INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Division of Mental Health and Addiction and Mental Health America of Indiana have partnered to expand access to trained peer support recovery professionals through the Indiana Recovery Network.
Peer supports are trained professionals with personal experience with mental health or substance use disorder who work alongside and support others with their recovery.
The Indiana Recovery Network is a grassroots network of more than 60 recovery-based organizations that provide peer supports to help people in recovery throughout Indiana.
This expansion, which is funded by more than $1 million in grants from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, will result in the addition of at least 40 part- and full-time peer recovery specialists at 16 of the recovery-based organizations across Indiana.
These peer recovery specialists will be available to individuals across their recovery journey whether the individual has been in recovery for years and needs some extra support, or if they are just getting started on their recovery journey. This funding allows for peer recovery specialists to reach out to multiple community organizations to offer support and resources to the persons in recovery. These organizations include treatment providers, criminal justice partners, syringe service programs and others.
To be connected to a recovery-based organization near you, please visit www.indianarecoverynetwork.org.