Institute for Research, Training, and Technical Assistance

BEYOND SHELTER Institute for Research, Training, and Technical Assistance

1990 – Present Workshops and Presentations

1990 – Ventura County Homeless Coalition, Empowerment: Breaking the Cycle of Poverty, held in Ventura, CA – Presentation, “Case Management on Behalf of the Homeless”

1990 – Interagency Council on the Homeless: “Working Together Toward Solutions For The Homeless In The 90’s” – Panel Presentation: “Moving from Shelter to Transitional to Permanent Housing”

1990 – Food For All Regional Conference, “Within Our Reach: Breaking The Cycle of Poverty” – Workshop, “Developing Family Self-Sufficiency through Comprehensive and Collaborative Programs”

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, held in Sacramento, CA – Workshop: “Transitional Housing”

1991 – Shelter Partnership Conference, “Off the streets and out of the Shelters”, held in 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 – Walter Briel Human Rights Association Conference, “The Child As Victim: Governmental Neglect And Abuse Of The Young”, held in Los Angeles, CA – Presentation, “Homeless Children”

1991 – California Working Group on the Homeless – Presentation, “How Affordable Housing Breaks The Homeless Cycle”

1991 – Los Angeles Unified School District, held in Los Angeles, CA – In-service training for Elementary School Counselors

1991 – Housing California Annual Housing and Homelessness Conference, held in Sacramento, CA – Workshop on Family Case Management

1991 – Tulare County Community Action Agencies, held in Tulare, CA – Presentation to 160 Agency Representatives regarding Beyond Shelter’s Program Strategy

1991 – UCLA School of Psychiatry, held in Los Angeles, CA – Presentation, “Dysfunctional Families/Affordable Housing” 1991 – Southern California Association of Non-Profit Housing – Presentation, “Case Management for Affordable Housing”

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

1992 – National Alliance To End Homelessness Conference, held in Anaheim, CA – Panel Presentation, “Making the Transition to Permanent Housing”

1992 – Interagency Council on The Homeless, Multi-state Regional Conference on Homeless Families, held in Atlanta, GA

1992 – Ohio Coalition for The Homeless, held in Columbus, OH – One-day in-service training to ten agencies from throughout the State

1992 – City of Los Angeles Housing Authority, held in Los Angeles, CA – Training for agencies participating in the Section 8 program for homeless families

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

May, 1992 – Beyond Shelter Technical Assistance Workshop on “Housing First”: An Innovative Approach to Helping Homeless Families, held in Sacramento, CA

1993 – Housing California Annual Conference, held in Sacramento, CA – Panel Presentation, “There is a Better Way: Transitional Services in Permanent Housing”

1993 – Fifth Annual Housing and Human Investment Conference, held in Portland, OR – Workshop, “Ending and Preventing Family Homelessness”

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

1993 – Creating Special User Housing, held in Bakersfield, CA – Panel Presentation, “Special User Housing and Supportive Services Needs”

1993 – The Enterprise Foundation Annual Network Conference – Panel Presentation, “Seeds of Change”

1993 – Christian Outreach Appeal, held in Long Beach, CA – Training for new Case Managers

1993 – Francis House, held in Sacramento, CA – Program Development for Transitional Housing Project

1993 – Neighborhood Place, Inc., held in Davenport, IA – Introduction to Service-enriched permanent housing and non-profit housing development

1993 – Transition House, held in Santa Barbara, CA – Program Development for collaborative housing relocation and transitional housing program

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

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

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

January 19, 1994 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Workshop on Service-Enriched Permanent Housing, held in Hollywood, CA

1994 – Project IV, held in Pasadena, CA – Training for case management staff

1994 – Christian Outreach Appeal, held in Long Beach, CA – Training for case management staff

1994 – Gay and Lesbian Service Center, held in Los Angeles, CA – Training for case management staff

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, held in Minneapolis, MN – Panel Presentation: Beyond Shelter Methodology

1994 – UCLA, Certificate Program, held in Los Angeles, CA – Drug and Alcohol Counseling Presentation: Beyond Shelter “Housing First” Component/Philosophy

1994 – UCLA, Department of Urban Planning School of Public Policy, held in Los Angeles, CA – Presentation: Beyond Shelter Methodology

1994 – Gay & Lesbian Service Center, held in Hollywood, CA – Consultation & Training

November 3-4, 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 – Gay & Lesbian Service Center, held in Los Angeles, CA – Half-Day Training for GLSC Youth Program, “Preparing Youth for Independent Living”

