We are the Community Peer Respite Planning Council (CPRPC). We are a grassroots behavioral health advocacy group trying to create a peer respite in WA State.
If you haven't signed up for the CPRPC Newsletter yet you can do so using this link: https://t.co/VEguNiYnFr We are just about to release our fifth newsletter. #mentalhealth#Seattle#peerrespite
Happy News Year from the Community Peer Respite Planning Council! Hopefully we will get the peer respite we all want in 2020! #peerrespite#mentalhealth
Here is an article about Second Story Peer Respite in #SantaCruzCounty, #California: https://t.co/QpnnlkFgC4 Unfortunately, some people don't want the respite in their neighborhood and the debate is getting heated. The respite does a great deal of good for others. #mentalhealth
The Community Peer Respite Planning Council will have a regular monthly meeting in the Chinook Building in D.T. Seattle on tomorrow December 12th from 1pm to 2pm. Please email [email protected] if you would like to attend. Thanks!
If you haven't signed up for the CPRPC Newsletter yet you can do so using this link: https://t.co/VEguNiYnFr We are just about to release our fifth newsletter. #mentalhealth#Seattle#peerrespite
The peer respite in Gainesville, Florida serves as a home not just for the holidays: https://t.co/fJkoUhqTwi This is what a peer respite should be! #mentalhealth
Anthropologists Contemplate the Future Role of Psychiatry: https://t.co/nMC40ldGOf Peer respites will become more prevalent in the future as psychiatry shifts to the peer support model instead of the medical model.
Today CPRPC had a regular monthly meeting. We had a productive discussion about moving forward with the peer respite in King County. Thanks everyone who attended!
The Community Peer Respite Planning Council will have a regular monthly meeting in the Chinook Building in D.T. Seattle on November 8th from 1pm to 2pm. Please email [email protected] if you would like to attend and help with creating a peer respite in WA State. Thanks!
Here is a youtube video about a new #peerrespite in the state of Florida: https://t.co/eF50JTnM3n This looks like a fantastic organization and program! @peersupportspace #mentalhealth
Here is an article about how forced treatment is not effective in treating mental illness: https://t.co/Ya0q3rXPSY Instead, this article suggests peer respites as an effective and ethical way to ameliorate #mentalhealth crisis.
Tomorrow the WA Health Care Authority will be meeting with our group to go over plans for the creation of several peer respites in WA State. Email [email protected] if you would like to be on the call for this meeting. #mentalhealth
"Rent for a studio apartment in King County has gone up by $645 since 2014. Supplemental Security Income has gone up by just $50." So we're proposing to fill the gap and keep people #HomeForGood. Take action NOW: https://t.co/2BrOxQJg7o (Source: https://t.co/kB5XZMKjaI)
Here is an article about the Second Story Peer Respite in California: https://t.co/3jKR4QtnLo This article is somewhat troubling because some believe that a peer respite shouldn't be located in a residential neighborhood which is the whole point of a #peerrespite. #mentalhealth
Members of CPRPC will be meeting with the WA Health Care Authority on October 24th 2019 to work on creating #peerrespites in #WashingtonState. Contact CPRPC at [email protected] if you are interested in attending this meeting and being involved in our effort. Thanks!
Today CPRPC had a regular monthly meeting at the Chinook Building in D.T. Seattle. We discussed the RFP process for the King County Peer Respite. The organization who's proposal is accepted will receive two million dollars to start a peer respite in King County. #mentalhealth