In this presentation, Mid-America MHTTC specialists and partners with Omaha-based Community Alliance will demonstrate ways in which family peer support empowers families to support their loved one’s path towards recovery. In particular, participants will learn how recipients of family peer support:

• Learn the definition of recovery;
• Learn to motivate their loved one to engage in recovery and rehabilitation oriented activities;
• Learn develop and implement a recovery plan for their loved one.

Family Peer Support: An Emerging Workforce