OhioMHAS ONLINE Peer Recovery Supporter (PRS) Training

DETAILS

This training takes place ONLINE Monday - Friday for two weeks (10 days total)

Read all of the information below and scroll down to submit an application

Start Date: October 6, 2025

End Date: October 17, 2025

Start Time: 9:00 am

End Time: 1:30 pm

Lunch Break: 11:00 am - 11:30 am

The OhioMHAS 40-hour PRS Training is a live, interactive training that teaches prospective Certified Peer Recovery Supporters (CPRS) who self-identify as being in recovery from a mental health or substance use disorder to use their experience to help their Peers with the same lived experience. Prospective CPRS will engage in role-play activities and learn the skills necessary to offer high quality Peer Support. Upon successful completion of PRS training, perspective CPRS will be eligible to apply for Adult Peer Recovery Supporter Certification in Ohio. To attend training, you must be personally in recovery from a mental health and/or substance use disorder and be willing to share your personal story appropriately in a group setting. Having a friend or family member in recovery will not qualify you to attend this training.

REQUIREMENTS

To attend the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services 40-hour Virtual Peer Recovery Supporter Training, individuals must meet the criteria below.

1. Personally be in recovery from a mental health and/or substance use issue.
2. Be willing to appropriately share your personal recovery story in a group setting and understand that to successfully complete the PRS training, you must share your story and participate actively.
3. Want to become a Certified Peer Recovery Supporter in Ohio. This training will meet the live 40-hour training requirement for PRS certification.
4. Be 18 years of age.
5. You must be present for all 40 hours of this training. If you arrive late, leave early, or miss any portion of this training, you will be required to repeat the entire 40 hours of PRS training. If you have prior obligations during any portion of this training (including medical appointments), please select a different training.
6. Completed ALL 11 eBased courses. If you have not completed your courses, please DO NOT submit your application until your courses are complete.
7. Have a laptop or computer. You cannot complete the training on a phone, tablet, or Chromebook.
8. Have a working camera and microphone.
9. Have strong, reliable internet connection.
10. Have a private indoor space to complete the training.
11. If applicable, have appropriate childcare arrangements during training hours.

STEPS TO APPLY TO ATTEND THE TRAINING:

Step 1 - Complete the eBased Courses

• Complete the free eBased Acadamy Certified Peer Recovery Supporter Learning Plan at this website and save your completion certificate to your computer:

https://www.ebasedacademy.org/learn/learning-plans/3/certified-peer-recovery-supporter-training. 

• Please ENROLL in the learning plan and complete the modules in order. After you have completed all modules, the final module will allow you to download your completion certificate.
• The learning plan takes approximately 16 hours to complete, so we recommend beginning as soon as possible.
• For technical issues with eBased Academy, please email the OhioMHAS IT Helpdesk at MHAhelpdesk@mha.ohio.gov.

Step 2 - Complete an Application

• Priority will be given to Stark County residents.
• Applications for Stark County individuals must be submitted by September 21, 2025.
• Applications from counties outside of Stark will be accepted after September 15, 2025.

Step 3 - Submit your eBased Academy Certified Peer Recovery Supporter Learning Plan certificate of completion to the Training Coordinator

• To access your certificate of completion for the learning plan, please complete the three steps below:

1.) Login to the learning plan

2.) Navigate to the last certificate titled, Certified Peer Supporter Completion Certificate Access.

3.) Download the completion certificate as proof you have completed all coursework.

DISQUALIFYING OFFENSES

Below please find information for individuals interested in becoming an Adult, Family or

Youth Peer Supporter in Ohio, who have criminal records or are on court sanctions

(including probation/parole).

CLICK HERE to review Ohio Administrative Code.

At the bottom of this page, you will find a list of disqualifying offenses for Peer Supporter

Certification. Per Ohio Administrative Code, if an individual has any of the below offenses,

they are NOT eligible to apply for Peer Supporter Certification. There is no waiver for these

offenses. If you do have an offense listed below, make sure that the code of the offense

on your record matches the code of the offense listed below. If the code of your

offense is NOT listed below, then the offense is NOT a disqualifying offense.

If you do have an offense with one of the below codes, you may consider the below 3

options. Please note that The Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services

cannot provide legal advice or assist in any of the below processes:

1. Obtain a Certificate of Qualification for Employment (CQE) through the Ohio

Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. You may read about the CQE at this

web address: https://drc.ohio.gov/cqe

2. Obtain a pardon through the Ohio Governor’s Expedited Pardon project:

https://governor.ohio.gov/priorities/expedited-pardon-project

The Ohio State University offers assistance with this project:

https://www.ohioexpeditedpardon.org/

3. Have the charge sealed/expunged from your court record.

Disqualifying Offenses:

Note: This is the OhioMHAS list of disqualifying offenses. It is the minimum criteria used to

certify individuals as Peer Supporters.

Applications that include a certificate of qualification for employment of equivalent

certification associated with a permanent exclusion offense will be reviewed by the

department and a decision will be rendered by the department on a case by case basis as

to whether an application will be approved or not.

The following offenses are permanently disqualifying as set forth in the rule, any equivalent

federal offense or offense from another state will also be permanently disqualifying:

(a) 2903.01 (aggravated murder)

(b) 2907.02 (rape)

(c) 2907.03 (sexual battery)

(d) 2907.05 (gross sexual imposition)

(e) 2907.32 (pandering obscenity)

(f) 2907.322 (pandering sexually-oriented matter involving a minor)

(g) 2907.323 (illegal use of minor in nudity-oriented material or performance)

(h) 2909.23 (making terrorist threat)

(i) 2909.24 (terrorism)

The following offenses are disqualifying for a period of five years from the end of any

sanctions; any equivalent federal offense or offense from another state will also be

disqualifying for a period of five years:

(a) 2903.15 (permitting child abuse)

(b) 2903.16 (failing to provide for a functionally impaired person)

(c) 2903.34 patient abuse and neglect

(d) 2903.341 patient endangerment

(e) 2905.05 criminal child enticement (felony level)

(f) 2905.33 (unlawful conduct with respect to documents);

Disqualifying Offenses for Ohio Peer Supporter Certification

(g) 2905.32 trafficking in persons

(h) 2907.04 unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, formerly corruption of a minor

(i) 2907.06 sexual imposition

(j) 2907.07 importuning

(k) 2907.08 voyeurism

(l) 2907.12 felonious sexual imposition

(m) 2907.31 disseminating matter harmful to juveniles

(n) 2907.321 pandering obscenity involving a minor

(o) 2909.22 soliciting/providing for act of terrorism

(p) 2913.40 (Medicaid fraud)

(q) 2919.22 endangering children