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Hot Topics in Supportive Housing Audio-Conferences
The Corporation for Supportive Housing is pleased to present this series of roundtable conversations featuring timely topics discussed by experienced leaders in our field. These national audio-conferences are open to all individuals and groups interested in understanding the issues and sharing your knowledge of developing and operating supportive housing. Topics will be presented and followed by a question and answer period during each session. Following each call, a recording will be posted to this page within a few days.
2010 Audio-Conferences
Overcoming Barriers: Strategies for Accessing Housing for Re-entry Populations.
Thursday, March 11, 2010 from 2:30 – 3:30 PM ET
To register for the call, please click here.
You will receive a confirmation email which will contain a link to the conference, which will be held via audio-stream. On the day of the audio-conference, you can click the link provided to hear the audio-conference over the Internet. During the audio-conference, questions may be submitted by email, to info@csh.org .
Summary of the Call: This Audio-conference will provide an overview of strategies used to create housing opportunities for re-entry populations. Speakers will highlight accomplishments achieved, and lessons learned by their organizations. Please join us to learn more about how communities are successfully housing people who are returning to the community from jails and prisons.
Presenters on this call will include:
• Andy McMahon, Associate Director, Innovations and Research, CSH (Moderator)
• Glenn E. Martin, Vice President of Development and Public Affairs, Director of the David Rothenberg Center for Public Policy, Fortune Society
• Bob Dougherty, Executive Director, St. Leonard’s Ministries
Materials
Re-Entry Supportive Housing Concept Paper (CSH)
Public Housing Authorities and Re-Entry Populations (CSH)
St. Leonard’s Ministries - One Page Overview
Summary of Services Available at the Fortune Society
Picture of Fortune Society Site - The Castle
Have questions? Please feel free to contact Andy McMahon at andrew.mcmahon@csh.org.
HUD VASH Program: Overview of Implementation & Discussion of Issues and Opportunities for Maximizing Its Impact
February 16, 2010, 2:00 to 3:00 PM ET
To access a recording of the call, click here.
Materials:
HUD-VASH Program: Overview of Implementation, Issues and Opportunities (PowerPoint Presentation)
Summary of Call: Since 2008, approximately 20,000 HUD VASH vouchers have been allocated to more than 132 local VA Medical Centers that will be working in this effort. This will result in at least one site in each of the 50 states, with an additional 10,000 vouchers having been appropriated in recent months for allocation in the upcoming year. While this represents a robust new resource for ending homelessness among veterans, communities are wrestling with creating a targeted, coordinated and swift response for the implementation of this program. Presenters on this call will provide an overview of the HUD VASH program, and discuss opportunities and challenges that jurisdictions may have encountered with the implementation of the program thus far. Presentations will be followed by a facilitated discussion among call participants.
Presenters on this call:
-Vince Kane, Department of Veterans Affairs
-Kelly Kent, CSH Innovations and Research team
Frequent Users of Public Services:
Ending the institutional circuit - Changing systems to change lives
January 27, 2010, 2:00 to 3:00 PM ET
To access a recording of the call, click here.
Presenters on this call:
Summary of Call: A growing body of research provides ample evidence of the failure of existing, fragmented systems of care in meeting the needs of persons who repeatedly cycle through our shelter, correctional, and emergency health care systems. These persons - often referred to as “frequent users” or “high utilizers” of public services - have complex health and behavioral health problems but do not have access to a coordinated system of care where their health issues can be successfully managed. This dynamic, coupled with a lack of stable housing, forces frequent users through a revolving door of multiple, costly crisis services and institutional settings.
Our guest speakers discussed opportunities, challenges and some of the successes that they have experienced with programs focused on frequent users of health and correctional systems. Additionally, CSH policy staff provided the latest information available regarding health care reform and its impact on vulnerable, low-income populations, including frequent users of health systems.
