BOARD MEMBERSEXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

David Barnes, President

Linda McRae, Vice President

Jack Foreaker, Treasurer

Latoya Nkongolo, Secretary, Public

Information Chair

MEMBERS

Dr. Almustaphael Al-Kahlil-Bey,

Credentials & Education Chair

Lauretha Vargas, Ethics Chair,

Criminal Justice Subcommittee

Stacie Grogin, Credentials &

Education Committee

Vickie Isedore, Administrator

PEER RECOVERY SPECIALIST COMMITTEE Denise Camp, Chair

Kheninh Daniels

Brandee Izquierdo

Jimmy Frazier-Bey

CURRENT CREDENTIALS

• CERTIFIED CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY COUNSELOR

• CERTIFIED CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROFESSIONAL

• CERTIFIED CO-OCCURRING DISORDERS PROFESSIONAL

• CERTIFIED CLINICAL SUPERVISOR

• CERTIFIED PEER RECOVERY SPECIALIST

• REGISTERED PEER SUPERVISOR

CERTIFIED PEER RECOVERY SPECIALIST

CREDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT TIMELINE

• 2008 – VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS BEGIN THINKING ABOUT A CERTIFICATION,

BASED ON WORK IN INDEPENDENT STATES, NOTABLY ILLINOIS, GEORGIA,

FLORIDA, OKLAHOMA

• 2010 – MD ASSOCIATION OF PEER SUPPORT SPECIALISTS “CERTIFIED PEER

SUPPORT SPECIALIST” TRAINING TAKES PLACE ON THE EASTERN SHORE

• 2011 – MHA CONSIDERS A CERTIFICATION, WHILE THE IC&RC APPROVES THEIR

PEER CREDENTIAL FOR AOD, MENTAL HEALTH & CO-OCCURRING DISORDERS

• EARLY 2012 – MAPCB BEGINS WORK ON CERTIFIED PEER MENTOR CREDENTIAL;

STATE APPROACHES THEM TO BE PART OF THE PROCESS; MAPCB PRESENTS

DRAFT TO MHA COMMITTEE IN OCTOBER

TIMELINE CONTINUED

• EARLY 2013 - MD RECEIVES BRSS TACS POLICY ACADEMY GRANT TO PRODUCE

CREDENTIAL - ACADEMY CONSISTS OF AOD & MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS,

CONSUMERS, & BOARD

• FALL 2013 – CERTIFIED PEER RECOVERY SPECIALIST CREDENTIAL RATIFIED BY

DHMH AND IC&RC. DANYA INSTITUTE CONTRACTED TO PROVIDE FREE

TRAINING TO MEET 25 OF 46 HOUR CEU REQUIREMENT. SUPERVISOR TRAINING

ALSO GIVEN. OTHER TRAININGS MEET STANDARD

• MARCH – MAY 2014 – GRANDFATHERING FOR CREDENTIAL TAKES PLACE – 90

OUT OF 105 CANDIDATES SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE PROCESS AND ARE

CREDENTIALED AT THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL WITH RECIPROCITY. 140

APPROVED SUPERVISORS ARE ALSO NOTED

PRE-APPROVED TRAININGIC&RC Domains Hourly

Require-ments

CCAR (RCA)

WRAP

Facilitator

Training

WRAP

BASIC Class

DBSA

Peer

Specialist

Training

SMART

Recovery

Facilitator Training

Mental

Health First Aid

MD ASSOC. OF

PEER SUPPORT

SPECIALISTS

CERTIFIED PEER

SPECIALIST TRAINING

PARfessional

s Peer

Recovery Training

BRSS TACS via

Danya Inst. or OETAS

(Recovery

Planning, Ethics,

Advocacy, Mentoring)

