GuideLink Center is one of the designated access centers in Iowa and provides immediate access to substance use and mental health services. Faraji has a unique position at GuideLink, providing leadership to enhance peer services and care coordination internally but also promoting connections beyond GuideLink Center to improve peer outcomes. He was the first in the state of Iowa to achieve the Recovery Coach Professional designation from CCAR’s Center for Addiction Recovery Training. Along with these achievements, he is a CCAR-trained Recovery Coach Authorized Facilitator and Certified Whole Health Action Management facilitator. Faraji serves on the Board of Directors for the Iowa Board of Certification. He is also an appointed Steering Committee member of the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services’ Hope and Opportunity in Many Environments Project. Faraji is a member of the IPWC’s Peer Advisory Committee and Peer Supervisor Advisory Committee.