All training for initial certification must have been completed within the past five years. Continuing education for certification renewals needs to be completed within the renewal period.
- Lived Experience: A certified family peer support specialist (FPSS) is a family member with lived experience parenting a child or youth with developmental, behavioral, or mental health care needs who supports other families through similar experiences. The professional can be defined as natural parents, stepparents or partners, adoptive parents, foster parents, kinship caregivers or other family/friends chosen by the family to be the primary caregiver.
- Education and Training: A high school diploma or jurisdictionally certified high school equivalency is required (HiSet or GED). Additionally, successful completion of one of the NCB approved FPSS foundational trainings.
- Supervision: Supervision under a NCB Certified FPSS Supervisor.
- Code of Ethics: The applicant must agree to adhere to the Nevada Certification Board’s family peer support specific code of ethics.
- Cost of Certification
- FPSS application: $100
- Residency Requirement: You must live and/or work in Nevada at least 51% of the time to be certified by the Nevada Certification Board and to maintain that certification.
- Recertification: A renewal fee of $50 and 40 hours of continuing education in the family peer support competencies earned every two years.
For all continuing education hours, please submit a certificate of attendance or participation from an approved training organization that includes the following information:
- Name of training organization(s) and/or sponsor(s)
- Title of training/conference
- Date(s) of training/conference
- Name of participant/attendee
- Hours of attendance/participation
For all NCB initial applications and certification renewals, please allow up to ten (10) business days for approvals of any application steps/submissions in your online application in the Certemy system. If you have been waiting for more than ten (10) business days, please email NCB at contactus@nevadacertboard.org.