Peer Educator Program Volunteer

The Peer Educator Program consists of community representatives who work side-by-side with our staff to engage people in services and promote agency programs. Program Peers are an integral part of the recruitment strategy for all of the agency’s prevention initiatives. Peer Educators should be members of the target population or having firsthand knowledge of the target populations and community in which they reside and/or gather.  The program also serves as a resource for Peers to learn more about reproductive health, sexuality and other health concerns.

Peers help staff complete a lot of activities, including:

• Participate in outreach events (for example, street outreach or a special event)
• Refer people they know to agency services or other services available in the community
• Help staff prepare for a special event by making safer sex kits or organizing other outreach materials
• Help plan and carry out a special event or a community testing event
• Help contribute to ACR Health social media pages
• Help facilitate an educational session or group
• Be a guest speaker at a special event or an educational session
• Learn how to become a trained Testing Counselor and help staff test community members for HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections