The 2018 Florida Institute on Homelessness and Supportive Housing
Agenda
Wednesday, October 31st – Friday, November 2nd
Conference Precon Sessions - Wednesday, October 31st, 2018
Wednesday, October 31st, 2018 – *Times are subject to change
| Advanced Concepts in Coordinated Access and Common Assessment | WED | 9:00 – 12:00 | Precon A1 | Iain De Jong, CEO & President, OrgCode Consulting | Do you know the difference between triage and assessment? Does your community struggle to agree on how to prioritize people for housing resources? Do you know how to handle those one-off situations that do not seem to fit within what you designed for your Coordinated Entry System? This session goes beyond the basics to get into the nitty gritty of how to advance your system of care to ensure smooth flow into housing, maximize your resources, and (hopefully) reduce community conflict in the process. |
| Excellence in Housing Based Case Management | WED | 1:00 – 4:00 | Precon A2 | Iain De Jong, CEO & President, OrgCode Consulting | This session offers the highlights of how best to support people in achieving long-term success in housing. The focus is on the five essential and sequential steps to housing stabilization within the service orientation framework of Housing First. Participants can expect to be introduced to theory as well as pragmatic practices they can put into place with program participants right away. |
| Continuum of Care Roundtable | WED | 10:00 – 12:00 | Precon B1 | Eric Braun, Director, Zachary Summerlin, Deputy Director, Office on Homelessness, Florida Department of Children and Families | A Roundtable Session with the Office on Homelessness |
| Florida Housing Finance Corporation (FHFC) Roundtable | WED | 1:00 – 4:00 | Precon B2 | Bill Aldinger, Assistant Policy Director and Supportive Housing Coordinator, Lisa Nickerson, Multifamily Programs Coordinator, and Kevin Tatreau, Interim Director of Multifamily Development, Florida Housing Finance Corporation | A Roundtable/Listening Session with Florida Housing Finance Corporation |
| Department of Education (DOE) Homeless Liaison Orientation | WED | 1:00 – 4:00 | Precon C | Skip Forsyth and Courtney Walker, Florida Department of Education | This session is intended only for Homeless Liaisons from Florida’s local school districts. Participants will learn about the basic requirements of the McKinney-Vento Act’s educatin provisions for school districts and school district homeless education liaisons. The session will provide examples of eligibility scenarios that are most commonly faced by liaisons and tips for assuring regular school attendance and supporting the academic progress of homeless children and youth. The presenters will also spend time reviewing the district-level aggregate data profiles for homeless children and youth and the Homeless Education Program’s Program Planning Guide. |
| Veteran’s Affairs Convening | WED | Time 9:30am – 3:30pm | Precon D | Monica Diaz, Jennifer Colbert, Shawn Liu, Nikki Barfield, Kenneth Mueller, Veteran’s Affairs | Maximizing Resources/The Progressive Engagement Model/VA’s Role in Coordinated Entry/Roundtable Discussion |
Conference Plenary Sessions - November 1st and 2nd, 2018
| Breakfast Opening Plenary | 8:00 – 9:00 | THURS |  Opening Plenary SessionIain De Jong, CEO OrgCode Consulting Making A Difference The work of ending homelessness is hard. The longer you do it, the harder it seems. After quick wins you start to realize that there are complexities that require energy, intelligence and will power that are hard to summon. The difference-maker in the work of ending homelessness is YOU. This uplifting, rated PG keynote is intend to refuel the weary worker at all levels of the organization in their pursuit of ending homelessness. |
| Lunch Plenary | 12:40 – 2:15 | THURS |  Plenary LunchMaria Foscarinis, Esq. | Founder & Executive Director National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty Keynote Address: Housing not Handcuffs: Constructive Alternatives to Criminalizing Homelessness |
| Closing Lunch Plenary | 1:00 -2:45 | FRI |  Closing Plenary LunchEnding Homelessness Together, A National Perspective with Matthew Doherty, Executive Director, United States Interagency Council on Homelessness
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Permanent Housing Strategies Track Sessions - November 1st and 2nd, 2018
Permanent Housing Strategies Track Workshop Sessions – *Day and time of individual workshop sessions are subject to change
