This Virtual (Zoom-based) Certified Parent Peer Specialist training is supported by Department of Health Services and Access to Independence.
Training Dates: September 6th-8th, 11th-14th, 18th-22nd
Hours: 9AM – 1PM CT
Location: Online (Zoom-based)
Trainers/Co-Facilitators: Tara Wilhelmi & Paula Buege
Training Serves: Residents in any Wisconsin County
Training Cost: Free for participants
A button will appear below this section with the words “Click Here to Apply” at the time applications open. Click that button to access the application form for this training.
Applications Open: Wednesday, July 26th, 2023 at 12PM (Noon)
Application Deadline: Wednesday, August 16th, 2023 at 12PM (Noon)
We have already received 50 application submissions, or the application deadline has passed. We are unable to consider any more applications for this training.
The following are required to be eligible to apply for this CPPS training:
It is anticipated that 14-18 participants will be selected for this training. To be considered for selection, you must meet the basic eligibility requirements, submit an application form, and complete a virtual interview. There is no training registration cost for participants.
Applying for this or any CPPS training does not guarantee selection as a participant.
Applications received are reviewed by trainers in full, and a variety of criteria may determine whether an applicant is asked to interview and possibly participate in a training. These include, but are not limited to:
Because this training is the pre-requisite to becoming a state-approved CPPS, applications demonstrating the following may not be given priority in the application review process:
We encourage you to familiarize yourself with the role of a Certified Parent Peer Specialist before applying. Click here to learn more about the role and work of a Certified Parent Peer Specialist.
First, we highly recommend filling out and submitting the online training application form using a desktop computer or tablet and not a smart phone.
It is important that you answer all required questions (marked with an asterisk) on the online training application form. There are also formatting requirements in regards to dates and other fields (such as email address). If required fields are not answered in the application form or the fields are entered incorrectly, it will register as an error and your application will not be submitted to us when you press the “submit” button.
This is what happens if you try to submit an application with errors:
Please note: If the application form or event page reloads instead of the “application submission page,” there is something wrong with your application, and you will need to follow the instructions to address any errors.
Once the application deadline has passed or 50 applications are received (whichever is sooner), trainers will be sent applications to review, contact up to 25 applicants out of the total applicant pool for virtual interviews, and then select a final cohort of training participants after conducting virtual interviews. Though a maximum of 25 people will be contacted for interviews, everyone can expect to hear back about the final decision in regard to their application.
Please know that it may take some time for participant selection to be finalized, and we ask for your patience. Final selection decisions for this training may not be made until Wednesday, August 30th, 2023.
This Virtual (Zoom-based) Certified Peer Specialist training is supported by Department of Health Services and Access to Independence.
Training Dates: June 20th, 22nd – 24th, 27th, 29th – 30th, July 1st, 7th – 8th, 11th, 13th (Tuesdays, Thursdays – Saturdays)
Hours: 4PM – 8PM (Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays) & 9AM – 1PM (Saturdays)
Location: Online (Zoom-based)
Trainers: Cano Padilla and Susie Austin
Training Serves: Residents in Brown, Calumet, Door, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Marinette, Marquette, Menominee, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano, Sheboygan, Waupaca, Waushara, and Winnebago Counties. Training also serves the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians, Oneida Nation, and the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin.
Training Cost: Free for participants
A button will appear below this section with the words “Click Here to Apply” at the time applications open. Click that button to access the application form for this training.
Applications Open: Tuesday, April 25th, 2023 at 12PM (Noon)
Application Deadline: Tuesday. May 23rd, 2023 at 12PM (Noon)
We have already received 50 application submissions, or the application deadline has passed. We are unable to consider any more applications for this training.
Possible Early Closing of Applications:
A maximum of 50 applications will be considered. If 50 applications are received prior to the application deadline (see above), the application form will automatically close and no additional applications will be received.
The following are required to be eligible to apply for this CPS training:
14-18 participants will be selected for this training. To be considered for selection, you must meet the basic eligibility requirements above, submit an application form, and complete an interview. There is no training registration cost for participants.
Applying for this or any CPS training does not guarantee selection as a participant.
Applications received are reviewed by trainers in full, and a variety of criteria may determine whether an applicant is asked to interview and possibly participate in a training. These include, but are not limited to:
Because this training is the pre-requisite to registering for the state-approved CPS exam, and a pathway to working in a professional peer support role, applications demonstrating the following may not be given priority in the application review process:
We encourage you to familiarize yourself with the role of a Certified Peer Specialist before applying. Click here to learn more about the role and work of a Certified Peer Specialist.
