Solstice House Peer Respite

04/20/2026

04/04/2026

The SOAR & Solstice House team will be available to connect and provide you with information about our peer respite program, community crisis care, and advocacy for peer-based alternatives to mental health support. Come through! 💜

Save the Date! - The 2026 OutReach Magic Pride Festival is on Sunday, August 16th, from 1-6pm at Warner Park! Go to www.outreachmagicfestival.org for more information! Registration information for vendors begins tomorrow!

02/19/2026

02/19/2026

The First Amendment protects your right to record government officials performing their duties in public.

This applies to ICE agents, police, FBI, National Guard troops, and any other government officials.

Learn more at aclu.org/kyr-record-

02/18/2026

Join SOAR's mission to reimagine mental health! 🌟 We're hiring for multiple roles serving people in Dane County. Lead with empathy, care about justice, and believe in community-rooted healing, and you just may be a fit.

Know someone who'd thrive? Share this post! 📢
All positions will remain posted until filled.

01/12/2026

A HUGE THANK YOU to the folks who donated to Solstice House! Your contributions, from fun socks and cozy winter hats to board games and art supplies, truly brighten our community. We’re incredibly grateful! ✨

01/07/2026

Solstice House Peer Respite is hiring for the following positions:

🔹Peer Respite Supporters (2nd shift & PRN)
🔹A full-time Program Manager

We are a crisis alternative program in Madison, Wisconsin committed to empowering individuals to navigate distress—without fear of non-consensual police involvement, psychiatric incarceration, and other losses of power and autonomy.

Peer respites are voluntary, short-term, overnight, home-like environments operated by peers (people with lived experience). We exist to support fellow peers who are experiencing crisis, emotional distress, sudden upheavals, or other life-interrupting events.

Check out the job postings below, and please like and share this post to reach more in the community! 💙💛💜

12/18/2025

Help us advance the rights of people in crisis!

This research is critical to understanding how people in crisis and people who receive mental health / substance use care services are impacted by mandated reporting, risk assessment and other practices that lead to involuntary commitment and losses of autonomy when navigating care.

See the below flyer for more information.

Email [email protected] for more info about how to get involved.

Please circulate to your networks!

SOAR has an exciting announcement!

Riley Drake, Phd., Assistant Professor at UW-Stout's Department of Counseling, Rehabilitation, and Human Services is a researcher who's passionate about psychiatric abolition and radical alternatives to crisis. She approached SOAR to do an important research study.

This research is critical to understanding how people in crisis and people who receive mental health / substance use care services are impacted by mandated reporting, risk assessment and other practices that lead to involuntary commitment and losses of autonomy when navigating care.

See the below flyer for more information.

Email [email protected] for more info about how to get involved.

Please circulate to your networks!

12/17/2025

If you're looking for ways to support us this holiday season, check out our Items Needed list!

Your generous donations will directly benefit our amazing peer community at Solstice House.☀️🩵

12/12/2025

Register here! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/becoming-co-conspirators-a-workshop-for-mental-health-workers-healers-tickets-1977283400879?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl

Holistic and Anti-Carceral Approaches to Mental Health and Crisis Response for Mental Health Workers

12/04/2025

Solstice House Peer Respite is hiring!

We are seeking a full-time Program Manager committed to fostering a welcoming and affirming environment where people feel seen, heard, and valued.

We are a crisis alternative program in Madison, Wisconsin committed to empowering individuals to navigate distress—without fear of non-consensual police involvement, psychiatric incarceration, and other losses of power and autonomy.

Peer respites are voluntary, short-term, overnight, home-like environments operated by peers (people with lived experience). We exist to support fellow peers who are experiencing crisis, emotional distress, sudden upheavals, or other life-interrupting events.

Requirements:
▪️Current CPS (Certified Peer Specialist) state certification.
▪️Strong understanding of peer support, harm reduction values, and community building.
▪️Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
▪️Skilled in conflict resolution, boundary setting, and interpersonal communication.

We offer:
▪️A flexible, compassionate, equity-focused work environment
▪️Comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, and vision insurance (for full-time staff members)
▪️Paid time off (regardless of hours worked)
▪️Short-term disability coverage
▪️Employer-paid life insurance
▪️Employee assistance program
▪️401(k) match

About SOAR & Solstice House:
Since 1997, we’ve offered community-based care and support rooted in lived experience. The mission of Solstice House is to uphold choice, center voice, and uplift the self-determination of people with lived experience. We do this by providing peer-led, non-clinical, fully voluntary, community-based alternatives to crisis care.

Interested in joining our team? Please email your resume and cover letter to [email protected].

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