Money Mindset Live Event: Ask Me Anything
This recorded live event was hosted by Laysha Ostrow, and features Reclaiming Employment team members Lynnae Brown, Juan Velez-Court, Chris Hansen, and Tracy Green. They discuss how recovery intersects with attitudes towards finances.
Supporting business owners with psychiatric disabilities: An exploratory analysis of challenges and supports
Study found self-employed individuals with psychiatric disabilities mainly used informal supports (friends, family) over institutional business supports.
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.
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.
Recovery in the USA: From politics to peer support
The paper explores cycles of recovery-orientation, showing that self-determination and choice remain central to the movement's evolution.
Development and properties of a measure designed to assess core competencies in intentional peer support.
Research developed the IPSCC scale to assess Intentional Peer Support, finding three factors: Connection, Risk, and Communication.
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.
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.
New Program That Places Lived Experiences and Peer Mentoring at Its Center | Job Accommodation Network
A Job Accommodation Network article discusses self-employment viability for people with mental health conditions, highlighting research and the Reclaiming Employment peer support program.
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.
Progress Made, but Much More to Be Done
Chapter overviews future actions for mental and behavioral disorders, discussing progress, pitfalls, and the role of social determinants and consumers.