Advocacy & Leadership Programs
Let's Grow Together: Information on the
MPAC Advocacy & Leadership, MPAC ALP & Peer Navigator Program
for more information, contact: admin@mpacmd.org
MPAC Advocacy & Leadership Program endeavors to identify and train grassroots leaders to lead, organize, and advocate for the recovery community.
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A community-based initiative, the MPAC Advocacy & Leadership Program, MPAC ALP, is geared to provide educational, advocacy, and leadership training for individuals, allies, families, community members, and recovery supporters.
The MPAC ALP Program includes all approved Maryland Addiction and Behavioral Health Professional Certification Board (MABPCB) training toward the Maryland Certified Peer Recovery Specialist (CPRS) credentialing, specific advocacy and leadership courses, application navigation, supervision, technical support, workshops, projects, and assignments.
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Celebrating MPAC ALP Cohort XI
MPAC Advocacy & Leadership Peer Navigator Program
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Peer Navigator Program
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An opportunity is in partnership with Healing City Baltimore and Enoch Pratt Free Library. Libraries provide a nonjudgmental space that promotes overall wellness as a direct response to a trauma-informed approach, policy reform, and practices. An organization-based initiative, the MPAC Advocacy & Leadership "Peer Navigator Program," provides peer training, paid internship, supervision, and service navigation toward the Maryland credential application and workforce integration within the substance, mental, and behavioral health workforce.
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Peers
Maryland Certified Peer Recovery Specialist and Registered Peer Supervisor. Certified Peer Recovery Specialist (s) and Peer Navigator Trainees. Peer Trainees are gaining the essential experience and training to become Certified Peer Recovery Specialists, facilitated through this collaborative partnership program.
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The Certified Peer Recovery Specialists, Registered Peer Supervisors, and Peer Navigator Trainees are pivotal in guiding and assisting community members throughout their recovery journey. They provide practical and emotional support, serving as role models for recovery. By connecting individuals to community resources, they promote overall wellness. Whether a person is seeking entry into a treatment center, processing the impact of with trauma, or in need of support on how to support loved ones in recovery, these Peer professionals are readily available to offer support and guidance.
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Program History
The Peer Navigator Program began as a pilot program at the Pennsylvania Avenue Branch through a partnership with Healing City Baltimore at Enoch Pratt Free Library.
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Following the pilot’s demonstrated success and supported by a generous grant from CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield,
Peer Navigators are available at multiple Baltimore City branch locations and integrated within the substance, mental, and Behavioral Health Workforce.
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View the schedule below for more information.
