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BEYOND SHELTER Institute for Research, Training, and Technical Assistance 1990 – 2011 Key National Workshops & Presentations

1990

1990 – Interagency Council on the Homeless: “Moving from Shelter to Transitional to Permanent Housing”

1990 – Southern California Association of Non-Profit Housing Annual Conference, held in Los Angeles, CA – Workshop: “Integrating Low-Income Families into the Community via Affordable Housing”

1990 – Housing California Annual Conference, Sacramento, CA – Workshop: “Transitional Housing”

1991

1991 – Shelter Partnership Conference, “Off the streets and out of the Shelters”, Los Angeles, CA – Presentation, “Case Management for Housing”

1991 – HomeBase Conference, “Off the streets and out of the Shelters” – Presentation, “Homeless People Find Housing: The Agency’s Role”

1991 – Housing California Housing & Homelessness Conference, Sacramento, CA – Workshop on Family Case Management

1991 – UCLA School of Psychiatry, Los Angeles, CA – Presentation, “Dysfunctional Families & Affordable Housing”

1991 – Southern California Association of Non-Profit Housing – “Case Management for Affordable Housing”

1991 – U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC – Presentation for Grantees

1992

1992 – National Alliance to End Homelessness Conference – “Making the Transition to Permanent Housing”

1992 – Interagency Council on The Homeless Regional Conference on Homeless Families, Atlanta, GA

1992 – Ohio Coalition for The Homeless, Columbus, OH – training on Housing First for ten agencies

1992 – City of Los Angeles Housing Authority, – Training for the Section 8 program for homeless families

April 23-24, 1992 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Workshop on “Housing First”, Los Angeles, CA

May, 1992 – Beyond Shelter Workshop on “Housing First”: An Innovative Approach, Sacramento, CA 1993

1993 – Housing California Annual Conference, Sacramento, CA – “Transitional Services in Permanent Housing”

1993 –Housing and Human Investment Conference, Portland, OR –“Ending and Preventing Family Homelessness”

1993 – National Leased Housing Association Conference, Washington, DC – “Creating or Utilizing an Existing Network for Supportive Services”

1993 – Creating Special User Housing, Bakersfield, CA – “Special User Housing and Supportive Services Needs”

1993 – The Enterprise Foundation Annual Network Conference – Panel Presentation, “Service-Enriched Housing”

1993 – Neighborhood Place, Inc., Davenport, IA – Introduction to Service-enriched permanent housing

1993 – Transition House, Santa Barbara, CA – The Housing First Program

March 10-12, 1993 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Workshop on “Housing First”, Los Angeles, CA

September 8, 1993 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Workshop on Service-Enriched Housing: Models and Methodologies, Los Angeles, CA

September 27-29, 1993 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Workshop on Ending and Preventing Family Homelessness, Washington, DC

1994

January 19, 1994 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Workshop on Service-Enriched Housing, Los Angeles, CA

1994 – Family Resource Coalition Biennial National Conference, held in Chicago, IL – Workshop presentation on Beyond Shelter’s Homeless Families Program: “Ways to End Family Homelessness”

1994 – National Coalition for the Homeless Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN – Beyond Shelter Methodology

1994 – UCLA, Department of Urban Planning School of Public Policy, Beyond Shelter Methodology

1994 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Workshop, Service-Enriched Permanent Housing and Alternatives to Transitional Housing: Models for the Future, held in Washington, DC

1995

1995 – Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, held in Los Angeles, CA –Resource Development and Housing Relocation

1995 – Housing California Annual Conference, held in Sacramento, CA – Panel Presentation, “Community-Based Resources for Homeless Families”

2 March 6-8, 1995 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Workshop, Service-Enriched Permanent Housing and Alternatives to Transitional Housing: Models for the Future, held in Anaheim, CA

1995 – California Mental Health Advocates For Children & Youth Annual Conference, held in Monterey, CA “Finding Homes for Homeless Families”

October 23-24, 1995 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Workshop, Service-Enriched Permanent Housing: Models and Methodologies, held in Washington, DC – Co-sponsored by The Enterprise Foundation

1996

1996 – HUD Neighborhood Networks Conference, held in Kansas City, MO – Presentation on Service-Enriched and Supportive Housing

1996 – Management & Community Development (MCDI) Tufts University, Boston, MA –Service-Enriched Housing

February 1996 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Workshop on Supportive Housing Methods and Methodologies, held in Kansas City, KS – In Collaboration with The Enterprise Foundation

