Peer Support Services

Through its state-licensed Peer Support Services, Goodwill Industries of the Conemaugh Valley (GICV) offers services to adults who are recovering from a serious documented mental illness to obtain the skills and support they need so that they may achieve greater independence within their communities.  GICV’s Certified Peer Specialists collaborate with a mental health professional (physician, licensed psychologist, certified nurse practitioner, or physician’s assistant) to deliver Individual Recovery Plans. 

Through the Peer Support Program, Certified Peer Specialists assist those who they serve to accomplish self-identified goals in the Living, Learning, Working, and Socialization environments (key environments as defined by the United States Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association's Board of Directors in 2007).
 
GICV’s Peer Support Services provides services in the community.  Services are offered seven days a week and during nontraditional hours that promote the identification and establishment of a natural support system.  Designed as a complementary service to various other services, Peer Support Services are available to individuals while they are enrolled
in case management services, partial hospitalization, therapy, drug and alcohol treatment, and similar programs.
 
These services are available to adults who are currently receiving Medicaid, who either self-refer or are referred by a
medical professional, and who meet other criteria that can be discussed at the time of inquiry.
 
For more information on GICV's Peer Support Services, contact Colleen Wolfhope at (814) 536-3536, 239 or cwolfhope@goodwilljohnstown.org.
 

Eligibility is determined based on a documented mental illness diagnosis, Medicaid recipients, and age 18 and over.
Applicants can self-refer or may be referred by a medical professional.
Funded by Value Behavioral Health

Coverage area by county: Cambria

Funded by Community Behavioral HealthCare Network of Pennsylvania

Coverage area by counties:  Bedford and Somerset