Co-Learning Space: Peer Support Program Development
Join CCSME and Randy Morrison for this monthly co-learning space for people involved in peer support program development.
Audience: Individuals overseeing the program development of peer support programs, including both clinical and peer support leadership. Individuals must currently be in a role with the authority/decision-making power to develop programs.
This is a space to come together and share strategies, frustrations, and support each other to strengthen peer support programs in Maine – including both Intentional Peer Support & Recovery Coaching programs as well as for both “clinical” leadership and peer support/recovery coaching leadership.
Schedule: Monthly on 2nd Thursdays from 9am-10:30am
Skills/Topics: Will be generated by the group. May include developing Organizational Charts, Budgets, Work Plans, Training Plans, Performance Measures, Feedback Mechanisms, Data Collection, Grant Writing, Team Culture, Strategic Partnerships, Visioning and Strategic Planning.
Date & Time
Sep 10, 2026 09:00 AMOct 8, 2026 09:00 AM- Nov 12, 2026 09:00 AM
- Dec 10, 2026 09:00 AM
Speaker
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Randy Morrison MPPM MPH CIPSSRandy Morrison (he/him) is a person who personally understands the challenges of navigating substance use and mental health concerns. He is a Certified Intentional Peer Support (IPS) Specialist, IPS Trainer, and CCAR Recovery Coach trainer; and has a master’s in public health and a master’s in policy, planning, and management. Randy spent over seven years leading the growth and implementation of peer support programs across Maine’s largest healthcare system before becoming a full-time trainer and consultant. During his time as a peer support director, he grew a peer support team of 3 peer supporters to over 65, the largest in Maine at the time. The programs spanned substance use peer support, mental health peer support, youth peer support, and family/parent peer support. Those positions worked in a variety of settings as well, including emergency departments, primary care, behavioral health clinics, youth early intervention programs, case management programs, and four peer support centers. Randy was a co-author of a manual for integrating peer support into multidisciplinary teams as well as contributed to a manual on integrating peer support roles into “alternative courts”. Randy is passionate about peer support fidelity and creating systems that center the people utilizing them.
