Agency Biography

Emotional Health Association, dba SHARE! the Self-Help And Recovery Exchange (SHARE!) is a peer-run agency providing effective peer services since 1993 with more than 5,000 visits per month prior to COVID. SHARE! operates two peer-run Wellness Centers, a peer-run respite and SHARE! Collaborative Housing, in which people with behavioral health issues support each other in family living. Since 2016, SHARE! has trained more than 1,000 people for the peer workforce, including 250+ for Medi-Cal Peer Support Specialist training as well as Specialization trainings. SHARE!’s mission is to empower people to change their own lives and provide them a loving, safe, non-judgmental place where they can find community, information and support. All of SHARE!’s staff are in recovery from mental health/substance use concerns. Many are also parents, family members and caregivers of people with mental health/substance use concerns and have histories of incarceration.

Medi-Cal Peer Support Specialist Certification Training Schedule

Training Method: Online (live), In-Person

Training Modality:  Cohort

Training Location(s):  Culver City, CA

Training Length: Varies

Training Hours: Varies

Registration Capacity: 35 students per cohort

Link to register for classes:
https://www.shareselfhelp.org/training