H.O.P.E. Program
Helping Our Peers Emerge
From Hospitalization to Healthy Community Integration
About Us
The first peer program in San Mateo County to facilitate support services for you during hospitalization and post-hospitalization via mental health and substance use recovery and family support.
AIM
Provide recovery support, self-care modeling and community resource information.
The goal of this support is for you to develop a self-directed plan and pattern of mental health and/or substance use recovery and subsequent wellness maintenance. ​With this support you'll have the opportunity to achieve the self-empowerment necessary to integrate into and remain in the community, rather than returning to in-patient settings.
Services
The program provides immediate wellness tools through alternative approaches to mental health recovery and evidence-based practices
Intentional Peer Support
Motivational Interviewing
Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP)
The Program will be sustained over a period of four to six months, beginning with your first meeting with your peer mentor.
Guidance for Employment and Housing
Provides you guidance to enter or return to paid employment in integrated work settings through both Transitional Employment and Supportive Employment programs. Connects Peer Participants with the California Club House for vocational-specific resources and support.
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Peer Mentors can also support Peer Participants to find housing by guiding them to local resources based on the individual’s needs.
Eligibility
An Adult (18+) receiving Medi-Cal and/or a member of Health Plan of San Mateo
Meeting Whole Person Care Criteria
Being discharged shortly from a San Mateo County BHRS Facility
Identified for H.O.P.E. services by San Mateo Medical Center staff
How to Apply
If you or someone you are supporting is interested in becoming a H.O.P.E. Peer Participant, contact your or their social worker, case manager or care team so they can send a referral to our San Mateo County BHRS Liaison.​
For more information:
About the program and Peer Mentors, contact: Patrice Massicotte, Peer Support Director
650-232-7426 (office) • 650-226-5947 (confidential fax)