The Working Well Together Technical Assistance Center (WWT) was a
six-year project focused on improving California county public
mental health agencies’ ability to assess their readiness to
initiate or expand a client, family member, and parent/caregiver
workforce. Originally funded by the California Department of
Mental Health from 2008 – 2012, this MHSA Workforce Education and
Training project was administered by the Office of Statewide
Planning and Development (OSHPD) from 2012 – 2014. Partners with
CIBHS included:
California Association of Mental Health Peer Run
Organizations (CAMHPRO)-Peers Envisioning and Engaging Recovery
Services (PEERS) http://camhpro.org/
WWT offered training and technical assistance services to county
mental health agencies to support the recruiting, hiring,
training and retention of a multicultural consumer, family
member, and parent/caregiver workforce.
Recordings of WWT webinars can be found on the WWT Webinar
YouTube Page – click
here to view them. (Note: other resources and tools
from this project will be posted at a later time.)
As part of the WWT contract, CIBHS convened stakeholders,
researched national models and developed several reports on the
Peer workforce, including recommendations for implementation of a
Peer Specialist certification in California. These reports are
available here:
Certification of Consumer, Youth, Family, Parent
Providers: A Review of the Research (2012)
Final Report: Recommendations from the Statewide Summit on
Certification of Peer Providers (2013)
Certification of Peer Support Specialists: Engaging of
State-Level Agencies (2014)