State Information
      
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      Peer Certification Name
      
      Peer Recovery Specialist
    
    
  
    	    
      
      Continuing Education Unit (CEU) Requirements
      
      
    
    
  
    	    
      
      Application Link
      
      www.tn.gov/behavioral-health/cprs/certification-part-one.html
    
    
  
    	    
      
      Additional State Information
      
      
    
    
  
    	    
      
      Manual
      
      
    
    
  
    	    
      
      Certifications and Acronyms
      
      CPRS - Certified Peer Recovery Specialist
CYAPSS - Certified Young Adult Peer Support Specialists
CFSS - Certified Family Support Specialist
    
    
  
    	    
      
      Contact Info
      
      Tennessee Office of Consumer Affairs and Peer Recovery Services (part of the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services)
Andrew Jackson Building,
6th Floor 500 Deaderick Street
Nashville, TN 37243
OCA.TDMHSAS@tn.gov
(615) 532-6500
    
    
  
    	    
      
      State
      
      Tennessee
    
    
  
    	    
  Substance Use Certification
      
      Substance Use Lived Experience Requirement
      
      
    
    
  
    	    
      
      Length of Substance Use Program
      
      
    
    
  
    	    
      
      Substance Use Cost
      
      
    
    
  
    	    
      
      Substance Use Link
      
      
    
    
  
    	    
  Mental Health Certification
      
      Mental Health  Lived Experience Requirement
      
      
    
    
  
    	    
      
      Length of Mental Health Program
      
      
    
    
  
    	    
      
      Mental Health Cost of Program
      
      
    
    
  
    	    
      
      Mental Health Link
      
      
    
    
  
    	    
  Family Certification
      
      Family Lived Experience Requirement
      
      Yes
    
    
  
    	    
      
      Length of Family Program
      
      60 Hours
    
    
  
    	    
      
      Cost of Family Program
      
      Varies
    
    
  
    	    
  
    	    
  Integrated Certification
      
      Integrated Lived Experience Requirement
      
      Yes
    
    
  
    	    
      
      Length of Integrated Program
      
      40 Hours
    
    
  
    	    
      
      Cost of Integrated Certification
      
      Free
    
    
  
    	    
      
      Integrated Link
      
      www.tn.gov/behavioral-health/cprs
    
    
  
    	    
  Family and Adult Certification
      
      Family and Adult Lived Experience Requirement
      
      
    
    
  
    	    
      
      Length of Family and Adult Program
      
      
    
    
  
    	    
      
      Family and Adult Certification Cost
      
      
    
    
  
    	    
      
      Family and Adult Link
      
      
    
    
  
    	    
  

