Tuesday, March 11, 2014 9:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Pre-Conference Institute: The Hot Buttons of Housing First Tuesday, March 11, 2014 The day before the conference join DESC and Pathways to Housing training staff for an intensive day of training covering a range of hot Housing First topics. Discussion of Housing First principles, standards, and model designs will allow newcomers to the field to catch on quickly, but substantial parts of the training sessions will explore the strategies and solutions for addressing the difficult challenges that arise in everyday Housing First practice. The day will end with an insiders' discussion among participants and Housing First pioneers Bill Hobson & Sam Tsemberis. Number
Title
Time
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Pre-Conference Institute by DESC
9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Lunch on Your Own
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
002
Pre-Conference Institute by Pathways
1:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
003
Dialogue with Bill Hobson & Sam Tsemberis
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, March 12, 2014 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Workshop #
Title
Lead Presenter
101
Rapid Re-Housing Evidence; Why Is It So Successful? With an introduction and welcome to the “Families Track” David Wertheimer, Deputy Director, Pacific Northwest Initiatives at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Jamie Taylor, Cloudburst Consulting Group Katharine Gale, Katharine Gale Consulting
102
Picking Up The Pieces
Carol Gartin, PORCH (Permanent Options for Recovery Centered Housing)
Empowerment Process in Recovery Oriented Social Work – The Stockholm Example
Ann Ottengrim, Linnaeus University
Workshop #
Title
Lead Presenter
103
From Grants to Policy, Practice, and Pilot Projects: Systems Change using a Housing First Framework for Homeless Veterans
Michal Wilson, VHA
Making a Home
Mark Ventura, Consultant
104
Working for Recovery and Permanent Housing
Mike Donegan, DESC
105
An Evaluation of Implementation of Canada's At Home/Chez Soi Housing First Project
Geoffrey Nelson, Wilfrid Laurier University
Housing First Research: Fidelity, Social Integration, and What's Next?
Ana Stefancic, Pathways to Housing
Key Partnerships Instrumental to Statewide Support of Housing First Initiatives
Maureen Sarver, HomeBase
The Implementation of Housing First Policy: Michigan State Housing Development Authority’s Roadmap to End Chronic Homelessness
Kelly Rose, Michigan State Housing Development Authority
Are We There Yet? Successes and Challenges in Transitioning to Housing First and Harm Reduction
Erica Ernst, Thresholds
Using Housing First to Create Systems Change
Lyndia Downie, Pine Street Inn
Finding New Outreach and Case Management Partners to Build Housing First Capacity
Gabby Knighton, Baltimore City Mayor's Office of Human Services, Homeless Services Program
Integrating Case Management, Psychiatry & Housing: Bringing Out-Patient Clinical Work into Single-Site Housing in a Housing-First Context
Margo Burnison, DESC
A Health Home for All: Strategies for Integrating Primary and Behavioral Care in Housing First Populations
Christina Clayton, DESC
Integrating Primary Care/Mental Health Services into the treatment of Chronic Homeless Veterans
Luz Hein, Jesse Brown VA Medical Center
Creating a City-wide Housing First Oriented System
Susan McGee, Homeward Trust Edmonton
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Wednesday, March 12, 2014 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Opening Plenary/Brunch - New Developments in Housing First Wednesday, March 12, 2014 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Workshop #
Title
Lead Presenter
141
Using a Coordinated Entry System to Rapidly Re-House Homeless Families
Julie DeRose, St. Joseph Center
From Transitional Housing to Rapid Re-housing: The Challenges and the Successes
Katina Williams, St. Joseph's Villa
Housing First Evaluation: Realities of Collecting and Disseminating Outcome Data
Gregg Pieples, Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services
How to Use Data to Make Decisions and Drive Agency Performance
Paul Rossi, Foothold Technology
Rent Supplements: The Key to Opening the Housing First Door
Jean-Francois Martinbault, Sandy Hill Community Health Centre
The Art of Entrepreneurship: Housing Specialists as Brokers of Creative Housing Opportunities
Molly Brown, Yale University School of Medicine
Looking at the Canadian At Home/Chez Soi Housing First Demonstration Through an Economic Lens
Eric Latimer, McGill University/Douglas Mental Health Institute
Logan Place 7 Years Later: Is it Still Cheaper to Support People in Housing First Settings?