1996 – Abandoned Infants Association Conference, held in Knoxville, TN – Panel Presentation: “Service-Enriched Housing for Families with Children”

1996 – Enterprise Foundation/HUD Conference, held in Detroit, MI – Presentation, “Supportive Housing”

1996 – Enterprise Foundation/HUD Conference, held in Grand Rapids, IA – Presentation, “Supportive Housing”

1996 – Non-Governmental Organizations Forum ’96, Habitat II: The United Nations City Summit, Presentations: “International Homelessness” and “Homelessness in the United States”, Istanbul, Turkey

1996 – Veterans Administration Conference, Chicago, IL – Presentation, “Services to Homeless Families”

1996 – Family Resource Coalition, Chicago, IL – Presentation: “Service-Enriched Housing”

1996 – U.S. Network For Habitat II Global Meeting, held in Los Angeles, CA – Panel Presentation, “Towards Sustainable Communities”

1997

May 1997 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Workshop, Ending and Preventing Family Homelessness, Los Angeles, CA

June 1997 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Workshop, Service-Enriched Permanent Housing: Models and Methodologies, Washington, DC

November 1997 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Workshop, Service-Enriched Permanent Housing: Models and Methodologies, Washington, DC – Co-sponsored by the National Alliance to End Homelessness

November 1997 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Workshop on “Housing First”: Ending and Preventing Family Homelessness, Washington, DC – Co-sponsored by the National Alliance to End Homelessness

3 1998

April 1998 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Workshop on Service-Enriched Permanent Housing: Models and Methodologies, held in Los Angeles, CA

May 1998 – Housing California Annual Conference, held in Sacramento, CA – Institute on “Housing First”

July 1998 – National Alliance to End Homelessness Annual Conference, Washington DC – “Housing First”

September 1998 – Ending Family Homelessness Policy Summit, held in Los Gatos, CA – Co-Sponsored by HomeBase and Compass Community Services

September 1998 – Florida Homeless Coalition Conference, held in Orlando, FL – “Housing First”

September 1998 – Southern California Association of Non-Profit Housing Annual Conference, “Connecting Housing and Social Services”

November 1998 – “Building Better Communities: A National Dialogue on Collaborating for Successful Siting of Housing and Service Programs”, held in Washington, DC

November 1998 – New Mexico Statewide Conference on Homelessness, Albuquerque, NM – Panel presentation on Securing and Maintaining Permanent Housing

November 1998 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Workshop on Service-Enriched Permanent Housing: Models and Methodologies, held in Washington DC – In collaboration with CommonBond Communities and H.E.L.P. USA

1999

March 1999 – First Missouri Congress to End Homelessness, Missouri Association for Social Welfare, held in Jefferson City, MO – “Housing First” presentation, “Information Systems and Resource Allocation”

March 1999 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Workshop, The Transition Program for Homeless Families, held in Los Angeles, CA

March 1999 – Beyond Shelter Technical Assistance Workshop Service-Enriched Housing: Models and Methodologies, held in Salt Lake City, UT – Two-day institute for the Salt Lake City Council of Governments

April 1999 – Housing California Annual Conference, held in Sacramento, CA – Workshops on Service-Enriched Housing and “Housing First”

May 1999 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Workshop on “Housing First”, held in Los Angeles, CA

June 1999 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Workshop Service-Enriched Housing: Models and Methodologies, held in Hershey, PA – Institute for the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Authority

June 1999 – New England Resident Services Coordinator Training Conference, held in Portland, ME – Keynote Address on Service-Enriched Housing

June 1999 – Beyond Shelter Technical Assistance Workshop on Service-Enriched Housing, held in Salem, OR – Two- day institute for the Oregon State Housing and Community Services Department

4 July 1999 – National Alliance to End Homelessness Annual Conference, held in Washington, DC – Workshop on Service-Enriched Housing

September 1999 – Southern California Association of Non-Profit Housing Annual Conference, held in Los Angeles, CA – Institute on Service-Enriched Housing

September 1999 – California Department of Social Services Conference, held in Sacramento, CA – Workshop on “Welfare-to-Work for Hard-to-Serve Families”

November 8, 1999 – American Association of Service Coordinators Conference, held in Cleveland, OH – Workshop on Service-Enriched Housing

2000

February 2000 – HUD Conference on Housing for Homeless People, held in Atlanta, GA – “Housing First” plenary