| Developing Metrics for Quality in Your Supportive Housing Program | THURS | 9:15 – 10:45 | Session 1.1 A | April Morrison, Senior Program Manager, Jessica Park, Senior Program Manager, Corporation for Supportive Housing |
Gather recommendations and tools to measure and improve the quality of services in your supportive housing program. Work with experienced CSH staff and collaborate with other session participants to develop an action plan framework that can be implemented at your agency. |
| Thinking Outside the Blueprint: An Innovative Approach to Affordable Housing through Small Homes | THURS | 11:00 – 12:30 | Session 1.2 A | Timothy J. McKinney, CEO, Todd Currie, Development and Operations Director, United Global Outreach | Timothy J. McKinney, CEO of United Global Outreach, will present on his organization’s innovative approach to housing homeless individuals in East Orange County. United Global Outreach (UGO) is a non-profit organization whose mission is “To positively transform forgotten communities into places in which we’d all want to live.” UGO has pioneered the design and construction of 545 sq ft. “small homes” to address the most pressing need in solving homelessness, providing affordable housing. In his presentation McKinney will showcase the design of the two-story model small home and will detail his vision for a small home community, known as Dignity Village, to replace dilapidated trailers in the Bithlo, FL community. |
| Navigating the World of Medicaid for Supportive Housing Services | THURS | 2:30 – 4:00 | Session 1.3 A | Paul Rossi, Director of Client Services, Foothold Technology, Steve Coe, CEO, Community Access |
We know the road to recovery for those experiencing or facing homelessness begins with housing. We also know resources are scarce, agencies must do more with less, and providers must maneuver through a seemingly endless list of rules and requirements in order to fund and deliver services to those in need. Thankfully, Supportive Housing organizations now have the ability to cover many of their services by accessing Medicaid dollars. Since the rules and requirements vary state-to-state, some providers feel overwhelmed with the documentation required to bill Medicaid. In this session, we’ll share expertise drawn from various states across the country for a discussion on the ins and outs of Medicaid for Supportive Housing and why collaboration is key. Attendees will hear about best practices gleaned from agencies already receiving Medicaid dollars, learn what reporting requirements providers should take into account, and understand why documentation methods captured in an electronic record are crucial for Medicaid reimbursement. |
| Integrating Peer Support into Permanent Supportive Housing | THURS | 4:15 – 5:30 | Session 1.4 A | Joe Johnson, Housing Programs Manager, Ability Housing, Inc. Barbara Stafford, Peer Specialist, I.M. Sulzbacher Center, Donald Beard, Peer Specialist, I.M. Sulzbacher Center |
An introduction to the key requirements, concepts, and practices of peer support. This workshop is largely presented by Certified Recovery Peer Specialists currently working in the field. Relevant examples from their real world practice will constitute the bulk of the workshop. The supervision of peer support workers, current potential funding sources and Recovery Oriented System of Care Initiative will also be touched upon. |
| Florida Housing Finance Corporation (FHFC) Request for Application (RFA) Process | FRI | 9:00 – 10:30 | Session 2.1 A | Bill Aldinger, Assistant Policy Director and Supportive Housing Coordinator, Lisa Nickerson, Multifamily Programs Coordinator, and Kevin Tatreau, Interim Director of Multifamily Development, Florida Housing Finance Corporation | An interactive session walking through the FHFC RFA application process. Learn the steps and qualifications needed to successfully apply for an FHFC project. |
| Overcoming Common Barriers in the Work of Ending Homelessness | FRI | 11:15 – 12:45 | Session 2.2 A | Iain De Jong, CEO & President, OrgCode Consulting |
This workshop explores macro and micro level barriers that interfere with the work of ending homelessness and offers practical solutions to overcoming those common barriers. The intention of the workshop is to help people realize they are not alone in the barriers they encounter and to encourage a solution-focus to barriers so that the work of ending homelessness not only gets done, but provides satisfaction and joy to those that do the work.
