New Resources for Children, Youth and Families Experiencing Homelessness
March 30, 2021, at 2 PM
Learn how schools and service providers can effectively partner to fully utilize new funding to enhance education, services, and housing for children and youth experiencing homelessness. Ensure homeless children and youth are not lost in the masked shuffle or virtual void and continue to get the support they need using new resources designed to identify, enroll and promote school participation. Educators and other stakeholders will learn not only what’s changed, but what’s next as they seek to better serve and advocate for households experiencing homelessness.
Speakers:
Barbara Duffield, Executive Director
School House Connection
Alleanne Anderson, Policy and Outreach Associate
School House Connection
System-Wide Approach to Ending Homelessness
April 27, 2021
An additional $32 billion has been allocated at the federal level this year to tackle housing and homelessness as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the wake of the greatest allocation of new money in U.S. history, how can Continuums of Care and providers serving those experiencing homelessness effectively advocate and influence policy decisions to ensure these new resources are doing the most good. Also, learn best practices being employed to make a noticeable and measurable impact in preventing and ending homelessness.
Speaker:
Jerry Jones, National Field Director
National Alliance to End Homelessness
Developing Cross-System Solutions to House Medically Vulnerable Populations
May 25, 2021, at 2 PM
Crisis Response Systems for those experiencing homelessness can face significant challenges when trying to meet the housing and service needs of medically-vulnerable populations. Florida Medicaid has launched a Medicaid 1115 Housing Waiver Pilot project in the St. Petersburg and Orlando Metro areas to help develop a cross-systems and collaborative approach to addressing housing instability and health care needs for extremely low-income and disabled Medicaid members. This session will explore the Medicaid 1115 Housing Waiver Pilot project and discuss some of the most essential components to building successful, cross-system solutions between Housing and Healthcare providers.
Speakers:
Christine Durrance, Housing Program Manager
Simply Healthcare
Coming Soon
Essential Care for Essential Workers
June 15th, 2021 at 2 PM
For more than a year, Continuums of Care have been rapidly developing and building an emergency infrastructure to protect some of the most vulnerable members of our community from COVID-19. Providing essential services to those in need has been a daunting task. Separation from colleagues, whether a result of working on the front line or pandemic enforced work-from-home has added enormous additional strain, often creating conflict between private and professional lives. Professional executive and team coach Jeremy Oades explores strategies for leadership and collaboration to help you and your team become more effective and prevent burnout.
Speaker:
Jeremy Oades
Aperture Coaching & Consulting
Self Care/Boundaries
Homeless Problem Solving
Why Data Matters – Using your Data to Tell Your Story
SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
The Florida Coalition to End Homelessness invites you to sponsor, exhibit, or advertise at the 2021 Florida Coalition to End Homelessness Virtual Conference.
Your support makes this valuable training event possible and places your name and brand front and center with executives and organizational decision-makers throughout the state.
The conference brings together national, state, and local experts from the fields of homelessness, affordable housing, mental health, education, the services side of supportive housing, and more, to explore current best practices on ending homelessness. The conference places an emphasis on training and networking to help support them with their daily ongoing efforts to serve Florida’s most vulnerable citizens.
The virtual conference experience will provide an opportunity for sponsors to interact and network with attendees.
Florida Coalition to End Homelessness Sponsorship Opportunities
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