March 2000 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Workshop on Service-Enriched Permanent Housing: Models and Methodologies, held in Washington, DC – In collaboration with Help USA (NY) and Common Bond Communities (MN)

March 2000 – HUD Conference on Housing for Homeless People, San Francisco, CA – “Housing First” plenary

March 2000 – National Low Income Housing Coalition Annual Policy Conference, “Housing plus Services”

April 2000 – The Western Regional Child Abuse Prevention Conference, “Within Our Reach: Effective Home-Based Strategies for Family Support”, held in Los Angeles, CA – Workshop on “Housing First”

May 2000 – National Community Building Network Annual Conference, Los Angeles, CA – Presentation, “Community Building Strategies to Support Low-Income Families in Gentrifying Communities”

May 2000 – Housing California Annual Conference, held in Sacramento, CA – Workshops on “Housing First” and on Case Management Issues for Homeless Families

July 2000 – National Alliance to End Homelessness Conference, Washington, DC – Full-Day Institute on “Housing First”

October 2000 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Workshop on “Housing First”: Ending and Preventing Family Homelessness, Los Angeles, CA – Co-sponsored by the National Alliance to End Homelessness

December 2000 – National Service Coordinators Training and Networking Conference, held in Las Vegas, NV – Workshop, “Family-Centered Service-Enriched Housing: Successful Programs for Family Housing”

2001

January 8, 2001 – Arizona Coalition to End Homelessness Conference, Phoenix, AZ – “Housing First”

January 2001 – Traveler’s Aid Society Conference, held in Salt Lake City, UT – Several workshops on “Housing First”

5 January 2001 – National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials, Southern California Chapter, Conference, held in Brea, CA – Workshop on “Innovative Ways to Market the Housing Choice Voucher”

February 2001 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Workshop on Service-Enriched Housing: Models and Methodologies, held in Washington, DC – In collaboration with Help USA (NY), the National Housing Conference, Common Bond Communities (MN), the National Low Income Housing Coalition, AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust, and the National Alliance to End Homelessness

March 2001 – National Low Income Housing Coalition Annual Policy Conference, held in Washington, DC – Workshop on Housing and Social Services, “Controversial Issues in Linking Housing and Services: How Core Principles Inform Practice”

April 2001 – Institute for Children and Poverty, Columbia University, “Rethinking Homelessness: A Framework for Change”, held in New York, NY – Workshop on “Housing First”

May 2001 – Partners for Survival Collaborative Conference, held in Compton, CA – Workshop on Addressing the Unique Needs of Families in Transition

May 2001 – Housing California Annual Conference, held in Sacramento, CA – Three workshops: Ending Family Homelessness, Reconnecting the System so it Works; “Housing First”: Ending and Preventing Family Homelessness; Marketing, the Key to Accessing Rental Housing for Section 8 Voucher Holders

June 2001 – Beyond Shelter Technical Assistance Workshop, ‘Introduction to the “Housing First” Approach to Ending Homelessness’, held in Orange County, CA

July 2001 – National Alliance to End Homelessness Annual Conference, held in Washington, DC – Four workshops: Rehousing People with a “Housing First” Approach; Understanding the Role of Transitional Housing; “Housing First”; Strategies for Accessing Scarce Affordable Housing

August 2001 – Beyond Shelter Technical Assistance Workshop, ‘Applying the “Housing First” Approach for Homeless Families’ Orange County, CA

August 2001 – “Learning Without a Home: Partnering to Support Homeless Young Children and Their Families Through Prop 10,” held in San Diego, CA – Co-sponsored by the Center for Health Improvement, the Prop 10 Technical Assistance Service Center, and the California Children and Families Association – Workshop on Housing Homeless Families

September 2001 – CalWORKs Regional Forum: “Beyond CalWORKs Implementation, Building Collaborative Systems”, held in Los Angeles, CA – Workshop “Accessing Affordable Housing for CalWORKs Recipients”

September 2001 – “Celebrating Diversity: Cultural Competency in a Multi-Cultural Environment,” - Co-Sponsored by the Enterprise Foundation – held 9/14/01 in Orange County; 9/17/01 in Los Angeles; 9/19/01 in San Diego; 9/21/01 in Costa Mesa; 9/25/01 in Chatsworth, CA