First, we highly recommend filling out and submitting the online training application form using a desktop computer or tablet and not a smart phone.
It is important that you answer all required questions (marked with an asterisk) on the online training application form. There are also formatting requirements in regard to dates and other fields (such as email address). If required fields are not answered in the application form or the fields are entered incorrectly, it will register as an error and your application will not be submitted to us when you press the “submit” button.
This is what happens if you try to submit an application with errors:
Please note: If the application form or event page reloads instead of the “application submission page,” there is something wrong with your application, and you will need to follow the instructions to address any errors.
Once the application deadline has passed or 50 applications are received (whichever is sooner), trainers will be sent applications to review, contact up to 25 applicants out of the total applicant pool for virtual interviews, and then select a final cohort of training participants after conducting virtual interviews. Though a maximum of 25 people will be contacted for interviews, everyone can expect to hear back about the final decision in regard to their application.
Please know that it may take some time for participant selection to be finalized, and we ask for your patience. Final selection decisions for this training may not be made until Monday, June 5th, 2023.
In March 2023, the Division of Care and Treatment Services (DCTS) and staff at Access to Independence working on the Wisconsin Peer Specialist Employment Initiative will be holding an online Certified Peer Specialist Training of the Trainer (CPS ToT). This training will only be open to current trainers and certified peer specialists from partnered organizations who will be supporting with the upcoming translation of the CPS curriculum.
Training dates: March 22nd-24th (Wed-Fri) and 27th-29th (Mon-Wed)
Hours: 9am-4pm CT (includes 45 minutes for lunch and breaks throughout training)
Trainers: Gaochi Vang, Marguerit Galindo, Victor Kilpatrick, and Paula Buege
The following are required to be eligible to apply to this CPS ToT:
It is anticipated that 20-25 participants will be selected for this training. To be considered for selection, you must meet the basic eligibility requirements above, submit an application form, and complete a virtual interview. There is no training registration cost for participants, and selected participants will be compensated at $35/hour for the training.
**A reminder that current trainers who are interested in continuing to be a Certified Peer Specialist trainer after their certificate expires in 2023 (March 2023 or August 2023) will have to apply to this Training of the Trainer. If your certificate expires in August of 2023 but the March training was not completed, priority for training facilitation will go to trainers who are trained in the latest curriculum.
A button will appear below this section with the words “Click Here to Apply” at the time applications open. Click that button to access the application form for this training.
Applications Open: Monday, December 19th, 2022 at 12pm (noon)
Application Deadline: Tuesday, January 31st, 2023 at 12pm (noon)
The deadline to apply for this Certified Peer Specialist Training of Trainers has passed.
First, we highly recommend filling out and submitting the online training application form using a desktop computer or tablet and not a smart phone. We are not responsible for nor are we able to retrieve applications that become lost, receives an error and/or fails to meet the application submission period. Unfortunately, there is no way for us to retrieve applications that fail to upload nor are we able to provide the privilege to submit an application once the application process has closed, to anyone.
It is important that you answer all required questions (marked with an asterisk) on the online training application form. There are also formatting requirements in regards to dates and other fields (such as email address). If required fields are not answered in the application form or the fields are entered incorrectly, it will register as an error and your application will not be submitted to us when you press the “submit” button.
This is what happens if you try to submit an application with errors:
Please note: If the application form or event page page reloads instead of the “application submission page,” there is something wrong with your application, and you will need to follow the instructions to address any errors.
Once the application deadline has passed, trainers will be sent applications to review, contact applicants for virtual interviews, and then select a final cohort of training participants after conducting virtual interviews. Everyone can expect to hear back about the final decision in regard to their application.
Please know that it may take some time for participant selection to be finalized, and we ask for your patience. Final selection decisions for this training may not be made until Tuesday, February 28th, 2023 (three weeks prior to the training start-date).
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This online, Certified Peer Specialist training is funded through WI Department of Health Services and supported by Access to Independence.
Training dates: July 14th, 19th, 21st, 26th, 28th and August 2nd, 4th, 9th, 11th, 16th, 23rd, 25th, 2022 – All dates are Tuesdays and Thursdays
Hours: 4pm-8pm CDT
Trainers: Nze Okoronta & Vic Welle
Training serves: Residents of all Wisconsin counties who have first-hand lived experience with crisis systems, identifying with one or more of the following:
Training cost: Free for participants
A button will appear below this section with the words “Click Here to Apply” at the time applications open. Click that button to access the application form for this training.
Applications Open: 12pm (noon) on Thursday, May 5th, 2022
Application Deadline: 12pm (noon) on Thursday, June 2nd, 2022
Possible Early Closing of Applications:
A maximum of 50 applications will be considered. If 50 applications are received prior to the application deadline (see above), the application form will automatically close and no additional applications will be received.
