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The Role of Peer Support Services –Questions/AnswersGeorgia Certified Peer Specialist Training Program Correct Ans -
Created in response to CMS requirement that the system and the services it
provided needed to be more focused on helping people create a life of
meaning and purpose.
An Estimated 12-15,000 Certified Peer Specialists Nationally Correct
Ans - Able to bill Medicaid for services.
President Obama's August 2013 Request Correct Ans - Train and
hire 800 new veteran peer specialists.
Georgia Peer Specialists Correct Ans - Work on ACT (Assertive
Community Treatment) and CST (Community Support Treatment) Teams,
outreach programs to people who are homeless, helping people make the
transition from jails, prisons, and mental hospitals to the community and
supporting your as they move from adolescence to young adulthood in
Georgia.
The first Medicaid-Billable Peer Specialist's Certification Training Program
Correct Ans - Held in Georgia in October 2001
Peer Support Correct Ans - The act of people who have had similar
experiences with mental illnesses giving each other encouragement, hope,
assistance, guidance, and understanding that aids in recovery. It can be
done anytime or anywhere when two or more peers are in a mutual,
supportive relationship.
Peer Support Specialist Correct Ans - A person who has a mental
illness diagnosis and works as a provider of mental health services. He or
she has been trained and has the ability to use his recovery experience to
help his peers recover.
Peer Support Services in the Mental Health System Correct Ans -
Programs, discussions, events, groups, etc. within the mental health system
that are led by peer specialists and based on the philosophy of peer
support. They take place within the structure of an agency or organization
and are provided as a service by a trained peer specialist.
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