Developing the skills to confidently and effectively act as a legal navigator takes time, practice, and mentorship. Our intensive Community Navigator Fellowship Program trains and supports a select group of staff at partner organizations to become fluent in community-based legal navigation.
Through regular trainings, weekly case reviews, and tailored tools and mentorship, the Fellowship Program increases the skill and capacity of frontline providers while providing a testing ground for new interventions and tools. It also allows for data collection on the impact of Community Navigators’ work.
Navigator Fellows:
- Consistently identify legal issues
- Connect clients to relevant legal resources
- Support clients working through legal processes.
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To evidence our impact, we carefully track the increasing legal capability of the Fellows and the impact of their work on clients’ poverty-related outcomes.
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We are proud to partner with leading Bay Area nonprofits serving families experiencing housing insecurity and poverty.
![Community_Nativigator_HPP](https://legallink.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Community_Nativigator_HPP.jpg)
![Bay Area Community Services](https://legallink.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/bacs-logo.png)
![Community_Nativigator_CFS](https://legallink.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Community_Nativigator_CFS.jpg)
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![The Women's Building](https://legallink.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/the-womens-building-logo.jpg)
Meet our 2022-2023 Community Navigator Fellows
![Jesus Aguilar](https://legallink.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/jesus-aguilar-150x150.jpg)
JESUS AGUILAR
Compass Family Services
![Adrian Avila](https://legallink.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/adrian-avila-150x150.jpg)
ADRIAN AVILA
Bay Area Community Services
![Adriana Beltran](https://legallink.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/adriana-beltran-150x150.jpg)
ADRIANA BELTRAN
Compass Family Services
![Andrew Crater](https://legallink.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/andrew-crater-150x150.jpg)
ANDREW CRATER
Homeless Prenatal Program
![Daniela Flores](https://legallink.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/daniela-flores-150x150.jpg)
DANIELA FLORES
The Women’s Building
![Melanie Mireles](https://legallink.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/melanie-mireles-150x150.jpg)
MELANIE MIRELES
ParentChild+
![fellowship_avatar](https://legallink.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/fellowship_avatar-150x150.jpg)
MELANIE YOUNG
Homeless Prenatal Program
Community Navigator Fellow Alumni
![fellowship_avatar_alt](https://legallink.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/fellowship_avatar_alt-150x150.jpg)
AREL GONZALES
Homeless Prenatal Program
![fellowship_Maria_Arribas](https://legallink.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/fellowship_Maria_Arribas-150x150.jpg)
MARIA ARRIBAS
Hamilton Family Services
![fellow_ship_Sujey_Ruiz](https://legallink.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/fellow_ship_Sujey_Ruiz-150x150.jpg)
SUJEY RANA
Homeless Prenatal Program
![fellowship_avatar](https://legallink.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/fellowship_avatar-150x150.jpg)
SUSANA SANDOVAL
Hamilton Families
![Clark Clark-Wininger-Bilingual-Case-Manager-for-the-Family-Resource-Center](https://legallink.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Clark-150x150.jpg)
CLARK WININGER
Compass Family Services
![fellowship_Jacqueline_Molinero_Gutierrez](https://legallink.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/fellowship_Jacqueline_Molinero_Gutierrez-150x150.jpg)
JACQUELINE MOLINERO GUTIERREZ
Compass Family Services
![Montez Montez-Brooks-SF-HOME-Case-Manager](https://legallink.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Montez-150x150.jpg)
MONTEZ BROOKS
Compass Family Services
![Oscar Aparico OSCAR APARICIO](https://legallink.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Oscar-150x150.jpg)
OSCAR APARICIO
Homeless Prenatal Program
![fellowship_Tiara_Davis](https://legallink.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/fellowship_Tiara_Davis-150x150.jpg)
TIARA DAVIS
Homeless Prenatal Program
![Traci Traci Cook](https://legallink.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Traci-150x150.jpg)
TRACI COOK
Homeless Prenatal Program