About Us
We believe that peer support should be simple, safe, personalized, and affordable.
HeyPeers is our way of making that happen. Our mission is to help more people improve their lives by leveraging innovative technology and evidence-based peer support programs.
Our Impact
Peer support is proven to help those that are facing emotional and behavioral healthcare challenges.
First, Peer Support has been shown to improve the quality of life, increase and improve engagement with services, and can increase whole health and self-management. (Mental Health America, 2018).
Second, Peer Support decreases the severity and frequency of depression, anxiety, stress, and other mental and emotional health challenges. Our own studies have shown that video based peer support meetings can reduce the severity of depression, for example, by 33%. Download our white paper below to learn more about the effectiveness of online Peer Support.
Third, multiple studies have demonstrated that peer support reduces hospital readmissions by as much as 72% resulting in significant cost savings for providers, payers, employers and care management organizations.
Some of our Team Members
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Clovis Blackwell
Chief Executive Officer
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Vince Caimano, PhD
Co-Founder & Chief Innovation Officer
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Josh Roberto
Co-Founder & Chief Product Development Officer
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Valerie Harris, BSW, CPSS
Director of Peer Support
Who Uses our Peer Support Platforms?
HeyPeers is a thriving Community with tens of thousands of peers, coaches, trained supporters, and those that are willing to help.
Non-Profits
Non-profits that are dedicated to support or treating behavioral health, chronic illnesses, rare diseases, trauma, grief, substance use, and other challenges for veterans, front line workers, parents, caregivers, patients, and many other populations.
For Profits
Employers, health care insurance plans, managed care organizations, behavioral services, employee assistance programs, and health care providers.
Individuals
Anyone seeking help, or those that can provide coaching, peer support group facilitation, or those that simply want to listen or share their experiences.
Our Story
Vince Caimano and Josh Roberto are the Co-Founders of HeyPeers. They joined their companies together earlier in 2019 to create HeyPeers.
"HeyPeers is the innovator in online peer support"
More about HeyPeers
Our Mission
Read our mission and the story of how HeyPeers began.
Meet the Team
Get to know the people behind HeyPeers.
Join HeyPeers
See our openings for staff, group leaders, and independent peer supporters.