HEART Peer Support

Healing, Empowering, And Rebuilding Together

In response to feedback from those affected by 1 October, the Vegas Strong Resiliency Center teamed up with a nationally recognized expert to create a community peer support program. The worldwide Route 91 family now has access to this award-winning model through peer supporters in HEART (Healing, Empowering, And Rebuilding Together).

HEART Peers Mentors are dedicated volunteers who have been personally impacted by Route 91. They complete a rigorous training and certification process to offer services on an individual basis. They are well-versed in evidence-based best practices to support each other and also have the benefit and guidance of licensed (or otherwise vetted) trauma-informed providers and clinicians who must complete their own training process.

What Is Peer Support?

Models of peer support focus on a cultural, shared, lived experience, with an emphasis on the resilience of the individuals involved. Multiple peer-reviewed studies have repeatedly shown these programs have offered solidarity and healing support to communities in need of an additional option to traditional behavioral healthcare services. Peer support is known to have benefits for both the supporter and the receiver as the roles and relationships fluctuate and more formal services are included (when needed).

This peer support initiative has been designed and customized with specific tasks and applications to offer structure and focus to the peer support experience. HEART is an enhancement of resources to expand and supplement existing services and supports that the Route 91 community has already begun to build as a family.

If you are interested in being matched with a HEART Peer Mentor, please complete the interest form below and someone from HEART or the Resiliency Center will be in contact soon. (Click here if the form below is not displaying correctly.)