Strengthening Peer Services Through Partnership

• By: Jeremy Reuling, LCSW, NYCPS, CPRP Hands Across Long Island (HALI)
• April 21st, 2026
• behavioral health workforce, community-based support, organizational culture, peer supervision, peer-delivered services, recovery-oriented care, role fidelity, Spring 2026 Issue, training and education
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The expansion of peer-delivered services is one of the most significant developments in behavioral health over the past decade. What was once a rare, little-known role has become mainstream. A 2024 report by the Peer Recovery Center of Excellence estimated that more than 100,000 individuals...

Housing…Then and Now

• By: Ellen M. Healion, MA Hands Across Long Island (HALI)
• January 1st, 2012
• 1447    0

Over 20 years ago the Office of Mental Health awarded several agencies a contract to provide Supported Housing. Supported Housing created a housing program that provided permanent housing to individuals with a severe and persistent mental illness who could live independently in the community. That...