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

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

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

3 1995 – California Mental Health Advocates For Children & Youth Annual Conference, held in Monterey, CA – Panel Presentation, “Finding Homes for Homeless Families”

1995 – Lighthouse Christian Ministry, held in Los Angeles, CA – Panel Presentation, “Women Hurting In Pain/ Women Having Inner Peace”

1995 – Building Our Sobriety, held in Inglewood, CA – Presentation to Coalition

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

1996 – Management and Community Development (MCDI) Tufts University, held in Boston, MA – Presentation on Service-Enriched Housing

February 21-22, 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”, held in Istanbul, Turkey

1996 – Veterans Initiation Conference, held in Chicago, IL – Presentation, “Services to Homeless Families”

1996 – Family Resource Coalition, held in 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”

May 5-6, 1997 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Workshop, Ending and Preventing Family Homelessness, held in Los Angeles, CA

June 2-3, 1997 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Workshop, Service-Enriched Permanent Housing: Models and Methodologies, held in Washington, DC

4 November 20-21, 1997 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Workshop, Service-Enriched Permanent Housing: Models and Methodologies, held in Washington, DC – Co-sponsored by the National Alliance to End Homelessness

November 22, 1997 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Workshop on “Housing First”: Ending and Preventing Family Homelessness, held in Washington, DC – Co-sponsored by the National Alliance to End Homelessness

April 27-28, 1998 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Workshop on Service-Enriched Permanent Housing: Models and Methodologies, held in Los Angeles, CA

May 3, 1998 – Housing California Annual Conference, held in Sacramento, CA – Institute on “Housing First”

July 22, 1998 – National Alliance to End Homelessness Annual Conference, held in Washington DC – Workshop on “Housing First”

September 10-11, 1998 – Ending Family Homelessness Policy Summit, held in Los Gatos, CA – Co- Sponsored by HomeBase and Compass Community Services

September 13-14, 1998 – Florida Homeless Coalition Conference, held in Orlando, FL – Workshop on “Housing First”

September 25, 1998 – Southern California Association of Non-Profit Housing Annual Conference, held in Los Angeles, CA – Panel presentation, “Connecting Housing and Social Services”

November 12-14, 1998 – “Building Better Communities: A National Dialogue on Collaborating for Successful Siting of Housing and Service Programs”, held in Washington, DC

November 13, 1998 – New Mexico Statewide Conference on Homelessness, held in Albuquerque, NM – Panel presentation on Securing and Maintaining Permanent Housing

November 20-21, 1998 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Workshop on Service- Enriched Permanent Housing: Models and Methodologies, held in Washington DC – In collaboration with CommonBond Communities of Minnesota and the H.E.L.P. Organization of New York

February and March 1999 – Housing Authority for the City of Los Angeles, held in Los Angeles, CA – Intensive ten-day training for resident employees of Aliso Village addressing ten key areas in which resident employees should demonstrate proficiency in order to assist residents in locating Section 8 housing

March 15-16, 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 24-25, 1999 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Workshop, The Transition Program for Homeless Families, held in Los Angeles, CA

April 8-9, 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

5 April 18-19, 1999 – Housing California Annual Conference, held in Sacramento, CA – Workshops on Service-Enriched Housing and “Housing First”

May 24-25, 1999 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Workshop on “Housing First”, held in Los Angeles, CA

June 2, 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 3, 1999 – New England Resident Services Coordinator Training Conference, held in Portland, ME – Keynote Address on Service-Enriched Housing

June 15-16, 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

July 15-16, 1999 – National Alliance to End Homelessness Annual Conference, held in Washington, DC – Workshop on Service-Enriched Housing

September 23, 1999 – Southern California Association of Non-Profit Housing Annual Conference, held in Los Angeles, CA – Institute on Service-Enriched Housing

September 27, 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

February 17, 2000 – HUD Conference on Housing for Homeless People, held in Atlanta, GA – “Housing First” plenary presentation

March 2-3, 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 6, 2000 – HUD Conference on Housing for Homeless People, held in San Francisco, CA – “Housing First” plenary presentation

March 27-29, 2000 – National Low Income Housing Coalition Annual Policy Conference, held in Washington, DC – Workshop on “Housing plus Services”

April 9-11, 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 3-6, 2000 – National Community Building Network Annual Conference, held in Los Angeles, CA – Presentation, “Community Building Strategies to Support Low-Income Families in Gentrifying Communities”

May 23-25, 2000 – Housing California Annual Conference, held in Sacramento, CA – Workshops on “Housing First” and on Case Management Issues for Homeless Families

6 July 12, 2000 – National Alliance to End Homelessness Annual Conference, held in Washington, DC – Full-Day Institute on “Housing First”

October 19-21, 2000 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Workshop on “Housing First”: Ending and Preventing Family Homelessness, held in Los Angeles, CA – Co-sponsored by the National Alliance to End Homelessness and Shelter Partnership, Inc.

