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Peer Voices of Los Angeles, Inc. is operating through a CA non-profit public benefit corporation using formal fiscal sponsorship with Peer Voices of Orange County. PVLA is a peer-run community-based organization specializing in various Peer Support Specialist Education and training, justice intervention for both youth and adults, reentry support, and Cognitive Behavioral group facilitation in all correctional settings. (Federal Tax ID: 93-1580625).
COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
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Peer Voices United is an ongoing collaborative project of Peer Voices of Orange County and 10 behavioral health partner organizations.
Peer Voices United is an ongoing collaborative project of Peer Voices of Orange County and 10 behavioral health partner organizations.
Collectively, the majority of our services reach people who are currently experiencing stages of homelessness, unemployment, trauma, mental health conditions, substance use disorders, incarceration, and community reentry following incarceration. Together, we create a movement that works to unite all people and voices in the behavioral healthcare arena, to improve the quality and reach of our services.
If you would like to learn more, donate, or join or cause, please contact us!
Together, the Peer Voices United collaborative project works to:
- Improve, expand, and launch over a dozen peer-to-peer support programs, with a special focus on our most vulnerable peer populations.
- Improve, expand, and launch educational youth behavioral health content for teens and young adults.
- Create new referral inroads into interdisciplinary and holistic wrap-around professional services.
- Develop and launch responsive technology systems to offer whole-person case management software for justice-involved populations.
- Develop and launch a supportive workforce development platform especially for peers.
- Improve and expand training and certification programs for peers to receive Peer Specialist Certifications.
- Establish a supportive framework to channel peers into the behavioral healthcare workforce, including trained peer volunteers, paid peer interns, and a professional mentorship program.
- Further advocacy channels for the voices of peers, including participation in advocacy events, outreach, and the creation of peer-centered health equity media content.
Peer Voices of Orange County, Lead Applicant, 501c3 organization. The mission of PVOC is to improve the quality of life and health outcomes of people with behavioral health conditions, through direct support services and meaningful inclusion in treatment planning and policy. (Federal Tax ID: 87-3791488)
- Orlando Vera // orlando@peervoices.org
We are peers. We have been through rough moments in our lives. We recognize that there are barriers to accessing community services because we have navigated the system. The tools we needed were out there, we just had to find them and figure out how to access them. And now that we have, we want to help you, members of our communities manage challenging situations by offering Peer Counseling, emotional support, assisting you in finding person-centered solutions, and providing warm handoffs to community resources.
- Zoe Kornweibel // zoe.kornweibel@communitiesvoices.org
Teens4Teens Help, a 501c3 partnering organization with an existing relationship with PVOC. The mission of Teens4Teens Help is to build a peer-to-peer mental health platform online for and by teens and young adults, where those who are suffering may find encouragement, education, and the self-motivation to choose recovery. (Federal Tax ID: 27-3165158).
- Jeff Long// jeffdirect1@gmail.com
Peer Voices of Tustin: The Phoenix Project is operating through a CA non-profit public benefit corporation using fiscal sponsorship with Peer Voices of Orange County (Federal Tax ID: 93-1580625), with federal tax-exempt status as a public charity under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Contributions to Peer Voices of Tustin: The Phoenix Project are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.
- Kimberly Adams // kimberly@peervoices.org
Humanistic Technologies Incorporated, a partner organization with an existing formal MOU with PVOC. The mission of HTI is to deliver responsive and equitable technology platforms and solutions to enable human service, health, and social justice work to bridge qualitative “humanistic” analysis with quantitative “technological” protocols. (Federal Tax ID: 81-4511281).
- Joseph Powers // josephpowers1@yahoo.com
Peer Voices of San Diego, Inc. is operating through a CA non-profit public benefit corporation using formal fiscal sponsorship with Peer Voices of Orange County. PVSD is a peer-run community-based organization specializing in various Peer Support Specialist Education and training, justice intervention for both youth and adults, reentry support, and Cognitive Behavioral group facilitation in all correctional settings. (Federal Tax ID:92-3438907).
Peer Voices of San Diego
Robert Forte
- Robert Forte // robert@peervoices.org
- Dr. Gloria Morrow // globoproductionsllc@gmail.com
PV-JI is led by Steven Castillo who brings lived experience within the foster care system, youth institutions, and adult correctional facilities. Steven credits his own personal transformation as a testament to the power of faith and the support he received from family, peers, and justice-involved rehabilitative programs. Today, Steven is committed to using his lived experience to inspire change and train others to use their own justice-involved experience in service to peers.
Free Non Profit Marketing, a 501c3 organization fiscally sponsored by PVOC through a formal MOU. Experienced web content developer who specializes in the creation of social justice, health, and human service platforms for non-profit organizations. (Federal Tax ID: 93-3302030).
- Da Phakousonh // pphakousonh@gmail.com
Peers and Clinicians Collaborative Alliance is a co-owned project of Orlando Vera (Peer Voices of Orange County) and Dr. Ehsan Gharadjedaghia (Norooz Clinic), and is fiscally sponsored by Norooz Clinic (https://noroozclinic.com/). PCCA exists to promote collaborative and impactful understanding and support between peers and clinicians; bridging this gap in behavioral healthcare effectively promotes whole-person approaches to recovery.
- Amarah Bassir // ammarah@peersandclinicians.org
Peer Voices of Sacramento, Richard Gallo is a self-advocate. He is currently a night counselor in a step-down program for clients coming from 5150 unit to stabilize on their medications. He is a former Recovery Specialist at local Psychiatric Health Facility (PHF) for seven years. He is a former Disability Benefits Specialist with BPAO projects which now is the WIPA projects with Social Security Administration for disability organizations in United States.
- Richard Gallo // info@peervoices.org