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Bonus Insight 1

"People rely on the sharing of street knowledge to keep each other alive. Without each other, they often have no direction." 

Case managers can be a gateway to services because their relationships help connect people to resources. However, many people can't get connected to case managers to access services. People are helping each other fill the navigation gap and share resource information. Word of mouth also spreads good and bad experiences about different service providers and agencies. 

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"Follow the backpacks!" 

Max says the backpacks are a symbol of someone with street knowledge. 

Meet the Austin Homelessness Advisory Committee, and see how the members are helping people within their community and lending their knowledge to projects and policy. 

Meet AHAC

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