October -November 2001 – “Innovative Strategies for Supporting Clients with Multiple Problems,” – Co-Sponsored by the Enterprise Foundation – held 10/18/01 in Los Angeles; 10/24/01 in Costa Mesa; 10/26/01 in San Diego; 11/14/01 in Orange County; 11/30/01 in Los Angeles

October 2001 – Los Angeles County Multi-Disciplinary Team of the Long Term Family Self-Sufficiency Program,– Training on “Housing First”

6 November 2001 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Workshop on “Housing First”: Ending and Preventing Family Homelessness, held in Washington, DC – In collaboration with the National Alliance to End Homelessness

2002

March 2002 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Workshop on Service-Enriched Housing: Models and Methodologies, held in Los Angeles, CA – Co-Sponsored by Help USA (NY), CommonBond Communities (MN), and the National Low Income Housing Coalition

April 2002 – National Low Income Housing Coalition Annual Policy Conference, Washington, DC – Two workshops on “Housing plus Services”

May 2002 – Housing California Annual Conference, Sacramento, CA – Workshop on “Housing First”

May 2002 – Philadelphia Committee to End Homelessness, Philadelphia, PA – Training on “Housing First”

July 2002 – National Alliance to End Homelessness Annual Conference, held in Washington, DC – Workshop on “Housing First”

August 2002 – “Family Strengths Family-Centered Services” Conference, held in Sacramento, CA – Sponsored by the California Department of Social Services – Workshop on “Housing First”

September 2002 – Southern California Association of Non-Profit Housing Annual Conference, held in Los Angeles, CA – Workshop on “Housing plus Services”

October 2002 – American Association of Service Coordinators Conference, held in Denver, CO – Workshop on Service-Enriched Housing

November 2002 – Metropolitan Columbus Task Force for the Homeless Training Institute, held in Columbus, GA – Workshop on “Housing First”

November 2002 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Workshop on “Housing First”: Ending and Preventing Family Homelessness, held in Los Angeles, CA – Co-Sponsored by Shelter Partnership, Inc. and the National Alliance to End Homelessness

2003

March 2003 – Enterprise Foundation’s National Conference on Employment Strategies and Welfare-to-Work Initiatives, held in Baltimore, MD – Workshops on “Housing First” and Service-Enriched Housing

April 2003 – USC California Social Welfare Archives Spring Seminar, Los Angeles, CA – “Housing First”

April 2003 – National Housing Rights Forum, held in Washington, DC – participated in and presented at the conference as a member of the Housing Rights Committee

April 2003 – Housing California Annual Conference, held in Sacramento, CA – “Housing First” Institute

April 2003 – National Low Income Housing Coalition Policy Conference, Washington, DC – “Housing plus Services”

7 May 2003 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Workshop on “Housing First” for Homeless Families, held in Los Angeles, CA – Co-Sponsored by Shelter Partnership, Inc. and the National Alliance to End Homelessness

June 2003 – Training on “Housing First” for staff of a new “Housing First” program in Santa Clara County, CA

July 2003 – National Alliance to End Homelessness Conference “New Partnerships for Ending Homelessness: Housing, Services, and Employment”, held in Washington, DC – Two workshops on “Housing First”, one workshop on the intersection between domestic violence and homelessness, and a half-day of technical assistance sessions on the “Housing First” approach

September 2003 – Housing Rights Forum, held in Los Angeles, CA – Sponsored by Beyond Shelter, the Los Angeles Coalition to End Hunger and Homelessness, the Southern California Association of Nonprofit Housing, and the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty – Presentation on the right to housing and “Housing First”

October 2003 – National Coalition for the Homeless Annual Conference, held in Washington, DC – Workshop on “Housing First”, with a focus on domestic violence collaborations

October 2003 – Third Annual Kansas Homelessness Summit, held in Topeka, KS – Keynote Address on “Housing First” and a workshop on “Housing First”

November 2003 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Workshop on “Housing First”, held in Washington, DC – Co-Sponsored by the National Alliance to End Homelessness

November 2003 – Virginia Governor’s Conference on Housing – Workshops on “Housing First” and Service- Enriched Housing/Housing for Special Needs Populations

November 2003 – Full-day “Housing First” Institute for service providers in Missoula, MT

December, 2003 – National Resource Center on Homelessness and Mental Health Training Conference, held in Phoenix, AZ – Workshop on “Housing First”

2004

April 2004 – Housing Rights Summit, “The Right to Housing Movement in the US”, held in Los Angeles, CA – co- sponsored by Beyond Shelter