Thomas Chalmers McLaughlin, UNE
Kick-Ass Community: Use Housing First to End Chronic Homelessness
Linda Kaufman, Community Solutions
Using your Data Systems to Advance Partnerships while Prioritizing the Most Vulnerable
Marcella Maguire, City of Philadelphia
Vulnerable Puerto Rican Homeless
Himilce Vélez-Almodóvar, Ponce School of Medicine and Health Sciences
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Workshop #
Title
Lead Presenter
146
Adopting Housing First Principles When Transitioning Consumers Out of Institutional Care
Jamie Ewing, Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH)
147
Drugs! The Presence and Role of Drugs and Drug-Related Behaviors in Housing First
Daniel Malone, DESC
Reducing Barriers and Saving Lives: Harm Reduction and Housing First
Jeff West, PHS Community Services Society
PATHway (Providing Alternative Transitions to Housing): Housing Placement Services for Highly Vulnerable Homeless Populations
Gabriela Zapata-Alma, Chicago House and Social Service Agency
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Who Gets Into Housing First? Targeting Efforts for Effective Resource Allocation When There Isn't Enough Housing for Everyone Who Needs It
Christina Clayton, DESC
Housing First: The First 30 Days
Aaron Criswell, Step up on Second
Strategies for Eviction Prevention: How Instilling Hope Through Housing First Options Can Empower Tenants Toward Success in Housing
Gregory Shinn, Mental Health Association in Tulsa
Perspectives on Olmstead: Implication for Organizations Seeing to End Homelessness
Michael Allen, Relman, Dane & Colfax; Sam Tsemberis, Pathways to Housing; Bill Hobson,DESC; John Parvensky, Colorado Coalition for the Homeless
Wednesday, March 12, 2014 2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Workshop #
Title
Lead Presenter
161
Family Housing Solutions: Coordinated Assessment and Targeting Housing Resources Appropriately
Jamey Burden, Community of Hope, Inc.
Culture Change Required Within Community-Based Organizations: Lessons underway and lessons learned
Jay Lee, HomeBase
Workshop #
Title
Lead Presenter
162
It’s Not Just the Services: How to Support Residents Through Excellent Property Management
Rachael Duke, Home Forward
Building Design and Maintenance in Support of Housing First Goals
Jessica Cohen, DESC
Implementing the Housing First Model at Jesse Brown VAMC
Regina Freeman-Hodges, Department of Veteran Affairs
A New England Care Management System for Homeless Vets
Thomas Simpatico, Pathways Vermont/University of Vermont
164
Braiding Multiple EBPs to Support Success in Housing First: Motivational Interviewing and Critical Time Intervention
Jeff Olivet, Center for Social Innovation
165
WorkFirst: Specialized Employment Services — Barriers Free Engagement Approach
Wendy Lauser, Pine Street Inn/IMPACT Employment Services
Modifying Supported Employment for Better Outcomes with a Housing First Population
Jessica Vaz, Pathways to Housing
Show Me The Money! Hands On Practice in Finding Dollars For Housing
Ann Denton, Advocates for Human Potential
The Affordable Care Act and Housing First Providers
Jamie Taylor, Cloudburst Consulting Group
Housing High Users of Medicaid and Homeless Services
Arturo V. Bendixen, Center for Housing and Health
Medically Fragile Persons: Developing a Cross-System Approach to Serving Frequent Users of Emergency Health Services (FUSE)
Charlene Flaherty, CSH
Harm Reduction vs. Harm Acceptance in Place Based and Scatter Site Housing First Programs
Sue Fortune, The Alex Pathways to Housing
Housing First for Chronic Inebriates: The Promise and Challenge of Using Scattered-Site Apartments
Howard Dichter, Pathways to Housing PA
169
Beyond the Assessment: Tapping into Your ―Frienemies‖ to Get the Most Vulnerable Housed
