Family Peer Support

Family peer support services focus on empowering and informing families caring for loved ones with a mental health, substance use, gambling disorder, or co- occurring behavioral health disorders. Families are assisted with understanding and accessing systems, treatment and recovery supports, and providing information about and connection to available resources.

Family peer support services are provided by family peer support specialists (family members with lived experience in one or more areas) and are free of charge.

The Behavioral Health Administration also funds topic-specific work conducted by Family Peer Support Specialists:

Family peer support specifically for youth families with TCM and 1915(i) services. Learn more about these specific services and how to access them.
Family Peer Support Specialists serve as Good Samaritan Ambassadors who educate the public about the Good Samaritan Law (Maryland Code Annotated, Criminal Procedure Article, § 1-210).

BHA provides family peer support services partnership with the below organizations. For questions or more information, please contact the organization directly or the Behavioral Health Administration's Office of Community Based Access and Support Program Monitor: Casey Barna, [email protected].

About the Parents’ Place of Maryland

Family peer support specialists and Good Samaritan Ambassadors are available in every county throughout the state and available in Spanish. To connect with a staff member in your community, call 410.768.9100 or complete the online form.

Professionals and Providers

If you are a provider or professional looking for information about PPMD or are interested in referring a family, please call 410.768.9100 or visit the website.

The Parents' Place of Maryland is located at 802 Cromwell Park Drive, Suite H, Glen Burnie, MD 21061.

About the Maryland Coalition of Families

Family peer support specialists are available in every county throughout the state. To connect with a staff member in your community, call 410-730-8267, and press 1 or email [email protected].

Professionals and Providers

If you are a provider or professional looking for information about Maryland Coalition of Families or are interested in referring a family, please call 410-730-8267, email [email protected] or use the referral form.

Para conectarse con el apoyo familiar en su comunidad, llame al 410-730-8267, presione 2 o correo electrónico.

The Maryland Coalition of Families is located at 10632 Little Patuxent Parkway, Suite 234 Columbia, MD 21044.