA Resources