Peer Workforce ECHO: The Peer Role

Jessica Carter is a Certified Recovery Support Worker in the State of New Hampshire and a woman in recovery from substance use disorder.  She has been engaged in the recovery community, crisis teams, and system navigation both professionally and in the community for the last seven years.  She began her employment at Revive Recovery Resource Center as the State of New Hampshire's first publicly funded Recovery Coach position at Revive through funding provided by the City of Nashua as she worked directly with the City’s Safe Station Program.  She is currently the Executive Director of Revive Recovery which serves community members in both Greater Nashua, Greater Manchester, and Greater Derry.  She is responsible for the training and supervision of the team of peer-assisted recovery support specialists and care coordinators at Revive in all three locations.  Jessica is currently the President of The New Hampshire Providers Association and the Chair of The New Hampshire Harm Reduction Coalition; both of which organizations have missions for which Jessica is very passionate.  She is a trainer for The Art & Science of Peer Assisted Recovery, Ethical Considerations in Peer Assisted Recovery, Recovery Coaching, A Harm Reduction Pathway, and Developing Excellence in Recovery Coaching.  Jessica is a Harm Reductionist and coordinates the training of Outreach Workers for the Syringe Service Alliance of the Nashua Area.  She also provides overdose prevention education to community members across the State of New Hampshire.