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Peer Support Specialists Working Group

Act 88 (Senate Bill 3094) was signed into law by Governor Josh Green, M.D., in June 2024 and established the Peer Support Specialist Working Group within the Office of Wellness and Resilience, housed in the Office of the Governor. The working group is developing and making recommendations for a framework for peer support specialists in the state. Working group members consist of several state departments, community partners, and peer support specialists. In addition to looking at best practices to certifying and credentialing peers, the framework will look at trauma-informed supervision and sustainable funding to support the work of peer support specialists.

Tia L. Roberts Hartsock, director of the Office of Wellness and Resilience, serves as chair. The working group’s first meeting was held in September 2024 and the final meeting was in June 2025. Most meetings were held on the fourth Wednesday of the month, from 10 a.m. to noon. All meetings were open to the public and are subject to Hawai‘i’s open meetings law, also known as Sunshine Law. The group’s final report is forthcoming.

For more information, or to be added to the working group’s mailing list, please email [email protected].

All meeting materials, including meeting recordings and minutes, are available by year and then month:

Meeting Materials

2025

June Meeting (June 25, 2025)

Meeting Recording (Zoom)

May In-Person Meeting (May 28, 2025)

Presentation Slides

Approved Meeting Minutes

April Meeting (April 23, 2025)

Meeting Recording (Zoom)

Approved Meeting Minutes

March Meeting (March 24, 2025)

Meeting Recording (Zoom)

Peer Support Services: Practicalities and in Practice — Presentation by Janie Gullickson, The Mental Health and Addiction Association of Oregon

Approved Meeting Minutes

February Meetings (Feb. 26, 2025 meeting continued on March 11, 2025)

Meeting Recording 1: Feb. 26 (Zoom)

Meeting Recording 2: March 11 (Zoom)

Presentation by EPIC ‘Ohana Youth Peer Partners

Approved Meeting Minutes

January Meeting (Jan. 22, 2025)

Meeting Recording (Zoom)

Approved Meeting Minutes

2024

December Meeting (Dec. 18, 2024):

Meeting Recording (Zoom)

Approved Meeting Minutes

November Meeting (Nov. 25, 2024):

Meeting Recording (Zoom)

Approved Meeting Minutes

October Meeting (Oct. 23, 2024):

Meeting Recording (Zoom)

Approved Meeting Minutes

September Meeting (Sept. 25, 2024):

Meeting Recording (Zoom)

Approved Meeting Minutes