Lived Advisory Board; Volunteer

Overview

Lived Experience Advisory Board (Volunteer) — Abode

Abode is seeking Lived Experience Advisory Board (LEAB) Members. This is a volunteer position with a monthly stipend. LEAB is for adults who are currently unhoused or have experienced homelessness in the past; are or have been enrolled in an Abode program for a minimum of one year; and would like to share insights with Abode staff and leadership to improve housing assistance programs in the Bay Area.

The ideal candidate is invested in quality improvement of services.

• Partner with decision makers at our agency to provide input on programs, services, and policies.
• Offer those with lived experience an opportunity to influence the systems that affect them.
• Attend monthly virtual LEAB member meetings.
• Engage in focus groups and listening sessions.

• Lived experience of homelessness or housing insecurity (current or former).
• People with lived experience of homelessness are individuals who have:
  1) Resided in a temporary housing shelter, transitional housing program, or emergency shelter;
  2) Slept in a car or outside for shelter and/or couch surfed.
• Enrolled in one or more Abode programs for a minimum of one year.
• Ability to speak honestly and candidly about your housing instability experience and experiences seeking housing assistance from Abode.
• Desire to share feedback with Abode decision makers about proposed housing program policies and plans.
• Familiarity with Bay Area housing issues.

• Monthly stipend: $300 per month.
• Time commitment: 5-10 hours per month.

Online via Zoom.

The LEAB provides adults with lived experience of homelessness a platform to share insights about being consumers of housing support services. Volunteers receive training and professional development to advocate for peers. LEAB helps inform Abode’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion plan and can contribute to outreach materials and future housing projects. This description is a guide and does not constitute a contract.

Abode reserves the right to change the position as needed. Abode Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Drug Free Workplace.

Notice:
This description is a guide only. It does not constitute a contract, commitment or promise of any kind. Abode reserves the right to change, add, delete, or downgrade the position as dictated by business necessity at any time with or without notice. Notice:
Abode Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Drug Free Workplace.