Volunteer with HEART Peer Support

Healing, Empowering, And Rebuilding Together

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).

The Vegas Strong Resiliency Center has collaborated with a nationally recognized expert to create a community peer support program for the worldwide Route 91 family: Healing, Empowering, And Rebuilding Together (HEART).

What Do Volunteers Do?

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) providers and clinicians known as “HEART Coaches.”

HEART Coaches are volunteer trauma-informed providers and clinicians who must complete their own training process based on the HEART model.

Feel free to contact the HEART Team at heart@lacsn.org, 702-455-2433, or 1-833-299-2433 for more information about this initiative. If you are interested in volunteering your time as a HEART Peer Mentor or HEART Coach, please complete an Interest Form: