Pathway to Home Volunteer Navigator
Minnesota Dignity Collaborative
A neighbor-to-neighbor way of walking alongside homelessness and housing instability.
Pathway to Home is a relational volunteer opportunity rooted in dignity, presence, and trust. Volunteers are matched with a neighbor who is experiencing homelessness or housing instability and walk alongside them over time, offering consistency, encouragement, genuine human connection, and practical help navigating housing-related resources and systems.
This work is about showing up.
Listening well.
Walking with someone as they take next steps, at their own pace.
You don’t need to have all the answers. What matters most is being present, reliable, and willing to walk with someone for a while.
What You’ll Do
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Build a supportive, trusting relationship with a neighbor experiencing homelessness or housing instability
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Meet regularly (in person or by phone) to check in, listen, and offer encouragement
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Support participants as they navigate housing systems, paperwork, and decisions
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Help reduce isolation by being a steady, caring presence
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Take part in training, reflection, and ongoing support with MDC staff and fellow volunteers
Who This Is For
This role may be a good fit if you:
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Care about people and believe everyone deserves dignity
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Are a good listener and value real, honest connection
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Can offer consistency more than perfection
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Are curious, patient, and willing to learn
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Want to do meaningful good in a simple, human way
No social services background is required. Life experience matters.
Time Commitment
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Very flexible and designed to fit real life
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Ideally about a few hours per week, on average
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Scheduling is shared between volunteers and participants
Why People Volunteer
Volunteers often say this work:
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Helps them slow down and reconnect with what really matters
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Feels human and grounding in a busy, transactional world
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Builds real community, one relationship at a time
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Has a way of changing both people involved
About Minnesota Dignity Collaborative
Minnesota Dignity Collaborative is a Minnesota-based nonprofit building dignity-centered community support for people navigating homelessness and housing instability. We believe lasting change grows through relationships, not just resources.