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Coordinated Entry, Outreach, and Shelter Track Sessions - November 1st and 2nd, 2018
Coordinated Entry, Outreach, and Shelter Track Sessions – *Day and time of individual workshop sessions are subject to change
| SOAR | THURS | 9:15 – 10:45 | Session 1.1 B | Barbara Moody, Housing Specialist, Southeast Florida Behavioral Health Network | The goals of the SOAR program speak directly to one of SAMHSA’s Strategic Initiatives- Recovery Supports. SOAR seeks to end homelessness through increased access to SSI/SSDI income supports, directly addressing SAMHSA’s assertion: “To recover, people need a safe stable place to live.” This is essential, and for many persons in recovery accessing benefits is a first step. But SOAR extends beyond and also encourages employment as a means to increase individual income and promote recovery in line with the SAMHSA assertion that: “to recover, people need meaningful work and the ability to enhance their skills through education.” |
| Crisis Communication | THURS | 11:00 – 12:30 | Session 1.2 B | Sergeant Edward Rafailovitc, Captain Scott Russell, Broward Sheriff’s Office | The presentation focuses on the process of using communication to address crisis in order to deescalate a person who is in a crisis state. The presentation ties into the Crisis Intervention Team because it provides crisis communicators with tools on how to deescalate a crisis to a more rationale state and ultimately influence an individual’s behavior for a better outcome. Law enforcement and crisis mobilization members often find themselves deescalating crisis or violence. This course intends to show another way to deescalate crisis through the use of talk techniques meant to influence hormones in the brain during crisis so that ultimately the crisis communicator can bring the person from a high emotion/low rationale state to a low emotion/high rationale state. The course is a step-by-step process that can help any level of communicator become more effective using Active Listening Skills more effectively, while also creating a better awareness in measuring kinesics, inflection, and context of individuals in a crisis state. |
| Effectively Communicating with your Legislators | THURS | 2:30 – 4:00 | Session 1.3 B | Robert Beck, Tanya Jackson, Bryan Cherry, Pinpoint Consulting, LLC | PinPoint Results, The Florida Coalition for the Homeless’ Government Consultant-Lobbyist will provide an update on the Coalitions top priorities for the 2019 Legislative Session and provide a workshop on Effectively communicating with your state legislators. Effectively communicating with your state legislators is the essential piece to ones advocacy efforts in Tallahassee. By sharing your opinions and ideas with your state representatives and senators, you become a trusted advisor regarding issues and legislation impacting your area of expertise. Legislators can’t possibly know the ins and outs of every issue they vote on – they value your suggestions and encourage you to express them. Think about becoming a known, trusted resource for your legislators and their legislative aides on the issues of homelessness, rather than being another ‘face in the crowd’ or ‘email in the inbox’. To be sure your voice is heard, we’ll walk you through the process for identifying state legislators essential to your issues, best practices for how / when to contact them, best practices for when you do get a meeting and / or write or call etc. Additional topics for this workshop will include: Do’s and Don’t’s for communicating with your legislators – what works and what doesn’t; Advice for crafting your message; The Impact of civic disengagement – a.k.a. indifference or sitting on the sidelines; Securing a true ‘champion’ in the legislature to sponsor your priorities. |
| Integrating Legal Services into Community Partnerships to End Homelessness | THURS | 4:15 – 5:30 | Session 1.4 B | Kirsten Anderson, Director of Litigation, Southern Legal Counsel, Inc., Kimber Tough, M.S.W., Three Rivers Legal Services |
People at risk or experiencing homelessness often have legal issues that are barriers to accessing and maintaining permanent housing. Individual barriers can include unmet legal needs such as access to identification, public benefits, and unpaid fees and fines due to criminal justice involvement. Systemic barriers can include policies that impact persons more broadly such as criminalization of homelessness in a community. Engaging and integrating legal services into community partnerships to end homelessness is essential to achieving income and housing stability by identifying and addressing these legal needs that cause and perpetuate homelessness. This workshop will explore ways to add screening and assessment of legal needs into current efforts to end homelessness; educate participants on legal needs and solutions that are keeping people from achieving self-sufficiency; and learn best practices to engage and partner with legal services providers to address these issues. |
