Navigating the recovery process with a family member dealing with mental illness or substance use disorders can feel daunting. With Monarch’s new Family Peer Support (FPS) Program, we help families advocate for their children, ages 3 to 21, navigate multiple systems and build confidence through one-to-one, strength-based support. The service allows caregivers of loved ones with emotional and behavioral challenges to receive support from caregivers with lived expertise gained from navigating similar situations.
Key features include:
- Parent Mentoring: Parents will be matched with a peer supporter, who will share their experience and help navigate the challenges in a one-on-one environment
- Recovery Resources: Family peers provide necessary resources to help families learn about recovery, wellness skills and self-care
- Skill Development: Family peer supporters often share coping strategies, tools and best practices that have worked for them, which can help others develop their own skills for navigating mental health and substance use crises with their loved one.
- Community Building: The presence of peer supporters helps reduce the isolation that families experience when their children are facing emotional, behavioral and mental health challenges.
- Education: Peers can provide information about mental health conditions and resources, helping families make informed choices.
- Advocacy: Family Peer Supporters can help families navigate mental health systems and advocate for the needs and rights of their child.
Overall, family peer support programs promote wellness, trust and hope while focusing on the road to recovery with families of those dealing with mental illness or substance use disorders.
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Service Locations
Monarch provides Family Peer Support Services in Mecklenburg, Stanly, Cabarrus, Rowan, Davidson, Gaston, Guilford, Forsyth and Union counties.
Eligibility
Family Peer Support Services are available to families of children and young people ages 3 to 21 who have received mental health and/or crisis services and need assistance navigating the mental health system.
Insurance Information
At this time, there is no charge for Family Peer Support Services as the service is supported through grant funding from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services through a partnership between Monarch and the UNCG’s NC Youth & Family Voices Amplified.
For other services, Monarch accepts Medicaid and a number private insurance plans, as well as self-pay for services. You can click here for a full list of insurance partners.
Due to the variety of insurance plan types, it is important that you contact your insurance company for a complete list of in-network providers and Monarch services covered under your specific insurance plan. Monarch may not be an in-network provider for all plan types these companies provide.