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Today at 3PM:Peer Support for Incarcerated Persons with Diagnosis

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SAMHSA’s GAINS Center Webinar Announcement

Don’t miss Part 2 of the webinar series, The Use of Peer Suppport in State Correctional Facilities, hosted by SAMHSA’s GAINS Center. Click the Registration Link below to sign up for the webinar taking place today from 3:00-4:30pm ET (2:00pm CT, 1:00pm MT, 12:00pm PT). 

Webinar Details

WHEN:

Today, September 3rd, 2014

TIME:

3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. EDT

TARGET AUDIENCES:

  • Correctional Staff and Administrators
  • Correctional Clinical and Medical Staff and Administrators
  • Parole and Probation Staff and Administrators
  • Reentry Staff and Administrators
  • Consumer Run Technical Assistance and Training Providers
  • Peers Working in Correctional Facilities
  • Federal, State and Local Policy Makers
  • Advocate

Free Webinar

The Use of Peer Support in State Correctional Facilities

Part 2: How to Build Peer Support for Incarcerated Persons With Mental Illness

                                      Register today!

Space is limited. Don’t miss this valuable opportunity!

OVERVIEW:

SAMHSA’s GAINS Center for Behavioral Health and Justice Transformation and the Association of State Correctional Administrators are pleased to announce a two-part webinar series focusing on the successful and innovative use of peers and peer support in state correctional facilities. Attendees will learn about the use of peers and peer support on Special Needs Units and in Reentry Planning. The first session highlighted two exemplary programs and the second session will focus on how to fund, develop, implement, sustain and expand these programs in correctional facilities.

 

Register Now