| Keeping Families Together: A Residential Intervention Model for Single Moms Dr. Pam Whitaker, Baptist Children’s Homes |
FRI | 9:00 – 10:30 | Session 2.1 B | Dr. Pam Whitaker, V.P. of Programs, One More Child Florida Baptist Children’s Homes, Kristen Hitchcock, GMBA Executive Director, One More Child -Single Mother Florida Baptist Children’s Homes |
Research strongly indicates that single -parent families are at greatest risk for poverty and possible homelessness. Hence the increased likelihood of impaired childhoods and family engagement with the Department of Children and Families. This workshop will present intervention strategies and a model to mitigate the risks that single mothers face while struggling with financial challenges, homelessness, lack of support systems, and other factors that negatively influence the ability to provide strong, stable, healthy, full-functioning families. The goals of the prevention/intervention program set in a residential setting is to equip single moms with skill acquisition and a myriad of resources that lead to optimal parental resilience, family unification to avoid foster care services and long term family health and sustainability from the protective factors framework. Finally, the presentation will address mechanisms and tools that effectively measure program outcome results. |
| The Top-Ten Reasons to Start a Police Homeless Outreach Team (and How) | FRI | 11:15 – 12:45 | Session 2.2 B | Daniel McDonald, Homeless Liaison Officer, Tampa Police Dept | Un-arresting away homelessness in your community through the development of a homeless outreach team is one of the hottest trends in policing today. If your agency continues to struggle with more questions than answers, consider the top-ten reasons why you should start a homeless outreach team (and how)? |
System Design, HMIS, and Performance Track Sessions - November 1st and 2nd, 2018
System Design, HMIS, and Performance Track Sessions – *Day and time of individual workshop sessions are subject to change
| Implementing a Systemic Diversion Strategy to Reduce Entries into Homelessness | THURS | 9:15 – 10:45 | Session 1.1 C | Kay Mosher-McDivett, Senior Technical Assistance Specialist, National Alliance to End Homelessness | Individuals and families can be diverted from homelessness at the front door of a community’s homeless system by helping them identify safe alternatives to shelter and connecting them with support. During this session, learn the key fundamentals of effective homelessness diversion, and how to incorporate diversion strategies across your crisis response system. |
| Built for Zero 101 | THURS | 11:00 – 12:30 | Session 1.2 C | Leslie Wise, Direct Community Support Portfolio Lead, Nate French, Community Solutions | Come learn about Built for Zero, a national movement of nearly 70 communities working together to end chronic and veteran homelessness. Drawing on lessons from the recent report, Getting to Proof Points: Key Learning from the First Three Years of Built for Zero, we will walk you through the radical shifts that have already helped seven communities end veteran homelessness and three communities end chronic homelessness, proving that an end to all homelessness is possible! |
| How a Good Re-Entry System Leads to Housing | THURS | 2:30 – 4:00 | Session 1.3 C | Diana Stanley, CEO, The Lord’s Place | Each year, thousands return to their communities after serving time in prisons and jails. For these returning citizens, the process can be fraught with the risk of recidivism, especially for those who lack stable housing. Local Re-Entry programs have been shown to drastically reduce rates of recidivism among this population, but there is more work to be done for those that also struggle with homelessness and housing instability. Innovative community collaborations hold tremendous potential to further break the cycle of homelessness and criminal justice involvement. Nonprofit homeless service providers, especially those that provide transitional housing and permanent recovery-based supportive housing, play a key role in ensuring that these returning citizens are on a path to stability, rather than recidivism. This workshop will focus on how to establish and maximize cross-systems collaborations between social service providers, the Criminal Justice system, and Public Safety. |
