Peer Respite Essential Features Survey
Every two years between 2010 and 2020, Live & Learn staff and partners conducted the Peer Respites Essential Features (PREF) survey. All peer respites in the U.S. were invited to participate in each wave.
California CIBHS Peer Respite Programs Roundtable
A 2014 panel discussion on peer respites at the California Institute for Behavioral Health Solutions.
Guidebook for Peer Support Program Self-Evaluation: Practical Steps and Tools
The Guidebook for Peer Support Program Self-Evaluation provides practical guidance for peer support programs to conduct low-cost self-evaluations, including developing a logic model and collecting data.
HOPE Program Self-Evaluation Report
Evaluation of the HOPE program, a peer-run initiative in California supporting participants transitioning from hospitalization to community integration.
Elevate, Evaluate: A Learning Platform for Program Self-Evaluation
Report details survey and interview findings from CBOs across 21 states on their needs and experiences with program evaluation.
Non-profit development and leadership by people with lived experience
Study found peer-run organizations provide supports consistent with peer models, with variations explained by consumer control level.
Improving Capacity to Monitor and Support Sustainability of Mental Health Peer-Run Organizations
Open Forum describes the 2012 National Survey of Peer-Run Organizations, which gathered data on operations, policy, and service systems.
Medicaid Reimbursement of Mental Health Peer-Run Organizations: Results of a National Survey
Study explored if knowledge of the ACA influenced peer-run organizations' willingness to become Medicaid providers.
Web-based Survey Data Collection With Peer Support and Advocacy Organizations: Implications of Participatory Methods
This paper shows how participatory methods involving people with psychiatric histories improved the success of a survey on peer-run organizations' policy views.