Training & Certification Resources
The Certified Peer Recovery Specialist (CPRS) credential in Maryland is issued by the Maryland Addiction and Behavioral-health Professionals Certification Board. Requirements, fees and renewal cycles are set by the certifying body and change over time — always confirm current requirements directly with them before acting.
MABPCB
The certifying board for peer recovery specialists and related behavioral-health credentials in Maryland. Applications, requirements, renewals and fee schedules.
Visit site ↗ State AuthorityMDH Behavioral Health Administration
Maryland's behavioral health authority — policy, provider guidance, and the programs peer support services operate within.
Visit site ↗ ReimbursementMaryland Medicaid
Maryland Medicaid program information. Peer support reimbursement rules are set here and by BHA — verify current policy before relying on it.
Visit site ↗ Local AuthorityBehavioral Health System Baltimore
The local behavioral health authority for Baltimore City — provider networks, funding streams and system-level guidance.
Visit site ↗Training Providers & Courses
Courses peers and their employers commonly use. Whether any of these count toward certification or renewal is decided by the certifying board — confirm before you pay for a seat.
CCAR Recovery Coach Training
The Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery training arm — recovery coach academies, facilitator tracks and ethics courses widely used across the peer field.
Browse trainings ↗ Certification CourseMental Health First Aid
The national evidence-based course teaching people to recognise and respond to a mental health or substance use crisis.
Visit site ↗ Maryland CourseMental Health First Aid Maryland
The Maryland delivery of MHFA through the Mental Health Association of Maryland — course listings and registration in-state.
Find a course ↗ Free VideoPublic Behavioral Health System Training Toolkit
A free video series covering how Maryland's public behavioral health system works — useful orientation for anyone new to working inside it.
Watch the series ↗ Overdose ResponseNaloxone — NCAPDA
What naloxone is, how to use it, and how to get it. Naloxone is available over the counter and reverses an opioid overdose.
Learn more ↗Ethics & Scope of Practice
Ethical practice is what separates peer support from everything adjacent to it. The standards below are set by the certifying board and by the programs peers work within — not by MAPS.
Code of Ethics
The ethical code certified peers are held to — confidentiality, boundaries, dual relationships, and conduct in the field. This is the authoritative version; read it directly rather than relying on a summary.
Read the code ↗Where the Peer Role Ends
Peer support is built on shared experience, not clinical authority. Peers do not diagnose, do not prescribe, do not provide therapy, and do not give legal advice. Knowing where the role ends protects both the peer and the person they support.
Confidentiality & Mandatory Reporting
What a peer is told is generally confidential — but confidentiality is not absolute. Immediate danger and mandatory-reporting obligations override it. Your employer's policy and applicable law govern; confirm both before you are in the moment.
Ethics Quick-Reference
A pocket-sized boundary and confidentiality summary, plus a scope-of-practice one-pager, are being prepared for download.
See downloads ↓What MAPS is not. MAPS is not a union, not a certifying or credentialing body, and does not provide legal advice. Nothing on this page certifies anyone, confers a credential, or substitutes for guidance from the certifying board, an attorney, or your employer.
Events & Trainings Calendar
Upcoming trainings, information sessions and community events relevant to Maryland's peer workforce.
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Submit an event →Resources and Skill-Building
Practical referral tools, skill-building materials, employment and workforce contacts, and housing pathways — the things peers reach for in the field. Requirements for certification renewal are set by the certifying board — confirm what counts before you enrol.
Marylanders Online — Instructional Resources
Free digital-skills instructional materials from the University of Maryland, useful for peers helping others navigate online services and benefits portals.
Browse resources ↗ Health EducationSexual Health Education
Plain-language sexual health information that peers can share with the people they support.
Visit site ↗ NationalNAMI — Peer Support Resources
The National Alliance on Mental Illness collection of peer support resources for frontline and public-safety professionals.
Browse resources ↗ Harm ReductionNEXT Distro
An online and mail-based harm reduction service — naloxone and supplies posted to people who cannot reach a physical program, aimed at rural and underserved areas.
Visit site ↗ Local DataBaltimore City Overdose Needs Assessment
The city's interactive needs-assessment dashboard — social determinants, prevention, treatment access, harm reduction and recovery data, updated as new figures land.
Open dashboard ↗ Local DataBaltimore City Overdose Data & Maps
Baltimore City Health Department overdose data, maps and reports.
View data ↗Employment & Workforce
Job-search infrastructure, workforce programs and labour-standards information for peers entering or moving within the workforce.
MOED American Job Centers
Baltimore City's Mayor's Office of Employment Development — in-person job centers offering search help, training referrals and career services.
Find a center ↗ WorkforceMOED — Programs
Workforce development programs for adults and young adults across Baltimore City.
Browse programs ↗ StateMaryland Department of Labor
Wage and hour standards, unemployment insurance, workforce programs and worker protections statewide.
Visit site ↗ RightsMaryland Commission on Civil Rights
Where workplace discrimination complaints are filed in Maryland, including guidance on what is covered and how the process works.
Visit site ↗Housing & Shelter
Housing assistance pathways in Baltimore City for people experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness.
Housing Assistance Programs
Baltimore City Mayor's Office of Homeless Services — key initiatives, programs and the interactive resource guide for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness.
