NYC Peer Support Worker Survey
Participation Letter
Subject: Impact of COVID-19 on the Peer Support Workforce of NYC
Dear Peer Support Worker Community,
The NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s (DOHMH) Office of Consumer Affairs is requesting your participation in a survey on the impact of COVID-19 on the NYC Peer Support Workforce.
Eligible participants must have been employed in a peer support worker title both before and during the pandemic.
Peer Support worker titles include but are not limited to peer specialist, peer advocate, youth peer, family peer, peer navigator, peer counselor, etc. who worked as a peer in order to complete the survey. If you agree to participate, you will be asked to complete an online survey. Your responses will help us improve policies and programming to better support the NYC Peer Support Workforce. This voluntary and confidential survey should take approximately 15 minutes to complete.
Please click here to access the survey: https://nycdohmh.surveymonkey.com/r/MHpeers
Upon completion, you can enter a drawing for a $100 gift card by selecting to participate. The winners will be randomly selected and notified by email.
Please share this survey with your NYC peer networks. If you have any questions regarding this survey, please contact us by email at oca@health.nyc.gov . If you have previously received an invitation to complete this survey, please only complete once.
Thank you in advance for taking the time to contribute to this important survey.
Sincerely,
The Office of Consumer Affairs
NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene