3.4.1 Hire people who know how to navigate the system.

Hire people who know how to navigate the system (e.g., fight eviction, get mental health treatment, get insurance to cover treatment) to create resources or provide mentoring for those new to unemployment, food pantries, etc. Blunt and biased regulatory/policy barriers to hiring people with lived experience within systems should be reduced, but this recommendation goes beyond lived experience of overcoming a challenge to focus specifically on those whose expertise lies in navigating structural challenges to progress.

Crowdsourcing What's Possible:

The principles and recommendations in this Blueprint are already being acted on by systems, organizations, communities and people across the nation. Do you have an example to share with us? Please share it!

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