April 2004 – National Low Income Housing Coalition Policy Conference, held in Washington, DC – Service-Enriched Housing Workshop

May 2004 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Workshop, ‘“Housing First” Ending & Preventing Homelessness: Models & Methodologies’, held in Los Angeles, CA

May 2004 – Housing California Statewide Housing Conference, held in Sacramento, CA – “Housing First” & Service- Enriched Housing workshops

July 2004 – National Alliance to End Homelessness Annual Conference, held in Washington, DC – Two “Housing First” Workshops

August 2004 – City of Baton Rouge & Parish of East Baton Rouge, Office of Community Development, held in Baton Rouge, LA – ”Housing First” Training Workshop

8 October 2004 – Housing Colorado Annual Conference, Steamboat Springs, CO – Service-Enriched Housing Workshop

October 2004 – National Congress for Community Economic Development Annual Conference, held in Los Angeles, CA – Service-Enriched Housing Workshop

October 2004 – National Alliance to End Homelessness National Conference on Ending Family Homelessness, co- sponsored by Beyond Shelter, held in Los Angeles, CA – Presented four separate workshops: Introduction to “Housing First”, Service-Enriched Housing, Welfare-to-Work, and Housing Relocation for Homeless Families

November 18, 2004 – Arizona State Homeless Conference, held in Phoenix, AZ – “Housing First” Workshop

2005

March 2005 – Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, held in Los Angeles, CA – “Housing First” Training

April 2005 – “Housing First” Conference, held in St. Paul, MN – “Housing First” Workshop

April 2005 – City and State Government and Foundations in St. Paul, MN – “Housing First” presentation

April 2005 – Erie County Department of Human Services, Office of Mental Health/Mental Retardation, held in Erie, PA – “Housing First” Workshop

April 2005 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Workshop on “Housing First”, Los Angeles, CA

May 2005 – National Low Income Housing Coalition National Policy Conference, held in Washington, DC – “Housing First” & “Housing plus Services” Presentations

May 2005 – Second National Housing Rights Forum, National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, held in Washington, DC – Presentation on “Housing First” and the Right to Housing

July 2005 – National Alliance to End Homelessness Annual Conference, held in Washington, DC – “Service-Enriched Housing” Training Institute and “Housing First” Presentation

September 2005 – Southern California Association for Non-Profit Housing Annual Conference, held in Los Angeles, CA – “Housing First” presentation

October 2005 – Texas Homeless Network Annual Conference, held in Corpus Christi, TX – “Housing First” Training Institute

October 2005 – Coalicion de Coaliciones pro Personas sin Hogar 2nd Homelessness Summitt, held in Caguas, Puerto Rico – “Housing First” Training

2006

January 2006 – Coalition on the Homeless, held in Miami, FL – One-Day “Housing First” Workshop

January 2006 – National Alliance to End Homelessness Conference on Ending Family Homelessness, held in Oakland, CA – Service-Enriched Housing Presentation

9 March 2006 – Family Support America’s 25th Anniversary Conference, held in Chicago, IL – ‘An Effective Solution to Family Homelessness: The “Housing First” Program for Homeless Families’

May 2006 – National Council of State Housing Agencies Annual Spring Conference, held in Indianapolis, IN – Panel presentation on ‘Implementing “Housing First” Strategies’

May 2006 – Housing California 2006 Annual Conference, held in Sacramento, CA – Half-day Training Institute: ‘“Housing First”: A Primer for Developers & Service Providers’

June 2006 – “The Human Right to Housing” Forum, held in Los Angeles, CA – Sponsored by the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty and the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions and co-sponsored by Beyond Shelter, the Los Angeles Coalition to End Hunger and Homelessness, Public Counsel, and the Housing Rights Center – Moderated and/or presented on panels discussing Los Angeles County’s Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness and state and local application of the right to housing

July 2006 – National Alliance to End Homelessness Annual Conference, held in Washington, DC – Panel Presentation on “Services to Stabilize Housing” and participation in “Housing First” Expert Roundtable

September 2006 – Third National Forum on the Human Right to Housing, National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty and the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions, held in Washington, DC – Presentation on the Right to Housing Movement in Los Angeles

September 2006 – Florida Council for Community Mental Health and Florida Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association Annual Conference, held in Orlando, FL – Half-day training, ‘“Housing First” for Diverse Populations’

November 2006 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Workshop, “Housing First” for Homeless Families and Individuals Workshop, held in Washington, DC – co-sponsored by the National Alliance to End Homelessness and Pathways to Housing (NY)