The following are required to be eligible to apply for this CPS training:
14-18 participants will be selected for this training. To be considered for selection, you must meet the basic eligibility requirements above, submit an application form, and complete an interview. There is no training registration cost for participants.
Applying for this or any CPS training does not guarantee selection as a participant.
Applications received are reviewed by trainers in full, and a variety of criteria may determine whether an applicant is asked to interview and possibly participate in a training. These include, but are not limited to:
Because this training is the pre-requisite to registering for the state-approved CPS exam, and a pathway to working in a professional peer support role, applications demonstrating the following may not be given priority in the application review process:
We encourage you to familiarize yourself with the role of a Certified Peer Specialist before applying. Click here to learn more about the role and work of a Certified Peer Specialist.
First, we highly recommend filling out and submitting the online training application form using a desktop computer or tablet and not a smart phone.
It is important that you answer all required questions (marked with an asterisk) on the online training application form. There are also formatting requirements in regards to dates and other fields (such as email address). If required fields are not answered in the application form or the fields are entered incorrectly, it will register as an error and your application will not be submitted to us when you press the “submit” button.
This is what happens if you try to submit an application with errors:
Please note: If the application form or event page page reloads instead of the “application submission page,” there is something wrong with your application, and you will need to follow the instructions to address any errors.
Once the application deadline has passed or 50 applications are received (whichever is sooner), trainers will be sent applications to review, contact up to 25 applicants out of the total applicant pool for virtual interviews, and then select a final cohort of training participants after conducting virtual interviews. Though a maximum of 25 people will be contacted for interviews, everyone can expect to hear back about the final decision in regard to their application.
Please know that it may take some time for participant selection to be finalized, and we ask for your patience. Final selection decisions for this training may not be made until Thursday, June 30th, 2022 (two weeks prior to the training start-date).
This online (Zoom-based) Certified Peer Specialist training is funded through WI Department of Health Services and supported by Options for Independent Living.
Training dates: July 11th-14th, 18th-21st, 25th-28th, August 1st-4th, 2022 – All dates are held Monday-Thursday weekly.
Hours: 5:00PM-8:00PM CDT
Trainers: David Zanon and Oliver Johnson
Training serves: Residents of Brown, Calumet, Door, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Marinette, Marquette, Menominee, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano, Sheboygan, Waupaca, Waushara, and Winnebago counties.
Training cost: Free for participants
Applications Open: 12pm (noon) on Monday, May 2nd, 2022
Application Deadline: 12pm (noon) on Monday, May 30th, 2022
Possible Early Closing of Applications:
A maximum of 50 applications will be considered. If 50 applications are received prior to the application deadline (see above), the application form will automatically close and no additional applications will be received.
The following are required to be eligible to apply for this CPS training:
14-18 participants will be selected for this training. To be considered for selection, you must meet the basic eligibility requirements above, submit an application form, and complete an interview. There is no training registration cost for participants.
Applying for this or any CPS training does not guarantee selection as a participant.
Applications received are reviewed by trainers in full, and a variety of criteria may determine whether an applicant is asked to interview and possibly participate in a training. These include, but are not limited to:
Because this training is the pre-requisite to registering for the state-approved CPS exam, and a pathway to working in a professional peer support role, applications demonstrating the following may not be given priority in the application review process:
We encourage you to familiarize yourself with the role of a Certified Peer Specialist before applying. Click here to learn more about the role and work of a Certified Peer Specialist.
First, we highly recommend filling out and submitting the online training application form using a desktop computer or tablet and not a smart phone.
It is important that you answer all required questions (marked with an asterisk) on the online training application form. There are also formatting requirements in regards to dates and other fields (such as email address). If required fields are not answered in the application form or the fields are entered incorrectly, it will register as an error and your application will not be submitted to us when you press the “submit” button.
This is what happens if you try to submit an application with errors:
Please note: If the application form or event page page reloads instead of the “application submission page,” there is something wrong with your application, and you will need to follow the instructions to address any errors.
Once the application deadline has passed or 50 applications are received (whichever is sooner), trainers will be sent applications to review, contact up to 25 applicants out of the total applicant pool for virtual interviews, and then select a final cohort of training participants after conducting virtual interviews. Though a maximum of 25 people will be contacted for interviews, everyone can expect to hear back about the final decision in regard to their application.
Please know that it may take some time for participant selection to be finalized, and we ask for your patience. Final selection decisions for this training may not be made until Monday, June 27th, 2022 (two weeks prior to the training start-date).