December 10, 2000 – National Service Coordinators Training and Networking Conference, held in Las Vegas, NV – Workshop, “Family-Centered Service-Enriched Housing: Successful Programs for Family Housing”

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

January 10, 2001 – Shelter Partnership Training Institute, held in Los Angeles, CA – Full-day workshop on Program Planning

January 11-12, 2001 – Traveler’s Aid Society Conference, held in Salt Lake City, UT – Several workshops on “Housing First”

January 25, 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 8-10, 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 26-27, 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 6-7, 2001 – Institute for Children and Poverty, Columbia University, “Rethinking Homelessness: A Framework for Change”, held in New York, NY – Workshop on “Housing First”

May 16, 2001 – Partners for Survival Collaborative Conference, held in Compton, CA – Workshop on Addressing the Unique Needs of Families in Transition

May 20-22, 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

May 30 – June 2, 2001 – National Community Builders Network Conference, held in South Florida – Workshop “Exploring Community Building”

June 28, 2001 – Beyond Shelter Technical Assistance Workshop, ‘Introduction to the “Housing First” Approach to Ending Homelessness’, held in Orange County, CA

July 18-20, 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

7 August 1, 2001 – Beyond Shelter Technical Assistance Workshop, ‘Applying the “Housing First” Approach for Homeless Families’, held in Orange County, CA

August 9, 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 20, 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 and 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 30, 2001 – Los Angeles County Multi-Disciplinary Team of the Long Term Family Self- Sufficiency Program, held in Monterey Park, CA – Training on “Housing First”

November 5-6, 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

March 21-23, 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 29-30, 2002 – National Low Income Housing Coalition Annual Policy Conference, held in Washington, DC – Two workshops on “Housing plus Services”

May 7-8, 2002 – Housing California Annual Conference, held in Sacramento, CA – Workshop on “Housing First”

May 17, 2002 – Compton Unified School District, held in Carson, CA – Workshop “Connecting the Pieces to Self-Sufficiency”

May 22-24, 2002 – Philadelphia Committee to End Homelessness, held in Philadelphia, PA – Training on “Housing First”

July 17-19, 2002 – National Alliance to End Homelessness Annual Conference, held in Washington, DC – Workshop on “Housing First”

August 26-28, 2002 – “Family Strengths Family-Centered Services” Conference, held in Sacramento, CA – Sponsored by the California Department of Social Services – Workshop on “Housing First”

September 27, 2002 – Southern California Association of Non-Profit Housing Annual Conference, held in Los Angeles, CA – Workshop on “Housing plus Services”

8 October 13-15, 2002 – American Association of Service Coordinators Conference, held in Denver, CO – Workshop on Service-Enriched Housing

November 15, 2002 – Metropolitan Columbus Task Force for the Homeless Training Institute, held in Columbus, GA – Workshop on “Housing First”

November 21-22, 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

March 20-21, 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

March 26, 2003 – San Bernardino County Conference on the Homeless, held in San Bernardino, CA – Training on “Housing First”

April 24, 2003 – USC California Social Welfare Archives Spring Seminar, held in Los Angeles, CA – Presentation on “Housing First”

April 25, 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 27–29, 2003 – Housing California Annual Conference, held in Sacramento, CA – Full-day “Housing First” Institute

April 28, 2003 – National Low Income Housing Coalition Policy Conference, held in Washington, DC – Workshop on “Housing plus Services”

May 8-9, 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 3-4, 2003 – Training on “Housing First” for staff and community partners of a new “Housing First” program in Santa Clara County, CA

June 9 and June 25, 2003 – Ventura County Coalition to End Family Violence, held in Oxnard, CA – Trainings on “Housing First”, first for staff and then for the Advisory Board and Board of Directors

July 16-18, 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 23, 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 6-8, 2003 – National Coalition for the Homeless Annual Conference, held in Washington, DC – Workshop on “Housing First”, with a focus on battered women’s programs and homelessness programs working together

9 October 16, 2003 – Third Annual Kansas Homelessness Summit, held in Topeka, KS – Keynote Address on “Housing First” and a workshop on “Housing First”

November 3-4, 2003 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Workshop on “Housing First”, held in Washington, DC – Co-Sponsored by the National Alliance to End Homelessness

November 12-14, 2003 – Virginia Governor’s Conference on Housing – Workshops on “Housing First” and Service-Enriched Housing/Housing for Special Needs Populations