December 2006 – Housing CA Conference “Creating Community 2006: Next Steps on MHSA”, held in Pasadena, CA – Half-day Institute, “Service-Enriched Housing Models: Promoting Housing Choice and Responsive Service Delivery for Persons with Mental Disorders”

2007

January 8, 2007 – Los Angeles County Departments of Public Social Services, Children and Family Services, and Mental Health, held in Los Angeles, CA – Half-Day Training on “Housing First” for staff working in the Skid Row Neighborhood of Los Angeles

February 9, 2007 – National Alliance to End Homelessness’ Annual Conference on Ending Family Homelessness, held in Oakland, CA – Presentations on Home-Based Case Management for Formerly Homeless Families and on Recruiting Private Market Landlords

March 1, 2007 – Toward Understanding Homelessness: The 2007 National Symposium on Homelessness Research, held in Washington, DC – Oral Response to Debra Rog’s and John Buckner’s Discussion Paper on “What the Research Says, Homeless Families and Children”

March 1, 2007 – Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, Public Health Nursing Resource Group, held in Los Angeles, CA – Presentation on “Housing First” and Beyond Shelter’s Programs

March 15, 2007 – New Mexico Coalition to End Homelessness, held in Albuquerque, NM – One-Day Training Workshop on “Housing First”

10 May 23, 2007 – Colorado Coalition for the Homeless’ 20th Annual Conference on Homelessness, held in Denver, CO – Keynote Address

June 12, 2007 – Westside Shelter and Hunger Coalition, held in Santa Monica, CA – Two-hour training for case managers from member agencies on Housing Resources and Relocation for Homeless Families

June 14, 2007 – Catholic Charities, Diocese of Brooklyn and Queens, held in Jamaica, NY – Full-day Training on Homeless Prevention Programs and Child Protection – In collaboration with Carol Cohen, Adelphi School of Social Work

July 9-10, 2007 – National Alliance to End Homelessness’ Annual Conference, “Ending Homelessness: The Time is Now!”, held in Washington, DC – Presentations on Service-Enriched Housing for Families with Children and on Assessing and Targeting Housing and Service Interventions for Homeless Families

September 4, 2007 – Good Shepherd Center for Homeless Women & Children, held in Los Angeles, CA – Two-hour training for shelter staff on case management for homeless families and the use of the Family Survival Guide

September 12, 2007 – Homeward Conference, “Regional Best Practices to Prevent and End Homelessness”, held in Richmond, VA – Two presentations on Housing First for Homeless Families

September 18, 2007 – Los Angeles County Office of Education, Division of Student Support Services, Annual Homeless Symposium, held in Los Angeles, CA – One-and-a-half-hour Workshop on “Homeless Families in LA Today: A State of Crisis”

November 13, 2007 – Partners in Care, held in Honolulu, HI – Full-day training for 130 representatives of agencies throughout the Hawaiian Islands on Housing First and Service-Enriched Housing

December 4, 2007 – County of Orange, Housing and Community Services, Quarterly Continuum of Care Community Forum: “Can Orange County End Homelessness?”, held in Santa Ana, CA – Panel presentation on Housing First

2008

January 2, 2008 – Children and Families Commission of Orange County, Special Meeting on Funding of Homeless Family Programs, held in Santa Ana, CA – 10-Minute Presentation on Housing First

February 7, 2008 – National Alliance to End Homelessness’ National Conference on Ending Family Homelessness, held in Seattle, WA – Presentations on Housing First for Homeless Families and on Working with Landlords

April 10, 2008 – National Network of Social Work Managers’ Annual Institute “Managing the Challenge of Homelessness”, held in Los Angeles, CA – Two-hour Workshop on “Ending Family Homelessness through ‘Housing First’”

April 29, 2008 – Housing California Annual Conference “Reframing Affordable Homes”, held in Sacramento, CA – One-and-a-half hour workshop, “Housing First” for Homeless Families

April 30, 2008 – Strengthening At Risk and Homeless Young Mothers and Children Annual Grantee Conference, Hilton Foundation, held in Pomona, CA – Panel presentation on “planning for sustainability in meeting the long-term service needs of homeless families with children”

11 June 17, 2008 – Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, 2nd Annual Housing Institute, held in Los Angeles, CA – two-hour training on housing relocation assistance for homeless families, provided to the DMH housing specialists, case managers, and administrators