View programs ↗ HOPWAHousing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS
A HUD program providing rental assistance and supportive services to eligible low-income people living with HIV/AIDS.
Program details ↗For statewide housing referrals outside Baltimore City, dial 211 — see Crisis Response.
CHARMcare — Baltimore Resource Directory
Open CHARMcare ↗Find free food, housing, clothing, medical care, jobs and other human services in Baltimore City. CHARMcare opens in its own tab — their site does not permit being displayed inside another page, so the links below jump straight to the category you need.
Open CHARMcare ↗Maryland Overdose Data Portal
Open full portal ↗The Maryland Overdose Data Portal is a wide, fixed-size dashboard built for a large screen. On a phone or tablet it opens better in its own tab, where you get the full toolbar and filters.
Open the Data Portal ↗
SAMHSA Resources
Federal guidance on peer support from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, including the full Consumer-Operated Services evidence-based practice KIT. These are US government publications, free to read, print and share.
SAMHSA — Mental Health
Federal mental health information, conditions, treatment options and practice guidance.
Visit site ↗ Peer RoleSAMHSA — Peer Support Workers
Federal guidance on the role of peer support workers in recovery, including core competencies and supervision practice.
Read more ↗ PublicationsSAMHSA — Main Site
The full publication library, data, grant programs and practice guidance across mental health and substance use.
Visit site ↗Peer Support — Overview Documents
Consumer-Operated Services — Evidence-Based Practice KIT
The complete SAMHSA KIT, for organizations building or evaluating a peer-run program. Start with How To Use the KITs, then Getting Started.
SAMHSA publications are US federal government works and are free to reproduce. The Consumer-Operated Services KIT was published in 2011 and the overview documents in 2017 — the practice guidance remains widely used, but check SAMHSA directly for anything newer.
Crisis Response
If you or someone you are supporting is in immediate danger, call 911. The helplines below are free, confidential and available around the clock. Time-critical pathways — post-exposure prophylaxis and sexual assault response — follow underneath.
988 — Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
Call or text 988 from anywhere in the United States for free, confidential crisis support, 24 hours a day.
Call 988 → Chat988 Lifeline Online
Chat with a crisis counsellor online, plus guidance for helping someone else through a crisis.
Open chat ↗ TreatmentSAMHSA National Helpline
Free, confidential treatment referral and information for mental health and substance use, 24/7, in English and Spanish.
Get referrals ↗ Statewide211 Maryland
Dial 211 for help with housing, food, utilities, health care and crisis support anywhere in Maryland.
Visit 211 ↗Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP)
PEP is medication that can prevent HIV after a possible exposure. It has to be started as soon as possible and within 72 hours — the sooner the better, so treat this as an emergency pathway.
Pathways to Prevention — Maryland Department of Health
The state's PEP and prevention hub: eligibility, protocol, dispensing and the standing order behind it.
Open the hub ↗ ScreeningnPEP Protocol & Eligibility Screening
The state's screening tool for determining non-occupational PEP eligibility.
Open screening ↗ Patient GuidePatient Guide to nPEP
A plain-language guide for someone who may need nPEP — what it is, how it works, what to expect.
Download PDF ↗ DispensingPharmacies Dispensing nPEP
The current list of Maryland pharmacies that can dispense nPEP under the standing order.
Download PDF ↗Sexual Assault Response & Trauma-Informed Care
Support pathways for survivors, and practice guidance for anyone responding to disclosure.
Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault
Find a rape crisis center anywhere in Maryland — local, confidential support for survivors.
Find a center ↗ DirectoryMaryland SAFE Programs
The statewide list of Sexual Assault Forensic Examination programs and where to reach them.
Download PDF ↗ PracticeTrauma-Informed Care
SAMHSA guidance on trauma, violence and what a trauma-informed approach asks of a service provider.
Read guidance ↗ ReportingMandatory Reporting — Provider Resource
Guidance for health care providers on confidentiality and mandatory reporting obligations.
Download PDF ↗Medication Access & Cost Assistance
Manufacturer programs that reduce or cover the cost of HIV prevention and treatment medication. MAPS is not affiliated with these companies and receives nothing from them.
Gilead Advancing Access
Gilead's patient assistance and co-pay support program for its HIV medications.
Visit program ↗ UninsuredViiV Connect — Uninsured Patients
ViiV Healthcare's assistance program for people without insurance coverage.
Visit program ↗ InsuredViiV Connect Savings Card — Insured Patients
The co-pay savings card for people who already have insurance coverage.
Get a card ↗This is information, not medical advice. Eligibility, protocols and program terms change. Confirm current guidance with the Maryland Department of Health, a clinician, or the program directly before acting on anything here. In an emergency, call 911.
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This hub is meant to grow with the workforce it serves. If a resource is missing, out of date, or wrong, tell us — and if you want to help build the documents still in preparation, we would welcome that.
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Take the survey ↗ PartnershipPartner with MAPS
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Downloadable Resources
Reference documents peers and supervisors can download and keep. Published files are linked directly; items still being prepared are listed so you know they are coming — they are deliberately not clickable until the file exists.
A note on the documents in preparation. These are proposed resources, subject to community validation and review before publication. If your organization already maintains something that fills one of these gaps — or you want to help write one — please get in touch.