Marion County’s Resource Directory

Whether someone is beginning their recovery journey or navigating new mental health challenges, peer support is always a great resource. Peer Support staff are available 24/7. Though each and every person is unique, talking with someone who has been there can bring out a new side of healing. Peer support in recovery is created to offer a more specialized conversation with someone who has walked a similar path. When someone is in the beginning of recovery, it can often feel overwhelming and hopeless, but getting the chance to speak with someone who understands can often be beneficial for both parties.

Often, individuals in recovery have a hard time seeing how things can get better when they feel as though they are at a standstill. Hearing from someone who has navigated those hurdles can instill hope that things can get better.

Peer support will often focus on the following:

• Sharing stories
• Mentoring
• Provide inspiration
• Emotional support

Along with peer support for those in recovery, these resources can also be beneficial for the family as well. When a loved one is in the beginning of their recovery journey, it is common for their family to be filled with worries and questions. Peer support can also be useful for those loved ones who have questions or in need of guidance for the long road ahead.

Project Hope of Marion County is a non-profit organization, established in 2007 by a faith-based community group, to provide solutions for homelessness among women and their children. Project Hope’s founders witnessed a growing trend of women and children forced to live out of their cars or in other unsheltered places for significant periods of time. Our mission is to shepherd homeless families to self-sufficiency, and we do this through a proven and sustainable model. We are the only faith based, transitional, and supportive housing program in Marion County to exclusively serve women with children.

SMA Healthcare is proud to be the leader of behavioral healthcare services in our communities. With more than 55 years of experience in the industry, SMA Healthcare provides a full continuum of exceptional and comprehensive services for individuals suffering from mental illness and/or addiction.

The mission of the Vet Resource Center, Inc (VRC) is dedicated to providing, through educational, information and resource identification, a basic available benefits education for every veteran in America.

Our online source, VetResourceCenter.com, has been created to help veterans and their families find information about the local, State and National benefits, services, and activities available. Not only veteran related information but also issues that affect every family.

Vet Resource Center Inc. provides early warning cancer tests for our Veterans exposed to Burn Pits and Toxins during their military service. Statistics show that of the 4.2 million that served, over 500,000 cases of cancer have been diagnosed and over 240,000 of those veterans have already died. An early warning cancer blood test that scans for 50 different types of cancer that costs $950 is available. Vet Resource Center has partnered with Grail, the company that manufactures the Galleri test to acquire the test for a reduced price and provide the test for free to our exposed veterans.