Workshops Presented
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From Planning to Action Charlene Flaherty & Mari Moen Ms. Moen talked about successful planning and implementation strategies used in states and communities around the country to end long-term homelessness. The workshop provided examples, tools and best practices from other locations. |
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Accessing Mainstream Services: SSI & SSDI Yvonne Perret Obtaining SSI and/or SSDI disability benefits can help homeless adults who have serious mental illness, co-occurring disorders and other disability benefits access needed housing and supportive services to further recovery and to begin or return to employment. This workshop explored the critical components essential to successful navigation of the application process and describes a system change and training initiative called SOAR (SSI/SSDI Outreach, Access and Recovery) recently available in |
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Connecting with Health Care Services Marion Scott, RN MSN Homeless individuals experience monumental barriers as they attempt to access health care services. Connecting with Health Care Services discussed barriers encountered and innovative strategies to successfully encourage and enable homeless individuals access to health care services. |
| Making Work a Priority Evette Ned & John Ending homelessness required more than a roof over your head. People need an income to pay rent, meet their needs and move toward self-sufficiency. In this workshop, presenters not only talked about why it is difficult to make work a priority for homeless populations, but focused on how staff can motivate clients for work, secure their commitment to change and access employment services. |
| Working with Tenants in Supportive Housing John Fallon
This workshop provided an overview of best practices in tenant engagement strategies that motivate supportive housing tenants to become healthier, more productive community members. Included in the workshop were some of the issues that arise after the doors open, substance abuse and relapse policies. |
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U.S. Department of Housing and Uban development Mark Johnston |
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Honoring Diversity Through Cultural Competence Sandra A.Lopez, LCSW, ACSW
As our society become more diverse, our client populations across settings reflect a growing diversity in the faces and lives of those we serve. This presentation explored the many challenges in honoring cultural diversity with an emphasis on developing skills for promoting cultural competence
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Discharge for Healthcare Setting Mende Snodgress & Robert E. Dybala
Assisting clients who have recently been discharged from mental health care settings is a challenge. This workshop will discuss the criteria for discharge from mental health care settings; discharge planning; the barriers to effective discharge planning and resources available to indigent persons for mental health acute care.
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CoC & HMIS Sherri Boyd & Brandon LeBlanc The Houston/Harris County Continuum of Care (CoC) is constantly improving and updating information and procedures to remain in line with the US Department of Housing and Urban Development. The CoC portion of this workshop will provide information on how the Houston/Harris County CoC operates and what changes are in progress to continue forward movement. The HMIS portion will be about the guidelines for HMIS and self-monitoring. Participants will learn how to monitor and improve the quality of their HMIS data for Annual Progress Reporting, clients served reporting, ten-year plans, funding applications and AHAR.
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Nutritional Needs for the Homeless Bonnie Berube A Medical Nutrition Therapy Module will be discussed as well as a Medical Module used in a
Nutrition Screen Checklist Homeless in |
| Strategic Plan Robert Eury & Anthony Love
This workshop will discuss the Houston/Harris County Strategic Plan to End Homelessness. Participants will hear information on the progress made in the first year of the plan and a discussion of the goals for the second year.
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Changing Systems: Toward a Common Strategy to Build Collaboration Across Systems of Care John Rio & Ken Martin Key systems impacting our efforts to reduce homelessness include: Housing, Mental Health, Substance Abuse, Health Care, Workforce Investment, Corrections, and Transportation. No one system has the knowledge, skills or resources to end homelessness by itself. To significantly reduce homelessness it is necessary for these systems to effectively use their talents, resources and money in new and improved ways. Presenters will focus on the strategic building blocks for transformation, discuss examples where change has occurred and point to systems change efforts underway in
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Low Demand Housing For difficult to serve populations Bill Hobson A workshop that focuses on working with formerly homeless persons living with severe and persistent mental disorders and/or chronic addictive illnesses in a low demand, permanent supportive housing setting. Topics include: an operational definition of low demand housing; support service planning and implementation in low demand settings; crisis management; resident behavioral expectations; and neighborhood relations. The DESC 1811 Project will serve as a focal point for discussion of each topic area |
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Building Relationships With Clients Debbie Drake This workshop included Standards of Care for case managers, rules for case management and a discussion of how case management does not replace therapy. Also included was a section on “Do’s” and “Don’ts” of case management |
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Re-Entry Supportive Housing for Ex-Offenders John Fallon Mr. Fallon discussed the overlap of populations served in the criminal justice system and the homeless system, how supportive housing can serve that population well, reduce recidivism and ultimately, create safer communities. |
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Faith-Based Assistance Ministries: A Prevention Partner Martha Marcis, Debbie Crum & Diana Garbis In this session, a panel of faith-based assistance providers shared information on their program models and described their critical roles in the continuum of services to homeless and at-risk populations. This workshop was designed for program managers and front-line providers. |
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Program Performance Measurement Matt White This workshop focused on using HMIS data to measure the performance of homeless assistance programs. The institute presented a primer on performance measurement by reviewing the key concepts and approaches to measuring program performance and provided guidance on how to use HMIS data to calculate performance measures. |
