Mental Health: Leading Practices For State Programs To Certify Peer Support Specialists
The report was released on November 6, 2018, by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The GAO reviewed peer specialist certification practices in six states: Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Texas. It found six leading practices that states use to ensure that peer specialists have basic competencies and the ability to support others, including training specialists in person and requiring continuing education . . .