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Committee hears plan to expand peer workforce; proposal to DBHDS would fund lead peer specialist and Emergency Services peer
Summary
CSB staff described efforts to build peer services, including a proposal to DBHDS to use carry‑over funding to hire a lead peer recovery specialist and place a peer with Emergency Services; staff said they will share the strategic planning report with the committee.
The committee identified peer workforce development as a priority. Dr. Gabriella Caldwell‑Miller told members the agency has advanced strategic planning for peer services and proposed using carry‑over funds in an application to DBHDS for a lead peer recovery specialist and a peer embedded with Emergency Services.
Caldwell‑Miller said the agency will provide the committee with the report from that planning exercise. Committee members did not take formal action at this meeting but agreed the peer workforce and naloxone engagement with the Opioid Task Force should remain committee priorities going forward.
