PVNC Educational Videos

Peer Voice NC is a statewide, grassroots catalyst for systems change in mental health policy and practices in North Carolina. At this World Cafe event, people gathered from across the state to engage on topics that matter. Learn about bringing one to your community. Contact us at info@peervoicenc.com to obtain a copy of the hosting guide and request technical assistance, including options for hosting a virtual PVNC World Cafe.

Housing First, supportive housing, housing subsidies, homeownership... confused about housing? If you have never experienced homelessness in your current town or city, navigating housing systems can be very complicated. How do we support someone that is currently without a home? What information and resources are important to know? Join us this Friday for our next lunch and learn, Peer Support and Navigating Housing!

Peer Voice NC offers a historical framework for peer support, rooted in the recovery and consumer/survivor/ex-patient movements. Many Peer Support Specialists do not know that the roots of contemporary efforts are grounded in Civil Rights and Disability Rights movements. The Shoulders Upon Which We Stand honors several pioneers of the recovery and c/s/x movements.

Peer Voice NC and guests from NC peer-run organizations, Promise Resource Network (PRN), Sunrise, and Green Tree Peer Wellness Center, share how peer support is being offered in creative ways during COVID 19.

Lyn Legere and Cherene Caraco from PVNC are hosting this session devoted to exploring the difference between advice and support, dignity of risk, and supported decision making, as well as tools to aid CPSS to be in the passenger seat, not the driver's seat of informed decision making.

PVNC guides Peer Support Specialists through the national and state "push" for Psychiatric Advance Directives (PAD's), what they are, their advantages, limitations, disadvantages and potential uses

NC is the 27th state to receive SAMHSA funding for a statewide peer-run organization! This kickoff webinar describes the role of a statewide peer movement and the invitation to existing and emerging leaders in NC to collectively elevate Peer Voice NC

PVNC is sharing a simple tool to wellness and crisis prevention planning, the 3 P's (Predict, Prevent and Plan). In this lunch and learn, a comparison on a recovery framework and a medical model and how Peer Support Specialists can support voice, choice and personally directed well-being through relationships, self reflection and planning

This webinar was developed to be a resource to new or emerging peer-run organizations on developing a budget for a grant or proposal. This session is facilitated by Cherene Caraco, CEO of Promise Resource Network (PRN) and Project Director of Peer Voice NC (PVNC) and Kevin Garrison, PRN Chief Financial Officer