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know the most about it," he said, "and just how to approach systems, how to navigate them, issues people interact with not just at face value, not just that like understanding from reading or hearing about it but having actually lived it."
The peer navigators or, as Reid calls them, "systems advocates" will work with people one-on-one to help get them into housing, make sure they have the right documents, and show up to medical appointments."The systems advocate will basically be like their timekeeper, their parliamentarian," she said.
"There may be cases where, you know, our system advocates are getting results, getting somebody placed, and that person is achieving stability and that maybe can happen in six to eight months," Coniff said, "where some folks we could see, you know, a 24-month relationship, if that’s what it takes." Peer relationships have been around before, but Zaneta Reid says they have often focused on specific groups like veterans or families and children.
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