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)
May In-Person Meeting (May 28, 2025)
April Meeting (April 23, 2025)
March Meeting (March 24, 2025)
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
January Meeting (Jan. 22, 2025)
2024
December Meeting (Dec. 18, 2024):
November Meeting (Nov. 25, 2024):
October Meeting (Oct. 23, 2024):
September Meeting (Sept. 25, 2024):