In August 2013, the Texas Institute for Excellence in Mental Health (TIEMH) at the University of Texas at Austin submitted a report to the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) summarizing the current literature on parent peer support services, including research studies examining the effectiveness of various models of parent peer support. In addition, the report summarized findings from a survey of Certified Family Partners (CFPs), Family Partner Supervisors and Program Administrators in Texas. The survey aimed to document the structure of Family Partner employment across the state, employee benefits, training and supervision, and the core functions of family partners from the perspective of the various respondents. The report also examined state administrative data in an effort to document the current number of individuals providing family partner services at each community mental health center (CMHC), the volume of service encounters, and changes in the amount of family partner and support group services provided over a three year period.
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