July 16, 2008 – San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank’s REO Symposium, held in Hollywood, CA –panel presentation on the home foreclosure crisis and homelessness for a two-hour workshop entitled, Assisting Borrowers After Foreclosure

July 30, 2008 – National Alliance to End Homelessness’ National Conference on Ending Homelessness, held in Washington, DC – Presentation on Alternatives to Conventional Shelter (master-leasing of apartments) for a two- hour workshop entitled, “Emergency Shelter Without a Shelter”

August 12, 2008 – Ad Hoc Committee to End Poverty in Los Angeles Hearing on Housing, Sustainability, and Infrastructure, held in Los Angeles, CA – Presentation on Housing First for homeless families to City Council Members Alarcon, Greuel, and Wesson

September 10, 2008 – Skid Row Families Demonstration Project Roundtable with Supervisor Gloria Molina, held in Los Angeles, CA – half-day workshop and training on the Skid Row Families Demonstration Project

September 25, 2008 – Westchester County Housing Conference, “New Approaches Toward Housing the Homeless,” held in Yonkers, NY – half-day workshop on Housing First for Homeless Families, provided to the Commissioners, Board of Legislators, and service providers in Westchester County

September 26, 2008 – Southern California Association of Nonprofit Housing 20th Annual Housing Conference, held in Los Angeles, CA – Panel presentation on Reconciling the Roles of Property Managers and Resident Service Providers

September 29, 2008 – Los Angeles County Office of Education, Division of Student Support Services, Annual Homeless Symposium, held in Los Angeles, CA – One-and-a-half-hour Workshop on “Promoting School and Housing Stability Among Homeless Children through ‘Housing First’”

November 17, 2008 – San Bernardino County Office of Homeless Services’ Homeless Summit, “One Step Closer to Home,” held in Rialto, CA – One-and-a-half-hour Workshop on Housing First for Diverse Populations, provided to community-based providers and elected officials

December 9, 2008 – Rapid Re-Housing Collaborative of Austin, held in Austin, TX – Full-day workshop on case management in Housing First, provided to the nine partner agencies in the City’s Rapid Rehousing Pilot

December 18, 2008 – United Way of the Midlands, Partners in Compassion (PIC) Institute’s “Homeless Prevention Workshop,” held in Colombia, SC – Half-day workshop for grantees and other housing and service providers on Housing First for homeless families

2009

January 14, 2009 – LA City/County Coordinating Council for Homeless Families, Homeless Families in LA Today: A Dialogue Among First Responders, held in Los Angeles, CA – Presentation on Alternative Shelter Models: The Use of Master-Leased Apartments as Emergency Shelter

February 12, 2009 – National Alliance to End Homelessness’ National Conference on Ending Family Homelessness, held in San Diego, CA – Presentations on Housing First for Homeless Families and Employment and Income Strategies

12 February 13, 2009 – National Alliance to End Homelessness’ National Conference on Ending Family Homelessness, held in San Diego, CA – Presentation on Working with Landlords

April 2, 2009 – Orange County Homeless Providers’ Forum, held in Orange, CA – Presentation on Housing First for Homeless Families and for Chronically Homeless Individuals

May 13, 2009 – 2009 HUD Regional HPRP (Homeless Prevention and Rapid Rehousing Program) Training: Transforming Lives and Communities through Housing Stability, held in Los Angeles, CA – Presentation on Beyond Shelter’s “Housing First” Program for Homeless Families

June 18, 2009 – OC Partnership, held in Orange, CA – half-day workshop on homelessness prevention, rapid rehousing (housing first) for homeless families, and federal funding priorities, for nonprofit homeless service providers throughout Orange County

July 1, 2009 – Prototypes Hope and Home Program, held in West Covina, CA – half-day workshop on accessing affordable housing resources for homeless families, conducted for one grantee (Prototypes Pomona) and its partner agencies of the Hilton Foundation’s Strengthening At Risk and Homeless Young Mothers and Children Initiative

July 9, 2009 – Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-housing Program (HPRP) Program Design & Implementation TA Workshop, held in Los Angeles, CA – full-day workshop for HPRP grantees and potential subgrantees

July 23, 2009 – Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-housing Program (HPRP) Program Design & Implementation TA Workshop, held in Los Angeles, CA – full-day workshop for HPRP grantees and potential subgrantees

July 29, 2009 – National Alliance to End Homelessness’ National Conference on Ending Homelessness, held in Washington, DC – workshop on the use of master-leased apartments as emergency shelter