| A New Federal Strategic Plan: Home, Together | THURS | 4:15 – 5:30 | Session 1.4 C | Matthew Doherty, Executive Director, Beverley Ebersold, Director of National Initiatives, United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) | The United States Interagency Council on Homelessness has updated its federal plan, which frames the federal approach to homelessness moving forward. Attendees will be briefed on the changes, what they are likely to mean to communities, and how to use the new plan to build support for ending homelessness locally. |
| An Open Source Statewide Data Warehouse: Existing Software, Necessary Functionality, and Required Policies | FRI | 9:00 – 10:30 | Session 2.1 C | Eric Jahn, Data Architect/IT Director, Alexandria Consulting | An open discussion of: required features of a statewide warehouse that aren’t available in typical HMIS systems, necessary policies and procedures to secure client information and attain maximum benefit from the warehouse, coordinating steps to achieve and sustain a statewide HMIS data warehouse |
| Effectiveness of Permanent Supportive Housing: Outcomes from a Two-Year Pilot | FRI | 11:15 – 12:45 | Session 2.2 C | Sharon Wilburn, Melissa Covey & Dax Weaver,
Health-Tech Consultants, Inc. Joe Johnson, Housing Programs Manager, Ability Housing, Inc. |
The purpose of this workshop is to examine the process of implementing a comprehensive evaluation for a Permanent Supportive Housing two year pilot project with an emphasis on cost benefit analysis. Discussion will include data requirements, data sources, methods to access data, challenges in data collection, and statistical testing. Also discussed are the results of outcome evaluation after two years of supportive housing by comparing costs and responses in the year pre-housing to costs and responses in the year post-housing and one year follow-up. Presenters will discuss processes and protocols that have the potential to provide a replicable programmatic model, clarify lessons learned in addressing challenges and barriers, and generate systemic changes on the local and state levels. This evaluation will address crisis costs (hospital, ambulance, incarceration and arrest, Medicaid, behavioral health) in the two years immediately prior to move-in date to the two years immediately after move-in date to a one year follow-up. An additional outcome discussed is a comparison of participant responses pre- and post-housing and one year follow-up based on both the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) which is a brief structured diagnostic interview for the major psychiatric disorders in DSM-III-R, DSM-IV and DSM-5 and ICD-10 and the Ferrans and Powers, a normed quality of life questionnaire. |
Community Engagement and Funding Strategies Track Sessions - November 1st and 2nd, 2018
Community Engagement and Funding Strategies Track Sessions = *Day and time of individual workshops are subject to change
| Building a Successful Non-Profit | THURS | 9:15 – 10:45 | Session 1.1 D | Steve Smith, President, Provident Housing Solutions | In order to build a successful non profit you need local government, church, businesses, civic groups supports along with many many volunteers. To maintain sustainability you need various funding sources including a focus on a business enterprise that generates steady cash flow, or fundraisers, rather than relying on grants whether government or foundations. New Beginnings started with a dream in summer of 2007 with 12 member board each with certain skills. Each board members created credibility and connections with their referrals and some provided the necessary services such as legal, accounting, life skills classes, job preparedness training and job placement connections. Initially volunteers were recruited to host bi weekly fundraiser events to create community awareness. A group of people who were restricted to wheel chairs volunteered to create the marketing pieces and published a monthly newsletter. A monthly pastors breakfast was held to bring awareness of the growing homelessness situation having various former homeless and current homeless share their story. Followup presentations were made Sunday mornings to the pastors congregations bringing awareness and seeking their time, treasure and talents. Presentations were made to the city and county officials at public hearings to inform them and the attending citizens of our existence, our needs and how they could help end