2008 Regional Conference on Best Practices to Prevent and End Homelessness
Homeward's 2nd Annual Regional Best Practices Conference was held on Sept 11 & 12, 2008 at the Capital One Town Center in Richmond, Virginia.
Sessions and materials from the conference appear below.
Sessions and Materials - Day 1
Children Track
- Aging Out of Foster Care: A Practitioner’s Perspective Mark Kroner, Director, Lighthouse Training Institute
- Addressing the Needs of Pregnant Women and Women with Infants Experiencing Homelessness Rose Stith Singleton, Project Director, Richmond Healthy Start Initiative
- Aging Out of Foster Care: A Policy Perspective Mark Kroner, Director, Lighthouse Training Institute
- Coordinating Services With Schools: A Shared Vision of Success Patricia A. Popp, Project HOPE-VA; Mary Herrington, Richmond City Public Schools
Housing Track
- Rapid Rehousing and Connecting to Mainstream Services Sharon McDonald, Senior Policy Analyst, National Alliance to End Homelessness
- Housing Assessment and Housing Focused Service Planning/ Case Management Melissa Mowery, Program Director, CAMBA, Inc.
- Housing Ex-Offenders Jennie Amison, Executive Director, Gemeinschaft Home
- Moving from Transitional Housing Model to Rapid Rehousing Doug Hopwood, Program Director, Transitional Living Center & Veteran’s Victory House, Lancaster, PA
Program Track
- Outreaching and Addressing the Needs of Clients Experiencing Chronic Homelessness Jennifer Hawkins, Deputy Director - Capacity Building, Common Ground Institute
- Partnering Around Employment Sharon Taylor, Vice President of Education and Training, Goodwill of Central Virginia
- Connecting Veterans with Services LTC Michael Gafney, Maryland National Guard Reintegration Initiative. Deborah Lee, Department of Veterans Affairs VISN 6
- Creating Trauma Informed Shelter Policies Katie Volk, Director of Training, National Center on Family Homelessness
Sessions and Materials - Day 2
- Children & Trauma Katie Volk, Director of Training, National Center on Family Homelessness
- Client Engagement: From Outreach to Discharge Jennifer Hawkins, Deputy Director - Capacity Building, Common Ground Institute
- Using Data to Manage Programs Evan Scully, HCIS Director, Homeward; Margot Ackermann, Research & Evaluation Director, Homeward