Permanently fund peer support across the supervision continuum.
Lived experience remains the most undercompensated expertise in this field. Agencies should pay peers fairly while they are still incarcerated, retain them as paid reentry staff upon release, and build peer roles into community supervision teams. Community-based organizations, and the relationships individuals build within them, serve as critical social capital during and after a disaster, and peers who have navigated supervision themselves are well positioned to provide it.
Part B: Routine, Non-Disaster Recommendations
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during a Community-based Focus Group in 2026, A Participant stated:
If they become peers, not only would they come out with the certification, but they also will get paid while they in there... had it not been for peer recovery work... I probably would still be looking for a job.”
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corrections/supervisory agencies