Nonclinical Workforce Enterprise · Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio
Peer-Run Governance

Peer leadership must carry authority—not merely decoration.

Shine & Revive may use peer-run language only when people with lived experience hold substantive decision rights, budget influence, evaluation authority, accountability, and succession pathways.

Authority in practice

Lived experience is a source of expertise. It is not marketing inventory.

Peer leadership becomes visible in agendas, votes, budgets, policy, quality priorities, workforce design, complaints, evaluation, and succession—not in a title printed on an apron.

  • Reserved decisions are written and approved.
  • Peer leaders receive information early enough to influence the decision.
  • Disagreement and complaint routes are protected from retaliation.
  • Privacy is preserved; no one must disclose recovery history publicly to hold authority.
  • Succession keeps authority from collapsing into one founder or personality.
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Peer authority in planning and governanceIllustrates the intended model; not proof of an open location, active team, or current service.

Three lanes that must remain distinct

Paid Production

Employees complete authorized work through payroll, supervision, timekeeping, quality, and safety controls.

Peer Community

Voluntary belonging, leadership, mutual support, and community activity remain separate from commercial productivity.

Clinical / Certified Services

Any future clinical, peer-service, or reimbursable lane requires separate provider authority, records, supervision, eligibility, and billing.

Governance-centered peer roles

WorkforceLead

Bench Captain / Peer Mentor

Runs shift huddles, demonstrates technique, monitors workload, coaches behavior, authorizes corrections, and escalates risk.

Evidence of readinessSafe shifts, reliable production, improved worker competency, and respectful coaching.
WorkforceLead

Training & Competency Coach

Delivers orientation, supervised drills, observation, competency checks, refreshers, and task authorization.

Evidence of readinessCurrent training files and demonstrated competency—not attendance alone.
CommunityEarn → Lead

Community Outreach Coordinator

Builds donation drives, school and employer relationships, events, and public education while protecting dignity and privacy.

Evidence of readinessApproved partnerships, accurate public language, and documented event results.
GovernanceLead

Peer Council / Governance Liaison

Carries lived-experience priorities into budgets, policies, evaluation, complaints, workforce design, and succession decisions.

Evidence of readinessMinutes, reserved decisions, follow-through, and measurable influence—not a ceremonial title.
Public claim gate: do not describe Shine & Revive as peer-run until the approved lived-experience governance structure, reserved decisions, budget authority, complaint role, evaluation authority, and succession plan are functioning and documented.

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