Information for Providers

Certified Peer Support Specialists in the Workforce

Certified Peer Support Specialists (CPSS) provide expertise informed by lived experience and high-quality training to empower individuals to live their best life in the communities of their choice. Research shows the cost benefit of Peers in the workforce help to enhance the services that providers offer by using resources to prevent and reduce hospitalization, relapse, crisis situations, and other high-cost services. With the growing demand for whole-person care, Peers can be found in inpatient psychiatric unites, emergency departments, peer-run organizations, telehealth, outpatient services and more. 

If you have questions about Medicaid billing for Peer Support Services, please reach out to your Local Management Entity/Managed Care Organization (LME/MCO).  If you have questions about how a CPSS can enhance your organization’s workforce, please reach out to DMHPeerSupport@dhhs.nc.gov. 

Certified Peer Support Specialist Job Postings

Do you have an open CPSS position? To advertise a job opening in your organization, please contact DMHPeerSupport@dhhs.nc.gov, or NCCPSSProgram@unc.edu, to add it to the NCCPSS Job Postings website.