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Odalis Delgado said that for many immigrants like herself who speak Spanish and other languages, getting help with health care and other services can be difficult after moving to the United States.
Delgado said she had never heard of a potential resource: certified peer specialists who work in the behavioral health field and use their experiences to help others get these services and guidance.
Then, Mental Health Partnerships in Philadelphia began offering peer specialist certification courses entirely in Spanish this spring, and it caught Delgado’s attention. She enrolled to become trained and certified.
“When I saw it was in Spanish, I said, OK, I can do it,” she said.
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The Philadelphia nonprofit began offering certification training for Spanish speakers this spring in partnership with the city’s Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services.