homelessness. Monthly presentations were made by volunteers to all of the local civic groups to assure everyone in the community was aware of our us and our needs. Today New Beginnings created employment for over 30 employees, created housing units for homeless men, women and moms with children, along with housing for disabled veterans, and seniors. All properties were acquired and renovated using free community resources. In July 2018 after 5 years of planning, he state provided the funds to open a 96 unit affordable rental community to serve the homeless. New Beginnings currently engage over 1,000 volunteers, own and manage 3 thrift stores that generate nearly 70% of all revenue and provides an excellent place for the homeless to start working to rebuild their work stamina, relearn to follow directions and main stream back into society. Since launching my dream in 2007 over 400 homeless have successful found sustainable employment and permanent housing. Due to the tremendous need for affordable housing, I recently founded a non profit focusing on creating affordable housing for the homeless, seniors and veterans. |
| Bold Strategies to Achieve Family Stability: Lessons Learned from Child Welfare and Housing | THURS | 11:00 – 12:30 | Session 1.2 D | Leah Rhea, Senior Program Manager, Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH), TBA, Kids In Distress, Inc, Broward County |
In 2016 Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) launched the national One Roof initiative, a strategic effort to change the life trajectory for vulnerable families and children, breaking the intergenerational cycle of homelessness, child welfare involvement, and poor outcomes through SH. Through One Roof, CSH engages local, county, state and national partners to promote an improved, integrated policy and systems integration response for high-need families, replicate SH tailored to their unique needs, and increase investment in housing solutions. This work is built on the Keeping Families Together (KFT) model, which combines affordable housing with holistic, trauma-informed services to strengthen families and end the cycle of child neglect and housing instability, resulting in a new generation of young people living more stable, productive lives. KFT seeks to change the ways that public child welfare agencies work with families facing severe and multiple challenges by identifying children who are inadequately housed; presenting with complex service needs; and most at risk of negative child welfare outcomes such as out-of-home placement, long-term open cases, reentry to the child welfare system in the form of reports of abuse or neglect and repeat open case. Thru the 10 years of working with communities to implement KFT, CSH has identified lessons learning from communities across the country who are acting bold to keep families together. This session will explore these bold strategies and facilitate conversation with participants about potential for these strategies in their own communities. |
| Assess and Jumpstart Your Brand in Five Easy Steps | THURS | 2:30 – 4:00 | Session 1.3 D | Janet de Guehery, Communication and Marketing Manager, Florida Community Loan Fund (FCLF), Lisa Junkerman, MBA, Principal & Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Marketing Consultants, Inc. |
An organization’s brand is one of its most valuable assets, yet one that is often overlooked because of demands on our time and resources. Using best practice examples, the presenters will provide effective and efficient methods attendees can begin practicing right away to assess and jumpstart their brand such as how to go about conducting an audit of their brand; how to better understand their target audience; elements to include in an organization’s brand guide; and how to put their brand assessment into action in an elevator speech. Attendees will discover new options that can help them identify, leverage and grow brand strength. |
| Quantify results, leverage partners, own issues and inspire better cities through measurable marketing and community engagement | THURS | 4:15 – 5:30 | Session 1.4 D | Lisa Mozloom, Sr. Vice President Community Relations & PR Strategy, The M Network | Does your organization suffer from “COMMfusion” – a general misunderstanding about the role and impact of internal and external communications such as advertising, public relations, social media, and the like? All too often executive staff, boards of directors, and organization influencer (such as large donors) look at every marketing dollar begrudgingly spent as a dollar that could otherwise go toward services.
