Georgia's Home for Peer Support
GMHCN's Peer Support, Wellness, and Respite Centers connect Georgians in mental health recovery with the tools and resources we need to maintain our recovery and wellness, and to lead lives of purpose, meaning, and productivity in our communities.
Click here for an overview of respite, or learn more about each of the Centers in Augusta, Bartow County, Colquitt County, Decatur, and White County.
Peer support for all Georgians, all the time.
Peer support for all Georgians, all the time.
Peer support for all Georgians, all the time.
Peer support for all Georgians, all the time.
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Peer2Peer Warm Line
We all need someone to talk to who can understand us, and is willing to listen. Our Certified Peer Specialists, who work out of our Peer Support and Respite Centers, are available day and night to share in your successes, and support you if you're struggling. Learn More
Peer Support 101
Peer Support 101, the introductory training developed by GMHCN, is now available here on video so potential Georgia peer support providers can learn about peer support and prepare for their CPS application on their own time and at their own convenience. GMHCN and the CPS Project, strongly recommends that all potential CPS applicants watch this introductory training video. Watch it here.
The Georgia CPS Project Training is the core training of GMHCN. It was launched with Cohort 1 in October 2002. It serves as the foundation upon which all peer support in Georgia--and 40+ other states--is based. This landmark training continues to be the gold standard for peer support because of the rigorous attention paid to ensure its fidelity to the model: Developing person-centered, recovery-focused, trauma-informed, culturally-aware practices that are shared with program participants in ways that engage, connect, inform, and inspire. No matter the changes in the world around us, the Georgia CPS Project continues to lead by keeping its focus on what we can do next -- and how to do it best -- for Georgia's mental health recovery community. Click to learn more.
The CPS training application for Cohort 100, 101 and 102 will be available from 9 AM on February 10th until 5 PM on February 21st.
Click here to learn more about the application process and how to apply. Don't miss your chance to participate!
Upcoming Training Opportunities
Get ready to level up your skills with our upcoming trainings and continuing education options. We have some exciting programs lined up to help you stay sharp and in the know. Join us to dive into different topics and to network with others. It’s a great chance to invest in yourself!
Individuals must be preregistered to attend trainings. For online trainings, participants are required to sign in using their own name and email. CEUs will be issued within 30 business days to the email address used to register for the training.
If you are unable to attend the training at the scheduled date and time, a recorded version will be available online within 24 hours. Participants who watch the pre-recorded sessions must view the entire video and successfully pass the test to receive credit for the training. Recordings will remain available online for 28 days, and all CEUs will be issued within 30 business days after the video expiration date.
CEUs Unlocked: Navigating the Essentials Pre-Recorded Training Available until 3/21
Healthy Habits for 2025 March 3, 2025 from 12pm - 1pm
Ready for Reentry: What is the Forensic Peer Mentor Program? March 6th, 2025 from 5pm - 6pm
Georgia Peer Support Institute March 18th - March 20, 2025
Peer Support: Building Bridges and Creating Cultures of Recovery April 3rd, 2025 5pm from 630pm
Grief and Peer Support April 16th from 12pm - 1pm
LEAP (Listen-Empathize-Agree-Partner®) Training Dates Coming Soon
QPR Gatekeeper Training Training Dates Coming Soon
GMHCN Quarterly Board Meetings
Join us for our next board meeting to stay informed and engaged with our organization. This is your chance to hear key updates, participate in discussions, and contribute to important decisions. Whether you're a stakeholder, community member, or simply interested in our work, your presence is welcome. Click here to register!
Schedule: Quarterly, on the third Thursday of the month
Time: 6:30 PM
We look forward to your participation!
Hello, Decatur!
GMHCN is hiring for the Peer Support and
Respite Center of Decatur is hiring. Find out about this Metro Atlanta opportunity here.
Employment @GMHCN
The Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network has full, part-time and PRN (as needed) opportunities across the state. Whether you want to put your skills to work providing peer support in communities throughout the state, or provide administrative support behind the scenes, GMHCN has opportunities Learn More
DEIA@GMHCN
The Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Committee of the Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network is working to ensure that equity is the standard in all its initiatives: recruiting, hiring, promotion, advancement, in the provision of services and trainings, in its sourcing and procurement of services and resources, Learn more.
Dual Recovery Is Real
Double Trouble in Recovery provides a safe and welcoming space for people living with substance use and other mental health concerns to achieve and maintain long-term recovery. DTR meetings happen online and in communities across Georgia. Learn more.
RESPECT Institute of Georgia
The RESPECT Institute of Georgia is a 3 ½ day in-person training or 4½ day online training program that empowers participants by acknowledging, by honoring, and by valuing their personal experiences and insights. Learn more.
Some Forms Are Harder Than Others
We are grateful for the Georgia Psychiatric Advance Directive, but it can be a little confusing, and sometimes even overwhelming for some of us. That is why GMHCN worked with a small group of some of our best and brightest colleagues and allies to provide some guidance to Georgia's peers and practitioners (and anyone else) interested in completing a PAD. Learn more.
Peer Support Recognized by Georgia General Assembly
Here is a clip from March 28, 2024, the final day of the 2024 legislative session in Georgia, when the Georgia General Assembly recognized the founding organizations who collaborated to create the first Medicaid-billable Certified Peer Specialist Training, including Sherry Jenkins Tucker and the Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network, on the occasion of the upcoming 25th anniversary of the first Georgia CPS Project Training #1.
Central State Hospital in Milledgeville
Pictures of Central State Hospital's crumbling remains are popular on websites such as Atlas Obscura because of the disturbing portrait of humanity they portray. But they only tell a part of the story. The recitation of facts such as the number of pounds of meat, butter, and other foods consumed each day at Central State Hospital, and the way people confined there are described in "But for the Grace of God," paint a more complete picture, in an even more chilling way, of what this place, in that time, was really like. Learn more.
The Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network believes in the ability of everyone living with mental health concerns to enjoy lives of purpose, meaning, productivity, and wellness. Since the first gathering of 30 behavioral health peers in October 1990, this grassroots nonprofit organization has been led and run by mental health peers—people in mental health recovery. GMHCN has evolved into a statewide organization of over 100 employees engaged in advocacy, education, training, and peer support services for the people of Georgia. GMHCN is recognized as a national leader in the peer support movement. At its core, the basis of peer support—one person using their lived experience to support another—is not new; in fact, it is the basis of human growth and development. Mental health peers with special training are now able to use their lived recovery experience in clinical settings to provide something beyond a diagnosis or medication. We provide the evidence that we can and do recover from our mental health challenges. We provide skills, tools, and above all, hope.