Peer Support in Mobile Crisis Teams

April 22-23, 2025, 8:30 - 11:30am CST each day
Virtual via Zoom
Fee: $35 (Members); $70 (Partial Members); $99 (Nonmembers)
Continuing Education Hours: 6.0

Course Description

With the roll-out of the 988 crisis call line, all 50 states committed to a behavioral health crisis system that includes three essential components: crisis call lines, mobile crisis teams, and crisis stabilization centers. In Wisconsin, as in most other states, the emerging system of care for people experiencing crisis will involve peer support services.

This interactive training will present information about the current and near-future system of care for people experiencing behavioral health crisis and roles that peer support specialists fill in the continuum of care for people experiencing behavioral health crises. There will be opportunities for questions, discussion, and networking during this half-day training.

About the Trainer

Nze Okoronta

Nze is a harm reductionist, facilitator and consultant. They are known for work surrounding crisis services, public health impact and social policy. They provide consultation around crisis alternatives, peer run respites, peer run warmlines, peer support supervision & harm reduction. Nze has past experience in housing, DEI, clinical substance use counseling and population-specific SUD program development for Black and Brown communities.

Nze is currently the Peer Services Program Director at SOAR Case Management Services Inc., overseeing Solstice House Peer Run Respite & Peer Run Warmline in Madison, WI. They also work as a Technical Assistance Consultant for PRCoE (Peer Recovery Center of Excellence) and Harm Reduction Equity Consultant for PeerPride. Nze centers the historical and ongoing truths of psychiatric survivors in their work, believing our stories hold power, community is our home and pride is a path to liberation.