NEED HELP NOW? Call 911 for emergencies. Call or text 988 for mental health or substance use crises. Local 24/7 support: 262-657-7188.

262-658-8166

6103 39th Avenue, Kenosha, WI 53142

262-658-8166

6103 39th Avenue, Kenosha, WI 53142

NEED HELP NOW? Call 911 for emergencies. Call or text 988 for mental health or substance use crises. Local 24/7 support: 262-657-7188.

NEED HELP NOW? Call 911 for emergencies. Call or text 988 for mental health or substance use crises. Local 24/7 support: 262-657-7188.

Parent Peer Support2026-07-28T15:27:48-05:00
Family Services

Parent Peer Support

Parenting through a child’s substance use — or parenting while your family navigates someone else’s — is its own kind of exhausting. Parent Peer Support connects you one-on-one with someone who brings lived experience and real-world guidance: not to judge your parenting, but to walk alongside it. No cost. No lectures. Real connection, real understanding, real support.

Parent Peer Support at a glance

Who this is for

Parents and caregivers worried about a teen or young adult, navigating courts, schools, or treatment systems, or affected by a loved one’s substance use.

Who you’ll work with

Hope Council’s Certified Peer Specialists bring lived experience, offering understanding, encouragement, and real-world guidance — someone who has been there.

What it costs

Nothing. Certified Peer Specialist services are available at no cost.

How to start

Submit a peer support request or call 262-658-8166, and a Peer Specialist will reach out to you.

What this support can look like

Someone who listens first

A judgment-free ear from someone who understands family substance-use stress from the inside — before any advice, any plan, any next step.

Help navigating the systems

Schools, courts, treatment providers, insurance, county services — a Peer Specialist helps you find your way through resources that were not designed to be easy.

A plan you can actually carry

Support planning built around your family’s real circumstances: what to try, what to watch, where to turn, and what to do when things change.

Connection to everything else

Teen and family resources, the Loved Ones Support Group, naloxone training, and whatever else your situation calls for — one relationship that opens every other door.

Honest boundaries

Parent Peer Support is not an emergency service, legal advice, or a replacement for clinical care. If someone is in immediate danger, call 911. For mental health or substance use crisis support, call or text 988, or call the local 24/7 crisis line at 262-657-7188.

What it is: a steady, knowledgeable companion for everything that is not an emergency — which is most of it.

Which one fits — or both?

Parent Peer Support is one-on-one: you and a Peer Specialist, working through your family’s specific situation. The Loved Ones Support Group is a room full of people who get it, every Thursday evening. They are different kinds of support, and many parents use both.

Common Questions

Is this about judging my parenting?2026-07-08T18:30:58-05:00

No. Peer Specialists bring lived experience, not a clipboard. The point is support and practical navigation — never blame.

What does it cost?2026-07-08T18:31:13-05:00

Nothing. Certified Peer Specialist services are available at no cost.

My child is an adult. Does this still apply?2026-07-08T18:31:33-05:00

Yes. Parents and caregivers of teens, young adults, and adult children all carry this differently — and all qualify for support.

How do I start?2026-07-08T18:31:50-05:00

Submit a peer support request or call 262-658-8166. A Peer Specialist will reach out, listen to what is happening, and go from there.

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