Margaret Willis, Santa Monica Human Services Division
170
Creating Sustainable Funding for Housing First Organizations
Terry Axelrod, Benevon
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Wednesday, March 12, 2014 4:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Special Preview Film Screening and Talk Back: “The Homestretch” Thursday, March 13, 2014 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Workshop #
Title
Lead Presenter
201
Efforts to Reduce Apartment Re-placements in Family Housing First Apartment Program
Kevin O'Connor, Joseph's House & Shelter, Inc
Mobile Housing Teams for Coordinated Entry: A New Approach Rapidly Rehousing Homeless Families
Tiffany Kingery, Multnomah County
Serving Transgender Clients within the Housing First Setting
Levi Dineson, DESC
Implementing, Housing First Requires A Team Effort, Including Peer Case Workers, and Most Importantly, The Homeless Participants
Celina Alvarez, Housing Works
Outreach to Housing (How to Annihilate Systemic Barriers From Outreach to Housing): Housing First for Veterans and Non Veterans Who Are Chronically Homeless
Melanie Zamora, The Road Home
Community Partnerships
Candice Bodie, Department of Veteran Affairs
Participant Narratives from the At Home/Chez Soi Housing First Project: Implications for Understanding how Housing First Makes a Difference in People’s Lives
Eric Macnaughton, Mental Health Commission of Canada
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204
Situating Resident Voices within two Project-Based Housing First Programs in Alaska
205
Sarah Shimer, University of Alaska Anchorage, Institute for Circumpolar Health Studies
Rethinking Community: The Role of Congregate Models in a Continuum of Housing First Programming
Christopher Van Veen, PHS Community Services Society
Addressing Community Opposition to Housing First Developments
Shannon Cox Baker, Boulder Housing Partners
Workshop #
Title
Lead Presenter
206
Housing First and California’s AB 109 Prisoner Re-entry Programs
Jay Lee, HomeBase
Frequency and Nature of Interactions with Law Enforcement for Before and After Placement in Housing First Supportive Housing
James Petrovich, Texas Christian University / University of Texas Health Science Center / Dallas
Alcohol Management: A Practical Harm Reduction Intervention
Noah Fay, DESC
Stretch A Dolla' Out of 15 Cents: Housing First Approach to Budgeting and Money Management
Michelle Strong, Pathways to Housing PA
Using Vouchers to Secure Housing First
Terry Nash, Connecticut Housing Finance Authority
Housing First within a Cultural Context and Tight Market
Jino Distasio, University of Winnipeg
The Peer-Led Group Lifestyle Balance Pilot: Adapting a Healthy Lifestyle Intervention for Diverse Housing First Clients
Kathleen O'Hara, Columbia University School of Social Work
Enhancing Peer Delivered Services with Transformational Leadership Principles
Brittany Freese, Pathways To Housing
Medicaid Managed Care 101
Marcella Maguire, City of Philadelphia
Update and Implementation of the New Section 811 PRA Program
Ann O'Hara, Technical Assistance Collaborative
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Thursday, March 13, 2014 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Workshop #
Title
Lead Presenter
221
Working at the Intersection: Housing First with Domestic Violence Survivors
Kris Billhardt, VOA Home Free & Linda Olsen, WA State Coalition Against Domestic Violence
222
Supportive Housing and Housing First: Ensuring Quality and Planning for Success
Stephanie Mercier, CSH
Risk Management in a Housing First Context
Greg Jensen, DESC
Workshop #
Title
Lead Presenter
223
Re-defining Success: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Improve Veteran Outcomes in Housing Stability
Jazmin Breaux, West Bay Housing Corp.
