Advocacy in peer support is primarily intended to:

• A. Increase access to educational resources for peers
• B. Provide housing and shelter
• C. Support and place peers in employment
• D. Promote dignity and reduction of stigma against peers/consumers

Answer: (D)

Advocacy in peer support is about affirming the rights, value, and voice of people with lived experience and creating systems that treat them with dignity. It focuses on reducing stigma and changing attitudes that can keep peers from accessing services or being fully involved in their care. This purpose—ensuring respect, self-determination, and inclusion—best captures what peer advocacy aims to achieve. While helping someone access education, housing, or employment can result from advocacy, those outcomes are downstream benefits. The primary aim is to foster dignity and lessen stigma against peers/consumers, which then enables better engagement, recovery, and empowerment.