Led by CORE Initiative, the Houston Diabetes and Healthy Living Peer Support Network offers programs in different formats: Virtual and in-person community groups.
The peer supporters are trained in a curriculum developed by the Peer Support Action Work Group, which consists of people living with diabetes, community health workers, and healthcare providers. The curriculum follows recommendations set forth by Peers for Progress at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Public Health.
Virtual Weekly Peer Support Meetings
Thursdays | 7:00 - 8:00 PM CT | Virtual | CLICK HERE TO JOIN!
Sundays | 7:00 - 8:00 PM CT | Virtual | CLICK HERE TO JOIN!
In-person Weekly Peer Support Meetings
Mondays from 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Hardy Senior Center
11901 W Hardy Rd. Houston, TX 77076
Open
Mondays from 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
The Gathering Place
5310 S Willow Dr., Houston, TX 77035
Closed - This group is for Gathering Place participants only.
Mondays from 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
East Harris County Action Center
7340 Spencer Hwy, Pasadena, TX 77505
Open
Tuesdays from 9:00 - 10:00 AM
HOPE Clinic
13930 Bellaire Blvd., Houston, TX 77083
Open - Facilitated in English and Spanish
Tuesdays from 9:30 -10:30 AM
Deputy Darren Almandariz Community Center
10918 Bentley St., Houston, TX 77093
Open
Tuesdays from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
DAWN Center Third Ward
3611 Ennis St., Houston, TX 77004
Open
Wednesdays* from 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
The Lighthouse of Houston
3602 W Dallas St., Houston, TX 77019
*Except the first Wednesday of the month.
Closed
Every second and fourth Wednesday from 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Supreme Cutz
6800 Martin Luther King Blvd, Houston, TX 77033
Open, men only
Thursdays from 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Zion Village Apartments
3154 Gray St., Houston, TX 77004
Closed
If you would like to join Peer Support in person, please contact Serena Valentine:
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This ongoing group is generously provided by our facilitators free of charge to the community. Please consider supporting this program to help us sustain and grow these services.