What We Believe

Marion-Polk Peer History:

* Block grant planning committee

* Children and adult versions of advisory councils exist and have existed in different forms

throughout the history

* 1972 Insane Liberation Front PDX – 1st national group

* 1985 1st peer facilitated conference (Alternatives)

* 1988 OFSN

* 1990’s (possibly before) Peer Support was hired at OSH (Dave Romprey)

* 1997 1st consumer affairs position

* 1998 state moved to managed care – this is when peers became more recognized (always involved)

* 1999 Oregon Consumer Advisory Committee

* 1999 Olmstead Decision

* 2000 1st office of technical assistance was created – 2003 funding was ceased for this

* 2000/01 HOAP (a program called CUFFS run by peers)

* 2001 1st peer was hired

* 2002 RAP (ROCC)

* 2003/04 Consumer Affairs Advocate Team

* 2004 Project Able

* 2004 NAMI office left Salem and moved to Portland

* 2004/05 Empowerment Center at the State Hospital

* 2006 Oregon Consumer Survivor Coalition (Project Able a co-founder)

* 2007 Peer Bridgers

* 2007 Oregon Warmline Pilot

* 2007 RAP transitioned to ROCC

* 2007-2009 Direction of peer services

* 2007-10ish Youth M.O.V.E.

* 2008 Project Able Salem Chapter of Mental Health America

* 2008 Hands Across the Bridge

* 2009 Funding for MHAO

* 2009 Psychiatric Crisis Center

* 2010 DDA

* 2010 New Hope

* 2010 Peer Support Specialists Training

* 2011 Governor endorsement

* 2012 Peer Support Specialist became a title (and billable)

* 2012/13 Clearwater

* 2013 Peer support workers became certified as a traditional health worker

* 2014 Office of Consumer Affairs is established (hiring a director and a coordinator under AMH)