November 21, 2003 – Full-day “Housing First” Institute for service providers in Missoula, MT

December 3-6, 2003 – National Resource Center on Homelessness and Mental Health Training Conference, held in Phoenix, AZ – Workshop on “Housing First”

April 16, 2004 – Housing Rights Summitt, “The Right to Housing Movement in the US”, held in Los Angeles, CA – co-sponsored by Beyond Shelter

April 24-28, 2004 – National Low Income Housing Coalition Policy Conference, held in Washington, DC – Service-Enriched Housing Workshop

May 20-21, 2004 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Workshop, ‘“Housing First” Ending & Preventing Homelessness: Models & Methodologies’, held in Los Angeles, CA

May 24-25, 2004 – Housing California Statewide Housing Conference, held in Sacramento, CA – “Housing First” & Service-Enriched Housing workshops

July 17-22, 2004 – National Alliance to End Homelessness Annual Conference, held in Washington, DC – Two “Housing First” Workshops

August 18, 2004 – City of Baton Rouge & Parish of East Baton Rouge, Office of Community Development, held in Baton Rouge, LA – ”Housing First” Training Workshop

October 4-5, 2004 – Housing Colorado Annual Conference, held in Steamboat Springs, CO – Service-Enriched Housing Workshop

October 9, 2004 – National Congress for Community Economic Development Annual Conference, held in Los Angeles, CA – Service-Enriched Housing Workshop

October 14-15, 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

March 1, 2005 – Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, held in Los Angeles, CA – “Housing First” Training

April 4-5, 2005 – “Housing First” Conference, held in St. Paul, MN – “Housing First” Workshop

10 April 5, 2005 – City and State Government and Foundation Representatives in St. Paul, MN – “Housing First” presentation

April 7, 2005 – Erie County Department of Human Services, Office of Mental Health/Mental Retardation, held in Erie, PA – “Housing First” Workshop

April 18-19, 2005 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Workshop on “Housing First”, held in Los Angeles, CA

May 2, 2005 – National Low Income Housing Coalition National Policy Conference, held in Washington, DC – “Housing First” & “Housing plus Services” Presentations

May 4, 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 11-12, 2005 – National Alliance to End Homelessness Annual Conference, held in Washington, DC – “Service-Enriched Housing” Training Institute and “Housing First” Presentation

September 30, 2005 – Southern California Association for Non-Profit Housing Annual Conference, held in Los Angeles, CA – “Housing First” presentation

October 11, 2005 – Texas Homeless Network Annual Conference, held in Corpus Christi, TX – “Housing First” Training Institute

October 26, 2005 – Coalicion de Coaliciones pro Personas sin Hogar 2nd Homelessness Summitt, held in Caguas, Puerto Rico – “Housing First” Training

December 7, 2005 – Housing CA Mental Health and Housing Conference, held in Pasadena, CA – Presentation, ‘The “Housing First” Approach to Ending Homelessness Among Persons with Mental Illness’

January 12, 2006 – Coalition on the Homeless, held in Miami, FL – One-Day “Housing First” Workshop

January 27, 2006 – National Alliance to End Homelessness Conference on Ending Family Homelessness, held in Oakland, CA – Service-Enriched Housing Presentation

March 28, 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’

April 28, 2006 – Rafael House, held in San Francisco, CA – “Implementing a “Housing First” Approach” training for family shelter staff

May 9, 2006 – National Council of State Housing Agencies Annual Spring Conference, held in Indianapolis, IN – Panel presentation on ‘Implementing “Housing First” Strategies’

May 22, 2006 – Housing California 2006 Annual Conference, held in Sacramento, CA – Half-day Training Institute: ‘“Housing First”: A Primer for Developers & Service Providers’

June 1, 2006 – UCLA School of Public Affairs, held in Los Angeles, CA – Tanya Tull Senior Fellowship Policy Briefing

June 12, 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

11 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

June 19, 26, 27, & 29 – Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services, held in Los Angeles, CA – training on Homeless Case Management for CalWORKs case managers

July 18-19, 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 21, 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 28, 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’

September 30, 2006 – A Faith-Based/Community Organization Summit on Homelessness, “1,001 Alternatives to Being Homeless in Riverside”, held in Riverside, CA – “Housing First” presentation

October 19, 2006 – Tenth Northern/Central Valley Homeless Roundtable, held in Visalia, CA – “Housing First” presentation

November 6-7, 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 4, 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”

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”

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

12 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

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”

13 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

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

14 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

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

15 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”

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.

16 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

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"