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Peer Living Room
Peer Living Room — The Community Crisis Center
The Peer Living Room is a community crisis center that offers people experiencing a mental health or substance use crisis a calm, supportive alternative to crowded emergency rooms and hospitalization. As a First Responder Agency, SHYAS provides enhanced crisis services with 24/7/365 on-call emergency support.
What is the Peer Living Room?
SHYAS Peer Living Room is The Community Crisis Center. SHYAS utilizes the living room model to provide resources and solutions for people who are facing mental health challenges. In a welcoming, home-like environment, individuals receive compassionate support from peers who have personal experience navigating recovery.
- Crisis intervention including the development of safety plans
- A safe place to rest and relax in a non-clinical environment
- Support from a Certified Peer Support Specialist with personal experience in managing mental health and substance use recovery
- Intervention from licensed psychiatric professionals including therapist, NP, and MD
- Referral to community resources including housing, healthcare, food, mental health services, and substance use services
When Should You Visit?
The Peer Living Room is for anyone who needs help navigating a difficult moment. You don’t need to be in a full-blown crisis to visit — our doors are open to anyone struggling with everyday stressors, substance use concerns, or mental health challenges.
- You want help and don’t know where to start
- You are struggling with everyday stressors and having difficulty managing your mental health
- You need advocacy and recovery support with your mental health or substance use crisis
- You need a safe, non-judgmental place to manage your mental health or substance use crisis
- You need mental health and/or substance use treatment and don’t know where to go
First Responder Agency
SHYAS is recognized as a First Responder Agency, providing enhanced crisis services that include rapid response coordination with law enforcement, EMS, and hospital systems. We maintain required 24/7/365 on-call emergency crisis support by phone at 1 (866) 495-3651.
Locations
SHYAS operates Peer Living Rooms at three locations across North Carolina. Call 1-866-495-3651 Ext. 1 for help.
Kinston — 905 N Queen St, Kinston, NC
Salisbury — 714 S Main St, Salisbury, NC 28144
Sanford — 317 Chatham St, Sanford, NC
Other Crisis Stabilization Services
Behavioral Health Urgent Care
Immediate walk-in crisis intervention, psychiatric assessment, and stabilization — opening June 2026 in Kinston, NC.
