Monadnock Peer Support (MPS)
An inclusive and judgement-free community to support your mental well-being.
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Peer Support Groups
Trauma Survivors Support, Depression/Bipolar Support, Dual Recovery, Hearing Voices Network USA, Behaviors, Patterns & Relationships, LGBTQ Support, Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) Workshop, Survivors of Suicide Attempts
Community/Recreational/Social Groups
Volunteering at Monadnock Humane Society, Community Garden, Behaviors, Patterns and Relationships, Music, Arts & Crafts for Recovery, Creative Writing
Monadnock Peer Respite
Respite is for anyone who is experiencing distress and feels they would benefit from being in a short-term, 24-hour, peer to peer, supported environment with others who have 'been there.' We provide a safe place in which each person can find the balance and support needed to turn what is so often referred to as 'crisis' into a learning and growth opportunity.
Step-Up Step-Down
Step-Up Step-Down is a peer driven voluntary 90-day mental health residential program run by MPS. Located at the MPS facility on Washington St Keene, the environment serves as a landing space for gradual integration back into the individual’s community. The program’s mission is to create an environment that will facilitate hope-based recovery and increase mental, physical and emotional well-being for those who participate. It serves NH residents age 18 years or older. Each participant has a private bedroom and shares a common living room, kitchen, restroom, laundry, and meeting space. Participants are able to come and go as they please, enabling them to continue work, attend school, and visit with family, friends, or groups outside of the home. Individuals cook for themselves, clean for themselves, and are in control of their own wellness plan.
Where we work
Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
As a peer driven organization, it is the mission of Monadnock Area Peer Support Agency to promote wellness and recovery, as defined by the individual, through intentional peer support, and to provide advocacy, educational, vocational, interpersonal, social, and spiritual opportunities to adults who utilize mental health services to learn wellness strategies, develop mutually beneficial relationships, and to support each other in attaining an increased capacity for self-determination, independence, and personal growth.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, We don’t have the right technology to collect and aggregate feedback efficiently, The people we serve tell us they find data collection burdensome
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Monadnock Peer Support (MPS)
Board of directorsas of 11/02/2023
Tara Abbott
Eli Rivera
Keene Police Department
Term: 2021 - 2026
Dianne Croteau
Daria Levy
Mandy White
Southwestern Community Services
Tara Abbott
Eli Rivera
Keene Police Department
Kevin Tighe
Chris Minkler
Don Farquhar
Keene Fire Department
Devan Blake
Jennifer Friedman
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.
Leadership
The organization's leader identifies as:
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Equity strategies
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- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.