In this session we will provide strategies to help your organization see marketing as a powerful community engagement service, necessary to help organizations own issues and position continuums as critical parties to solving not only homelessness, but inspiring better cities. Attendees will learn ways to address tough questions about why marketing matters, how to quantify results, as well as to explore examples of how to leverage existing partners without spending additional dollars. Your will hear real-world case studies of initiatives created and executed in the South Florida market to help create a more compassionate community, a more attentive media, and ultimately, a community more engaged in the effort to end homelessness. |
| The Project90 Impact | FRI | 9:00 – 10:30 | Session 2.1 D | Cate Jordan, Executive Director, 90 Works | Cate and her team at 90Works created Project90 in 2012 to help vulnerable populations become stable and self-sufficient in 90 days. Today, 90Works has a 90% success rate doing so. This workshop will share the history and philosophy of Project90, the six domains that are required for self-sufficiency in our culture, how the model is measured to indicate if we are making a difference in someone’s life and the story the data tells. 90Works sent five years worth of Project90 data to a third party, Data Means, and we indeed have a 90% success rate helping vulnerable populations become stable and self-sufficient in 90 days. |
| Bridge Housing Shelter Beds – A Collaborative Approach to Housing Focused Shelter | FRI | 11:15 – 12:45 | Session 2.2 D | Greg Carlson, Program Manager of Quality of Life By Choice (QLife) , Chris Johnson, The Salvation Army | Housing first has shown great results in ending the homelessness of many in our communities. As a result, our community shelters must shift to meet the needs of those communities and drop unnecessary rules and barriers to housing. Shelters need to create low-barrier Bridge-Housing beds that are that are accessible to individuals and families who are under case management with community agencies across the Continuum of Care. |
Behavioral Health Support Services and Interventions Track Sessions - November 1st and 2nd, 2018
Behavioral Health Support Services and Interventions Track Sessions – *Day and time of individual workshops are subject to change
| Compassion Fatigue: Improving Your Effectiveness By Focusing on Self-Care | THURS | 9:15 – 10:45 | Session 1.1 E | Jamie Meyer, Senior Director of Education,Metropolitan Ministries | This session on compassion fatigue will be an interactive workshop focused on the concepts of vicarious trauma, burnout and compassion fatigue and the impact compassion fatigue has on all of us who work in homeless services. Vicarious trauma expose is a real risk in our field and is something that both front-line staff and supervisors need to be aware of. We’ll focus on skills and tools that helping professionals need to prioritize in order to be effective in their service. Participants will evaluate their own personal level of compassion fatigue and create tools to enable them to focus on self-care and model that for those they serve. |
| How to Work With Difficult Cases | THURS | 11:00 – 12:30 | Session 1.2 E | Amanda Rosado, Technical Advisor, Florida Housing Coalition (FHC) | Difficult cases are a part of the job with case management. This workshop will dive into what makes a case difficult, how to handle exceptionally difficult cases, and staying resilient. We will look at the importance of motivational interviewing, self-awareness, and authenticity. Participants will be given tools to assist in navigating difficult cases. |
| TEAM UP for Homelessness | THURS | 2:30 – 4:00 | Session 1.3 E | Carol Caraballo, Care Coordination Manager, South Florida Behavioral Health Network | South Florida Behavioral Health Network (SFBHN) Team Up with the Miami Beach Police Department to increase ability to provide homeless individuals a place to live and receive services for Behavioral Health issues. Hear from a panel of presenters who work with homeless individuals which includes Police Officers, a Housing Coordinator & a Manager of a Coordination of Care Department. The workshop will provide you with information on developing and implementing your own Team to work with homeless individuals for placement and prevision of services. A review of barriers to creating a Team and gaps in service will be provided. One of our regions success stories will be presented by video. |
| Engaging and Assessing Households Experiencing Homelessness | THURS | 4:15 – 5:30 | Session 1.4 E | Amanda Rosado, Technical Advisor, Florida Housing Coalition (FHC) | This workshop teaches participants how to thoughtfully and effectively engage with households from their very first interaction with the housing crisis response system. Assertive engagement will be discussed within the context of providing voluntary support services. Additionally, participants will learn how to provide person-centered services. |
