About KPFC Peer Support Services
Peer support encompasses a range of activities and interactions between people who share similar lived experiences with mental health conditions, substance use disorders, and challenges in navigating agencies and programs that serve families and youth. This mutual relationship between a peer support worker and person in or seeking services promotes connection and inspires hope, improved outcomes, and leadership development.
Kentucky Partnership for Families and Children (KPFC) offers the following peer support services:
- Support Groups (SMART Recovery Self-Management And Recovery Training, SMART Recovery Family & Friends, Nurturing Parenting)
- Leadership Opportunities
- Individual Peer Services
- Training Opportunities
- Consultation and Advocacy
- Family and Youth Peer Services
- Family events and resource navigation
- Fun, safe, and non-judgmental environment
Counties served:
Breathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Magoffin, Martin, Owsley, Perry, Pike and Wolfe