for mental and substance use disorders. joining us in our panel today are- leah harris, communications and development coordinator, national empowerment center, washington, dc; tom hill, director of programs, faces & voices of recovery, washington, dc; michael d. little, forensic advanced certified peer specialist coordinator, philadelphia department of behavioral health and intellectual disability services, philadelphia, pa; monica scott, outreach substance abuse counselor, baltimore substance abuse systems, inc., baltimore, md. tom, peer-to-peer services is an increasingly unique and an important part of a recovery-oriented system of care, of systems whether municipal or state systems, that are looking to set up a recovery-oriented system of care. what is peer recovery support? peer recovery support is it involves people with lived experience of both addiction and/or mental health and in recovery, and it's using that lived experience as the fulcrum, or the leverage, to do the services. they're non-clinical, they're strength based, and they work on building trust with the person, and i would also say they are also mutually reciprocal, so the person giving help also gets help in the equation. very good. and leah, ta