COMPEER builds community connection through friendship. By matching trained volunteers with people receiving mental health services, the program helps reduce isolation and promote social support.
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COMPEER is a community friendship program that matches trained volunteers with people receiving mental health services.
Volunteers complete background checks, references, fingerprinting, and training before meeting with participants.
Community Peer to Peer Program
Available in Cattaraugus County
Compeer is a friendship program that matches volunteers from the community with persons receiving treatment for mental health. Participants must be referred to this program by their mental health provider. The volunteer is cleared through background checks, references, and fingerprints, as well as completes training before meeting with their participant.
Contact:
• Cerissa Lynch – Compeer Director – 716-790-9250 clynch@oleanilc.org
• Ted Jordan- Peer Services Manager – 716-790-2529 tjordan@oleanilc.org
