This conference offers a series of workshops highlighting innovative programming from other communities that are working to prevent and end homelessness. While our agencies work collaboratively to address the needs of the clients they serve, we are interested in learning what other communities are doing in order to improve our regional offerings.
Location: Town Center @ Capital One: West Creek Campus
15000 Capital One Drive
Richmond, VA 23238
Registration
- September 11th, Full Day Conference:
Please have credit card ready for online payment (or send check to Homeward, PO Box 5347, Richmond, VA 23220 and specify who the registration is for) - September 12th, Half-Day Workshops:
Capacity is very limited for optional second day sessions
Conference Sessions
September 11th, 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. (Registration: $25)
*You may attend any combination of sessions, or you may follow a conference track*
Conference Track: Children
- Aging-out of Foster Care: A Policy Snapshot
- Runaways and Throwaways
- Coordinating Services with Schools
- Addressing the Needs of Pregnant Women and Women with Infants Experiencing Homelessness
Conference Track: Housing
- Rapid Rehousing and Connecting to Mainstream Services
- Housing Assessment and Housing Focused Service Planning/ Case Management
- Housing Ex-Offenders
Conference Track: Programmatic Topics
- Outreaching and Addressing the Needs of Clients Experiencing Chronic Homelessness
- Connecting Veterans with Services
- Partnering Around Employment
- Trauma Informed Shelter Policies
September 12th, 8:00 – 12:30 (Half-Day Workshops - Registration: $10)
Half-Day is OPTIONAL. Choose only one: Trainings will be held simultaneously during 4-hour blocks, and space is limited.
Children & Trauma
Helping children deal with trauma, minimizing the impact of trauma on children with early interventions, working with families to address trauma, programmatic processes and policies to minimize impacts of trauma, shelters as a protective factor, and addressing homelessness as a traumatic experience.
Client Engagement: From Outreach to Discharge
Overview of techniques that can enhance client engagement and when is it appropriate to use each type of engagement strategy- street outreach, intake/assessment, case management, discharge
Using Data to Manage Programs
The presentation will provide a comprehensive overview of local homelessness data sources that service providers can use to manage and improve programs. The workshop will include a 30 minute overview of the Homeward Community Information System (HCIS) and the semi-annual Point-In-Time Count, a 30 minute overview of reports that are created from HCIS and PIT data, a 30 minute discussion on additional question modules from PIT and HCIS, a 30 minute overview on useful client level outcomes with a discussion of outcomes participants are interested in tracking for their own programs, a 30 minute overview of community-level outcomes used to assess progress on the Ten Year Plan and HUD program outcomes, and a discussion on how organizations can measure program and client level outcomes.