• Heather Lyons, Senior Program Manager, CSH Consulting Group (Moderator)
• Peggy Bailey, Senior Policy Advisor, CSH
• Brenda Goldstein, Psychosocial Services Director, LifeLong Medical Care, Berkeley, California
• Mikkel Beckmen, Executive Director, St. Stephen's Human Services, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota
Materials:
Frequent Users of Public Services: Ending the Institutional Circuit, Changing Systems to Change Lives. (PDF, 78 pages)
FUSE Mid-Term Evaluation, July 2009
Key Health Reform Provisions for Homeless Populations - January 2010
Alameda County, Project RESPECT Summary
Agreement between LifeLong Medical Care and ACMC
Minneapolis / Hennepin County FUSE Program Summary
Richard S. Cho, for Funders Together, January 20, 2010: “Budgets balanced, lives saved: Supportive housing for frequent users of public services.”
2009 Audio-Conferences
The Allies for Employment Initiative: Accomplishments and Lessons Learned
August 26, 2009 (60 minutes)
A recording of this call can be accessed here.
Presenters on this call included:
Made possible through the generous support of the MetLife Foundation, in January 2008 the Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) launched the Allies for Employment Initiative, a re-granting and technical assistance program to establish and enhance partnerships between the supportive housing industry and mainstream workforce systems. Under the Initiative, CSH awarded five (5) Allies for Employment Planning Grants in diverse communities across the country: Bridgeport, Connecticut; Dayton, Ohio; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Portland, Oregon; and San Francisco, California. These grants supported planning activities designed to increase access to the workforce system by tenants of supportive housing through improved cross-agency coordination, service enhancements, employer outreach, and tailoring approaches to serving formerly-homeless individuals in the mainstream workforce system.
This Hot Topics in Supportive Housing Audio-Conference provides an overview of the accomplishments achieved, and lessons learned, in these five communities, and will feature presentations regarding the Supportive Housing Employment Collaborative (San Francisco, California) and the Property Management Career Pathway Program (Bridgeport, Connecticut). Please join us for this Audio-Conference to learn more about this Initiative and explore ideas that can work in other communities.
• Matthew Doherty, Director, CSH Consulting Group (Moderator)
• Rachel Fuller, Program Manager, CSH Consulting Group
• Christine E. Galvez, Director of Employment & Training, Community Housing Partnership
• Cameron McHenry, Supportive Housing Employment Collaborative (SHEC) Manager, Community Housing Partnership
• Elizabeth Roop, Academic Dean, Housatonic Community College
• Anne Carr, Vice President of Operations, Career Resources, Inc.
Materials:
Allies for Employment Initiative Summary Report (PDF, 46 pages)
Q & A with SAMHSA Regarding Two New Grant Opportunities and Request for Applications
March 24, 2009 (90 minutes)
A recording of the call can be accessed here.
The Corporation for Supportive Housing and the National Alliance to End Homelessness co-hosted a free web-based conference call on the SAMHSA request for applications (RFA). Over 1,300 individuals registered for this call! During the call officials from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) summarized infomration about applications they are now accepting for two FY 2009 programs that can fund services in supportive housing -- grants from the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) for Services in Supportive Housing as well as grants from the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) for the Treatment for Homeless program.
Presenters on this call included:
- Peggy Bailey, Health Policy Analyst, National Alliance to End Homelessness
- Jorielle R. Brown, PhD, Public Health Advisor, SSH Program Manager, SAMHSA, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Co-Occurring and Homeless Activities Branch
- Nicole D. Gaskin-Laniyan, Ph.D., LCDR, U.S. Public Health Service , SSH Program Manager, SAMHSA, Center for Mental Health Services, Homeless Programs Branch
- C. Danielle Johnson, MPH, Public Health Analyst, SAMHSA, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Office of Program Analysis and Coordination
- Carol Wilkins, Director, Policy and Research, Corporation for Supportive Housing
Materials:
CSH Summary of the Grant Announcements
2008 Audio-Conferences
December 17: Assessing the Coordination of Property Management and Supportive Services
July 22: Introduction of the New Web-Based Toolkit for Connecting Supportive Housing Tenants to Employment
May 7: SAMHSA's FY 2008 'Treatment for Homeless' Grants
April 29: Strategies for Addressing Opposition to the Siting of Supportive Housing
March 11: The Future of Federal Funding for Permanent Supportive Housing: The President's Proposed FY 2009 Budget and Supportive Housing Policy Priorities
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