A Mental Health Youth Parent Peer Support Specialist provider who is parenting or has parented a child experiencing mental, emotional or behavioral health disorders and can articulate the understanding of their lived experience with another parent or family member. This individual may be a birth parent, adoptive parent, family member standing in for an absent parent, or other person chosen by the family or youth to have the role of parent. This individual has at least a high school diploma or GED and has satisfactorily completed a Mental Health Youth Parent Peer Support Provider training program approved by state within six (6) months of date of hire.