Implementing and Sustaining Peer Support: The Recovery Workforce Learning Collaborative (RWLC)

• By: Maria E. Restrepo-Toro, BSN, MS Chyrell D. Bellamy, PhD, MSW Graziela Reis, MPH, BS Sai Snigdha Talluri, PhD, CRC, LPC Megan Evans, PhD Yale School of Medicine
• April 21st, 2026
• appreciative inquiry, learning collaborative, lived experience, organizational readiness, peer support, recovery supports, recovery-oriented care, Spring 2026 Issue, systems change, workforce development
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The integration of peer recovery support specialists represents a significant shift in behavioral health systems. Peers offer unique perspectives and authenticity that strengthen recovery-oriented systems of care (Davidson et al., 2021). Drawing on lived experience, they bring insights that support...

Addressing the Social Determinants of Health in Program, Payment, and Policy: Extrapolating the Triple Aim for Population Health

• By: Briana Gilmore, MSc Community Access
• July 1st, 2016
• community-based care, health equity, integrated healthcare, Medicaid reform, population health, recovery supports, social determinants of health, value-based payment
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There is much more to being healthy than traditional health care. In fact, “health care” is a surprisingly minor factor in health and the prevention of premature death, just 10 percent. Social circumstances, environmental exposures, genetic predisposition, and personal behavior combined...