Welcome to CSH's new blog, The Pipeline. This is where you'll find all things CSH -- from industry news and events, to local groundbreakings, to our thoughts on the latest supportive housing research.
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Supportive Housing on The Daily Show
Q: What happens when you educate a policymaker about all the societal benefits of investing in supportive housing? A: They go on one of the highest-rated shows on television and tell the whole world about why supportive housing works! For those of you who missed the December 12, 2012 episode of the Daily Show, it featured a conversation between its host Jon Stewart and the widely popular mayor of Newark, New Jersey, Cory Booker. During a conversation...
Introducing the Inaugural CSH Supportive Housing Veteran Academy Class!
On May 16, CSH held the first session of the CSH Supportive Housing Veteran Academy at a Capital One Bank branch in downtown Brooklyn. Eleven supportive housing provider agencies were represented, in addition to CSH staff and Capital One associate volunteers, and participated in the training providing an overview of military culture. This session is the first in an eight series training program funded by Capital One to provide training to civilian...
CSH in the News – March & April 2013
Baltimore Sun, March 31 Outreach aids former inmates struggling to find housing, jobs Akua Zenzele, a community supervision agent in Southeast Baltimore who works with parolees, knows the first few days after being released from incarceration are crucial for former inmates. Many are paroled with few resources and nowhere to go. Some end up homeless, and without a way to meet basic needs; others wind up back in jail after committing new crimes just...
CSH Supports the California Homes & Jobs Act
Everyone in California needs a safe and affordable place to call home. Rents and mortgages within the reach of working families is critical to maintaining California’s business competitiveness. By working together to pass SB 391 we can build safe and affordable single-family homes and apartments for Californians in need, including families, seniors, veterans, people with disabilities, and people experiencing homelessness. A safe, secure home is...
Michelle Brophy Presented with Community Leadership Award by Gateway Healthcare
Gateway Healthcare, a community mental health center awarded CSH's own Michelle Brophy with the Community Leadership Award at their 18th Annual Awards Luncheon on Monday, May 13th. Michelle receiving her award with the Executive Director Richard LeClerc and Board Chair, Lloyd J. Robinson “Gateway is affiliated with LifeSpan (a large hospital network) in order to better integrate behavioral health and health. In accepting the award I challenged...
CSH will be at the NeighborWorks Training Institute in Philadelphia!
CSH has redesigned our NeighborWorks course, AH183, and will be offering it during the Institute, which spans August 19-23 . Supportive Housing: Developing Solutions and Supporting Residents, is a 2-day course targeting a general audience with interest in supportive housing. During the training, we will concentrate on funding specific to the development of supportive housing and review different models of providing supports to residents. We will...
Northwestern Ohio VISN 11 Veteran Summit
This day-long Summit in Toledo, Ohio was an invitation-only event coordinated on behalf of the leadership from the Veteran Integrated Service Network 11 (VISN 11) to dialogue, plan, and align efforts to prevent and end homelessness among Veterans in Northwestern Ohio. This summit provided the participants an opportunity to highlight and celebrate successes that occurred in 2012; revisit and update the action items outlined under the six pillars of...
Spotlight on San Antonio Housing Authority
When the San Antonio Housing Authority (SAHA) felt an overwhelming need to serve people in their community who had become homeless, they decided to do so through a collaborative partnership with local service providers by implementing a new Shelter Plus Care program for 100 homeless households. The Shelter Plus Care Program is designed to provide permanent housing for homeless individuals and families with disabilities by providing rental subsidies...
Illinois Training Tour for 20 Continuums of Care
CSH staff from our Illinois Office are on a training tour to work with all 20 Illinois Continuums of Care with an expected reach of over 160 CoC leaders in April and May alone. This effort is being done in partnership with the Supportive Housing Providers Association and funded by the Illinois Department of Human Services. The two days of training, followed by TA for CoC strategic planning will be highly interactive and provide detailed, individualized...
Indiana South Central Housing Network Charrette
To ensure robust participation and feedback from the community, the Steering Committee led by the South Central Housing Network (SCHN), engaged CSH to organize and deliver a condensed community process, known as a CSH Community Planning Charrette (CSH Charrette). The CSH Charrette takes what is typically a long-term planning process, and focuses our community-wide energy on key issue areas. With guidance from the Steering Committee, CSH has worked...
2013 Rural Supportive Housing Institute
CSH has partnered with Collaborative Solutions, Inc. (CSI) to launch the second joint Rural Supportive Housing Institute in Alabama. The Institute helps nonprofits learn how to navigate the complex process of developing housing with support services and is expected to reduce the time it takes to obtain funding for affordable housing by improving the planning process. In previous years, CSI has hosted a Rural Supportive Housing Institute for service...