Advocacy 10 hours 7.5 hours 4.5 hours 1 hour

5 hours

0 hours 1 hour 10 hours 6 hours 6 hours

Ethical Responsibility 16 hours 9 hours 9 hours 0 hours

7 hours

1.5 hours 1 hour 7 hours 14 hours 7 hours

Mentoring/ Education 10 hours 5.75 hours

7 hours 1 hour

6 hours

17.5 hours 2.5 hours 20 hours 10 hours 6 hours

Recovery/ Wellness Support

10 hours 8.75 hours

2.5 hours 8 hour

14 hours

7 hours 3.5 hours 19 hours 20 hours 6 hours

Totals 46 hours 31 hours 22 hours 10 hours

32 hours

26 hours 8 hours 56 hours 50 hours 6 hours per course

taken, except ethics, maximum 25

PRE-APPROVED TRAININGIC&RC Core

CompetenciesHourly

Require-ments

NAMI Hearts and

Minds

NAMI

Connection

Facilitator

Training

NAMI P2P

Recovery

Education

Course

NAMI P2P Mentor

NAMI P2P REC Train the

Trainer

NAMI In Our Own Voice Presenter

Training

NAMI In Our Own Voice Train the

Trainer

NAMI Smarts for Advocacy

Advocacy 10 hours 1.5 hours 3.5 hours 6.4 hours 10 hours 2.6 hours 4.25 hours 4.25 hours 2.3 hours

Ethical Responsibility

16 hours .75 hours 4 hours 1.2 hours 2 hours 1.3 hours .25 hours .25 hours .7 hours

Mentoring/ Education

10 hours 2.25 hours 4 hours 5.5 hours 5 hours 1.75 hours 4.7 hours 4.7 hours 2 hours

Recovery/ Wellness Support

10 hours 0 hours 1.75 hours 3.25 hours 3 hours 2.75 hours 1.25 hours 1.25 hours .3 hours

Totals 46 hours 4.5 hours 13.25 hours 16.4 hours 20 hours 8.4 hours 10.45 hours 10.45 hours 5.3 hours

BASIC REQUIREMENTS

• 500 HOURS DOCUMENTED PAID OR VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE IN THE LAST TWO

YEARS WORKING IN THE PEER FIELD. MAY BE CONCENTRATED IN AOD, MH, COD

OR TRAUMA OR ANY COMBINATION

• MINIMUM HS OR GED

• 46 HOURS SPECIALIZED TRAINING SPECIFIC TO PEER WORK AND FITTING THE 4

DOMAINS: ADVOCACY, ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY, EDUCATION/MENTORING,

RECOVERY/WELLNESS SUPPORT

• 25 HOURS SUPERVISION

• PERSONAL RECOVERY STATEMENT

• SIGNED ETHICS STATEMENT

PROBLEMS FOUND

• SOME CANDIDATES WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE TO SUBMIT APPLICATIONS

WHEN CREDENTIAL HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED 7 MONTHS EARLIER – REVIEWERS

KEPT VERY BUSY

• DANYA INSTITUTE CLASSES FILL FAST. SOME CANDIDATES HAD TO FIND

ALTERNATE COURSES – THE BOARD ALLOWS FOR 12 HOURS IN-SERVICE

TRAINING TO SUPPLEMENT

• TRANSCRIPTS/EVALUATIONS/SUPERVISION FORMS DO NOT RETURN PRIOR TO

DEADLINE – SOME PROVISION IS MADE ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS IF

APPLICATION WAS OTHERWISE COMPLETE

• FINDING APPROVED SUPERVISORS A PROBLEM – THE BOARD MAKES REFERRALS

WHERE WE ARE NOW

• 5 CANDIDATES PREPARING TO TAKE THE EXAM

• PEER RECOVERY COMMITTEE & EDUCATION CHAIR WRITING CURRICULUM FOR

TESTING TRAINING –TBA

• BOARD CONSIDERING ENDORSEMENTS TO PEER CREDENTIAL INCLUDING

CRIMINAL JUSTICE, GERONTOLOGY, TAY, SOMATIC CARE, ETC

• BOARD INCORPORATES PEER INFORMATION/TRAINING IN CURRENT WORKSHOPS

– ETHICS ON NOVEMBER 7 & SUPERVISION ON NOVEMBER 14. MORE TO COME

AS ENDORSEMENTS ARE APPROVED

• BOARD REPRESENTED ON BHA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT & TRAINING

COMMITTEE

• WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH BHA AND MADC TO IMPROVE INTEGRATED CARE

BREAKING NEWS

• DANYA INSTITUTE TRAININGS WILL BE AVAILABLE ONCE AGAIN – FEE TBD

• THERE WILL BE A TRAINING OF TRAINERS PROGRAM FOR THE 4 DOMAINS FROM

THE DANYA INSTITUTE IN EARLY 2015

• MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT FOR PEER SUPPORT IS BEING WORKED ON AS WE

SPEAK. THE BOARD WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE STATE FOR ANY ASSISTANCE WE

CAN PROVIDE