August 6, 2009 – Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-housing Program (HPRP) Program Design & Implementation TA Workshop, held in Los Angeles, CA – full-day workshop for HPRP grantees and potential subgrantees

August 27, 2009 – Permanent Housing Resources and Working with Landlords, held in Los Angeles, CA – two-hour training for DMH contracted housing specialists and case managers in Service Area 6

2010

February 9, 2010 – United Way of Greater Los Angeles’ Grantees Training, Commissioned by the National Alliance to End Homelessness and United Way, held in Los Angeles, CA – Half-day training for grantees on building and maintaining relationships with landlords and management companies

February 11, 2010 – National Alliance to End Homelessness’ National Conference on Ending Family Homelessness, held in Los Angeles, CA – one workshop on working with landlords, and one on addressing the housing needs of undocumented families

February 12, 2010 – National Alliance to End Homelessness’ National Conference on Ending Family Homelessness, held in Los Angeles, CA – one workshop on using scattered-site, master-leased apartments as emergency shelter, and one on child welfare and housing partnerships to serve families in need

May 18, 2010 – U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Roundtable on Homeless Children, held in Washington, DC – paper presented in response to the Roundtable background paper

13 May 26-27, 2010 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Institute, Homelessness Prevention & Rapid Rehousing for Homeless Families: Program Design & Implementation, held in Los Angeles, CA – co-sponsored by the National Center for Housing and Child Welfare and the Hamilton Family Center (San Francisco)

June 15, 2010 – Los Angeles Department of Mental Health and the Corporation for Supportive Housing’ Third Annual Housing Specialist Training Institute, held in Los Angeles, CA – Presentation on overcoming housing barriers of homeless families during panel entitled, “Working with Clients in Different Age Groups”

July 12, 2010 – Homeless Persons Representation Project (HPRP) convening, “Life Without Housing,” held in Baltimore, MD – Keynote address on the housing first approach and the importance of housing-based solutions to homelessness, for legal service providers and other local advocates

July 13, 2010 – National Alliance to End Homelessness’ National Conference on Ending Homelessness, held in Washington, DC – workshop on effective re-housing strategies for “harder to house” populations

November 17, 2010 – San Bernardino County Homeless Partnership’s 4th Annual Homeless Summitt, held in San Bernardino, CA – keynote panel presentation, “Rapid Re-Housing for Homeless Families: Overview and Implementation Strategies”

2011

February 10, 2011 – National Alliance to End Homelessness’ National Conference on Ending Family Homelessness, held in Oakland, CA – one workshop on the basics of rapid re-housing, and one on using scattered-site, master- leased apartments as emergency shelter

February 11, 2011 – National Alliance to End Homelessness’ National Conference on Ending Family Homelessness, held in Oakland, CA – one workshop on advanced re-housing strategies for hard-to-house homeless families

March 1, 2011 – Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health Countywide Housing Specialists’ Meeting, held in Los Angeles, CA – workshop on landlord recruitment, engagement, and retention for department and contract agency staff working with homeless households

March 24, 2011 – Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health’s Service Area 6 Housing Meeting, held in Los Angeles, CA – presentation on permanent housing resources and working with landlords for DMH contracted housing specialists and case managers in Service Area 6

April 12, 2011 – Housing Rights Center’s 12th Annual Housing Rights Summit, held in Los Angeles, CA – panel presentation on Housing First and the human right to housing

April 28, 2011 – Housing California’s Annual Statewide Conference, held in Sacramento, CA – panel presentation for workshop entitled, “Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Rehousing (HPRP): Lessons Learned from HPRP and the Transition to the new ESG”

September 1, 2011 - Orange County Homeless Providers Forum - Presentation on the HEARTH Act and implementation of Housing First/Rapid Rehousing programs.

September 22, 2011 - Guest Lecture by Tanya Tull at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.

November 4, 2011 - Foothill Child Abuse and Family Violence Council - The Housing and Child Welfare Connection: Dwindling Resources and Increasing Need - What Service Providers Can Do to End and Prevent Family Homelessness

14 November 16, 2011 - San Bernardino County Homeless Partnership - 5th Annual Homeless Summit, Panel: Building the Way Home - Housing First/Rapid Rehousing Overview and Evolution

December 10, 2011 - US Human Rights Network Conference, Los Angeles, CA - Panel Presentation: "The Human Right to Housing"

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