Engaging individuals in other programs and services to encourage treatment compliance and healthy lifestyles; Modeling self-advocacy skills; Teaching wellness management strategies and helping individuals develop their own self-management plans/tools to use in their personal lives; Connecting to support groups in the community to learn from other peers, to promote hope, to problem-solve through situations, and to decrease social isolation; Providing education to other clinicians to increase their understanding of self-advocacy and peer support roles, and to promote a culture in which an individuals’ points of view and preferences are recognized, understood, respected, and integrated into service delivery; Providing resources and teaching transportation skills (teaching bus routes, etc.); Sharing his or her own personal story to model how to maintain mental and physical stability; Supporting individuals in making informed decisions about treatment, housing, healthcare, employment and building community connections; Building social skills in the community; Assisting in overcoming barriers to maintaining stability in the community; Assisting in obtaining the proper documentation necessary for the program; Assisting the individual in completing applications, benefits paperwork, housing, etc. Promoting self-determination, recovery, self-advocacy, and self-direction; assisting individuals in identifying strengths; wellness goals; setting objectives, and identifying barriers; Attending treatment team meetings with the individual to promote the individual's use of self-directed advocacy tools; assisting the individual in goal planning and participating with the individual and the treatment team to develop appropriate interventions; assisting the individual in learning how to ask for appropriate services in community; Assisting individuals in obtaining information about their benefits (SSI, SSDI, Medicaid, etc.).