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Vision: Establishing a culture of people helping people. (Adopted October 2001)

Mission: The National Association of Peer Programs helps adults establish, train, supervise, maintain and evaluate peer programs. (Adopted March 2006)

Originally founded in 1984 as the National Peer Helpers Association, the National Association of Peer Programs (NAPP) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation whose mission is to help adults establish, train supervise, maintain and evaluate peer programs. Using the NAPP Standards and Ethics as a guiding principle, NAPP helps adults through networking, leadership training, certification and programmatic problem solving. Please refer to the link “About NAPP” in the Nav column to the left for more infomration about NAPP.

20TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND TRAINING INSTITUTE

The 20th Annual Conference was a success! Participants were enthusiastic about the quality of workshops and the ease of networking in a smaller group. The kick off was the President’s Reception. The photo on the right is of 2nd President Dr. Barbara Varenhorst, Current President Corinne Pridham and 3rd President Dr. Elizabeth Foster.

At the conference Dr. Barbara Varenhorst announced that she is making an endowment to Search Institute to establish the Varenhorst Center for Positive Relationships. The Center will focus on Research, Advocacy, Training, Networking and Products. One of the goals will be to reestablish excitement and support for Peer Helping Programs. Another will be to create a social culture in our society that builds and supports positive relationships. Dr. Peter Benson, President of Search Institute, announced that the Center will be the core of all future work done at Search.

See Board of Directors election results!

NEW WEB AREA

We are looking to add testimonials to the website. Please link to the testimonails area for more information by using the link to the left. Thanks in advance for being part of this new area on our website.

NOYS encourages it’s members to go to NAPP Conference.
See NAPP Notable pdf file.

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