JAY COUNTY DRUG PREVENTION COALITION
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Peer Addiction Support Team

What are Peer Recovery Coaches?
  • A Peer Recovery Coach is someone who helps promote recovery from addiction by removing barriers and obstacles and by serving as a personal guide and mentor for people seeking or in recovery.
  • As a Peer Recovery Coach, our roles are to be a motivator/cheerleader, ally/confidant, truth-teller, role model/motivator, problem solver, resource broker, advocate, community organizer, lifestyle consultant, friend/companion.
  • We are NOT: a sponsor, counselor, nurse/doctor, attorney/lawyer or priest/minister/rabbi.

  • Our 4 goals:
    • Promote recovery
    • Remove barriers
    • Connect people with recovery support services
    • Encourage hope, optimism and healthy living

Can you or someone you know benefit from having a Peer Recovery Coach? Contact Travis, our Peer Recovery Supervisor.

PAST Peer Recovery Support Group

Aside from recovery coaching, our Peer Addiction Support Team also offers a peer-led Recovery Support Group. PAST Recovery Support Group, started in January 2022, already has expanded to Allen County, and been able to worked with incarcerated individuals as well. We welcome anyone struggling with substance abuse with open arms, and encourage you to invite others! We want to help and support you on your recovery path! Jay County's group meets every Monday at 5:30 pm at the JCDPC office, and Allen County's group meets every Wednesday at 5pm at Recovery Café Fort Wayne. For any questions, contact Travis, our Peer Recovery Supervisor.
Our Coaches
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Travis Jester
Peer Supervisor

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Ashley Keen

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  Mandi Gomaras

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Josh Stewart

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Melissa Gordon

The Jay County Drug Prevention Coalition has partnered with Mental Health of America and Indiana Recovery Network to expand our services to help reach individuals in the northeast region of Indiana.

Location

100 N. Meridian Street 
Portland, Indiana
47371

About Us

​As a community partner we support, advocate, and promote legal, state, and national efforts to prevent and reduce the harmful effects of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use among youth and adults in Jay County, Indiana.

The Jay County Drug Prevention Coalition (JCDPC) is part of the statewide network of the
 Indiana Commission to Combat Drug Abuse. The JCDPC is the Local Coordinating Council (LCC) for the community.  

Contact Us

(260) 251-3259
jcdpccontact@gmail.com

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  • Home
    • About Us
  • Prevention
    • Breathe Easy Jay County
    • More Prevention
    • Jay Co Statistics
  • Recovery
    • Peer Addiction Support Team
    • IRACS
    • Indiana Recovery Network
  • Resources
    • Tobacco Cessation
    • Youth Programs
    • Programs & Services Offered >
      • Hidden in Plain Sight
      • Strengthening Families Program
      • CRAFT Program
      • VOICE
      • ACTS
    • Other Resources >
      • Talk, They Hear You
      • Mental Health First Aid
      • Botvin LifeSkills Training
      • Parents Who Host Lose The Most
      • Adverse Childhood Experiences >
        • CDC: Vital Signs
        • ACEs Quiz
        • ACEs Training
  • Blog
  • DONATE