| Wellcare Community Impact Model; Addressing the Social Determinants of Health | FRI | 9:00 – 10:30 | Session 2.1 E | Cara Meeks, Manager, Community Impact for Florida, Wellcare Health Plan | WellCare’s CommUnity Impact department was created to address social determinants of health. WellCare works to remove barriers to health care access by referring people to local, community-based social services. WellCare provides grant opportunities to community organizations who provide critical programs, services and resources in our members’ communities. WellCare’s CommUnity Impact takes a data-driven approach to addressing social determinants of health. Case Management and Community Assistance Line (CAL) peer specialists refer members and nonmembers to needed services using an automated referral tracking system and a centralized database. This database is comprised of community programs and services commonly known to be a part of a social safety net. |
| A Trauma-Informed Approach in Emergency Shelter | FRI | 11:15 – 12:45 | Session 2.2 E | Amanda Rosado, Technical Advisor, Florida Housing Coalition (FHC) | People experiencing homelessness are not only currently experiencing trauma, they often have significant histories of trauma. Any provider within a homeless service system should employ a trauma-informed approach. This workshop provides an introduction to providing trauma-informed care within the setting of emergency shelter. Participants will have an opportunity to examine their own trauma-informed skills. Additionally, shelter rules will be examined in the context of a trauma-informed approach. |
Department of Education Track Sessions - November 1st and 2nd, 2018
Department of Education Track Sessions
| MVA Collegial Café: Networking Around Everyday Issues in Homeless Education | THURS | 9:15 – 10:45 | Session 1.1 F | Skip Forsyth | Welcome to a “living network of collaborative dialogue” around questions that matter to the education of children and youth experiencing homelessness. Homeless education is a field of communities – the school and school district community, the local community, the state network community, etc. Participants can enjoy a cup of coffee or tea with colleagues from around the state as they sit in a low stress, minimally structured setting and discuss issues of day. |
| VPK, Head Start, and Child Care: Resources for Homeless Families with Young Children | THURS | 11:00 – 12:30 | Session 1.2 F | Courtney Walker, Moderator | In 2015, Congress clarified the McKinney-Vento Act provisions for young children. Prekindergarten students now qualify for McKinney-Vento Act benefits, including school of origin transportation. This session provides for a conversation with key state and local community organizations about what is required, what resources are available, and how to access those resources. |
| Understanding and Connecting with your local Continuum of Care to Rehouse Homeless Children and their Families | THURS | 2:30 – 4:00 | Session 1.3 F | TBA | School districts are confronted daily with homeless children whose families need assistance to become stably housed. Whether a school district’s homeless population is 100 or 14,000, any child’s situation can be heartbreaking. This workshop will provide participants with discussions about the Federal HEARTH definition of homelessness as it relates to school-age populations, Florida’s Continuums of Care (CoCs), and how to successfully tap funding for housing for homeless families with children. |
| TBA | THURS | 4:15 – 5:30 | Session 1.4 F | TBA | TBA |
| National Center for Homeless Education: What’s in it for You? | FRI | 9:00 – 10:30 | Session 2.1 F | National Center for Homeless Education Staff | Since the amendments of the McKinney-Vento Act became effective in 2015, the National Center for Homeless Education has been busy updating and writing new Issue Briefs. This session will uplink to NCHE headquarters in North Carolina for a review of the content and to answer questions about these topics. Participants will receive copies of each brief reviewed. |
| Homeless Education Operations Potpourri: Monitoring Prep, Program Planning, Dispute Resolution, and More | FRI | 11:15 – 12:45 | Session 2.2 E | Skip Forsyth and Courtney Walker | This session will include presentations and discussions about foundational processes for a successful program to identify and support the educational progress of children and youth experiencing homelessness. Topics will include McKinney-Vento dispute resolution (eligibility, enrollment, and school selection), Title IX monitoring preparation, and program management and planning. |
