The Peer Access Navigator VISTA member will build the foundation for a sustainable peer navigation model at Make-A-Day. During their term, the VISTA member will map existing referral pathways, formalize partnerships with primary care, mental health, and substance use providers, and develop the training materials, workflows, and data systems that will allow Peer Navigators with lived experience to do this work long-term.
Read MoreAt Make-A-Day, we believe that dignity is universal, but support must be specific. Recently, our outreach team partnered with community leaders, public health workers, and mutual aid providers to bring a street outreach event to a neighborhood outside of our usual routes. It was a chance to listen, to learn, and to serve in ways that honored the strengths already present.
We approached this event not as experts or fixers, but as neighbors. We knew we were stepping into a space with its own history, culture, and networks of support. Our goal was not to replace what was working, but to build relationships and extend our care where it was most needed.
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