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Lakes Region Consumer Advisory Board oversees both CornerBridge and Concord Peer Support

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* Special articles written by Shery Mead along with Mary Ellen Copeland

Peer Support: A Systemic Approach
Peer Support: What Makes It Unique?
Crisis and Connection
Rights, Research and Liberation
Peer Support: A Theoretical Perspective
Defining Peer Support
Peer Support and a Socio-Political Response to Trauma and Abuse
Discovering the Fidelity Standards of Peer Support in an Ethnographic Evaluation
What Recovery Means To Us

Mary Ellen Copeland’s website on Mental Health Recovery
Self-Help Strategies
http://www.mentalhealthrecovery.com/

Sites found to be useful and informative by

Pat Deegan, PhD, & Associates:
http://www.patdeegan.com/links.html

The Office of Consumer Affairs
NH Bureau of Behavioral Health
105 Pleasant St
Concord, NH 03301-3861
Phone (800) 852-3345, Ext. 5045
Fax (603) 271-5040

Nami New Hampshire
NAMI New Hampshire (The National Alliance on Mental Illness) is a statewide education, support and advocacy organization working for a quality, comprehensive mental health service system. Founded in 1980 by a few New Hampshire families who saw the need to improve mental health services, we, along with other consumer groups, providers and advocates work together to be the voice of the mentally ill and their families. NAMI NH exists to help restore hope and provide assistance along the journey toward recovery. Please feel free to contact us with your questions, comments, or suggestions.

Lakes Region Regional Quality Team (RQT) “Our mission is to monitor, assess and evaluate the mental health services in our region and to have direct input in the development and improvement of those services.”

Meetings are held at ConerBridge, Laconia on the 2nd Tuesday of every month. The meetings are 5:00-6:00pm. They are open to anyone who has an interest in mental health services in our region.

Support Agencies

The Peer Support Agencies (PSAs) are located throughout New Hampshire. They are private not-for-profit agencies that have contracted with the NH Department of Health and Human Services, Bureau of Behavioral Health (BBH). Peer support agencies provide services to people with mental illness who are 18 years of age or older and self-identify as a recipient, former recipient, or as at significant risk of becoming a recipient of publicly funded mental health services.

Peer support services are provided by and for people with a mental illness and are designed to assist people with their recovery. Peer support consists of supportive interactions based on shared experience among people and are intended to assist people to understand their potential to achieve their personal goals. Interactions are based on trust, respect, and mutual support. Peer support agencies accomplish this by providing choice, using non-medical approaches to help, sharing decision making, encouraging informed decision making about all aspects of people's lives, challenging perceived self-limitations, etc.

Services include, but are not limited to: face-to-face and telephone peer support; outreach; monthly educational events; activities that promote self-advocacy; wellness training; after hours warm line; crisis respite (24 hours, short-term, non-medical crisis program).

REGION I
The Alternative Life Center(ALC) Pat Tal, Director 486 White Mountain Highway, PO Box 241 Conway, NH 03818-0214 Telephone: (603) 447-1765 E-mail: alccenters@gmail.com	The Alternative Life Center South Robin Liakos, Team Leader 94 Center Street Wolfeboro, NH 03896 Telephone: (603) 569-9121 E-mail: alcsouth@gmail.com
Serenity Steps Ellen Tavino Team Leader 567 Main Street Berlin, NH 03896 Telephone: (603) 752-8111 E-mail serenitystepspsc@gmail.com	The Haven Mary-Ann Gilbert, Team Leader 27 Lombard Street Colebrook, NH 03576 Telephone: (603) 237-4353 E-mail: colebrookhaven@gmail.com
Littleton Peer Support Laura Locke, Team Leader 46 Cottage Street Littleton, NH 03561 Telephone: (603) 444-5344 E-mail: littletonpsc@gmail.com
REGION II
Stepping Stone Judith Dolan , Executive Director 108 Pleasant Street Claremont, NH 03743 Telephone: (603) 543-1388 or (888) 582-0920 E-mail: stepping_stone@myfairpoint.net	Next Step 109 Bank Street Lebanon, NH 03766 Telephone: (603) 448-6941
REGION III & IV
Lakes Region Consumer Advisory Board DBA Cornerbridge David LaCroix , Director 328 Union Avenue Laconia, NH 03247 Telephone: (603) 524-0801 or (800) 306-4334 E-mail: lrcab1@metrocast.net	Cornerbridge Of Laconia Dana Whiston, Program Manager 328 Union Avenue Laconia, NH 03247 Telephone: (603) 528-7742 E-mail: danac@metrocast.net Outreach is available in Plymouth, Franklin, and areas nearby.
Concord Peer Support Kimberly Drysdale, Program Manager 55 School Street Concord, NH 03301 Telephone: (603) 228-0083 or (603) 224-0894 E-mail: cornerbridge@comcast.net
REGION V
Granite State Monarchs Damien Licata, Director 64 Beaver Street PO Box 258 Keene, NH 03431 Telephone: (603) 352-5093 or (866) 352-5093 E-mail: dlicata@gsmonarchs.org or granitestatemonarchs@myfairpoint.net
REGION VI
HEARTS Peer Support Center of Greater Nashua Ken Lewis, Director 5 Pine Street Extension Unit B PO Box 1564 Nashua NH 03060 Telephone: (603) 882-8400 E-mail: hearts-psa@harborhomes.org
REGION VII
On The Road To Recovery Warren Bouchard, Director 13 Orange Street PO Box 1721 Manchester, NH 03105-1721 Telephone: (603) 623-4523 or (800) 306-4334 Transitional Housing: (603) 623-4523 E-mail: warren.b@otrtr.org
REGION VIII
Seacoast Consumer Alliance Peer Support Center, Inc. Charlotte Duquette, Director 544 Islington Street Portsmouth, NH 03801 Telephone: (603) 427-6966 or (877) 432-5433 E-mail: scallian@aol.com
REGION IX
Tri-City Consumers' Action Co-operative Hilary Clarke, Director 36 Wakefield Street Rochester, NH 03867-1929 Telephone: (603) 948-1043 or (603) 948-1036 E-mail: tricitycoop@metrocast.net

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CornerBridge
offers Peer Support and on site Outreach in the
Lakes Region and Plymouth
to those in need.

Need to talk to someone?

call our Warmline
1-800-306-4334
7 days
5-10 pm

Lakes Region Consumer Advisory Board
d/b/a CornerBridge is a non-profit
501(c)(3)

Peer Support Makes the difference... Our door is open