Evaluating A Housing First Approach in the HUD-VASH Program
. Lindsay Hill, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Cleaning House: Best Practices in Hoarding and Clutter Intervention
Karen Poffenroth, The Alex Pathways to Housing
Fighting the Filth: Strategies for Maintaining the Health and Safety of Client Living Space
Kimberly Sikora, The Alex: Pathways to Housing
Testing Housing First in Europe
Volker Busch-Geertsema, GISS Association for Innovative Soial Research and Social Planning
The At Home/Chez Soi Canadian Study of Housing First for People who are Homeless and Mentally Ill: The Cota ACT Team Partnership Perspective in Toronto
Pam Nir, Cota
Housing First for Actively Substance Using Individuals: Findings from the CASAHOPE Study
Clare Davidson, National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University
Community-Based Participatory Research Aiming to Reduce Alcohol-Related Harm and Improve Quality of Life for Single-Site Housing First Residents
Seema Clifasefi, University of Washington
A Public /Private Partnership using Housing First Strategies to Provide Scattered Site Housing to Chronically Homeless Persons Who Are Frequent Users of Hospitals
Celina Alvarez, Housing Works
Identifying the Characteristics of Consumers of Housing First Programs with Additional Needs
Tim Aubry, University of Ottawa
228
Bringing Housing First Principles to the Home Visit
Graydon Andrus, DESC
229
Participatory Video as a Wellness Intervention
Emily Buzzell, Pathways to Housing DC
The Potential of Visual Research Methods for Capturing Consumer Voices in Recovery
Bikki Smith, New York Recovery Study
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227
Workshop #
Title
Lead Presenter
230
Developing Integrated Supportive Housing and Health Care for Homeless Persons
John Parvensky, Colorado Coalition for the Homeless
Creating a Medical Home through Housing First – Implementation and Outcomes
Benjamin Henwood, University of Southern California
Thursday, March 13, 2014 12:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Plenary Lunch - The Canadian Story: A National Implementation of Housing First Thursday, March 13, 2014 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Workshop #
Title
Lead Presenter
261
Systems Change for Homeless Families; MSFI
Kellie Cole, North Memphis Community Development Corporation
Housing First for Families – Connecting Rapid Re-housing and Employment Services
Nick Codd, Building Changes/Washington Families Fund
Profile of Permanent Supportive Housing Pilot Success
Amy Schwabenlender, Valley of the Sun United Way
Doorway: An Australian Implementation of Housing First
Julian Freidin, Mental Illness Fellowship Victoria
Promoting Positive Habits and Routines: Occupational Therapy with Housing First and Dual Diagnoses
Paula McNamara, Horizon House, Inc
Housing First and Health Care: Integrating Services for Clients Through Occupational Therapy
Tracy Mercier, Boyle McCauley Health Centre, Pathways to Housing Edmonton
House Calls to the Homeless: Psychiatric Services in Housing First Settings
Maria Yang, DESC
Nursing Services in Supported Housing
Jamie Moore, San Francisco Department of Public Health, Housing and Urban Health
A Fine Line: Assisting Frontline Staff to Balance Often Conflicting Job Expectations
Mark Graham, Pathways to Housing NY
Getting Staff Buy-In for Program Development
Brynn Scriber, Pathways to Housing PA
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Workshop #
Title
Lead Presenter
266
Getting Agency Buy-In for Systems Change
Ann Marie Grimberg, Heartland Health Outreach
Ending Homelessness, not just Managing It - One Agency's Evolution
Caroline Chambre, Urban Ministry Center
THP+: A Housing First Model or Emancipated Foster Youth
Lynn Morison, Bill Wilson Center
Understanding The Consumers' Choice: Permanent Supportive Housing Experiences of Young Adults in Tenant and Project-Based Sites
Barbara Montrose, Community Partnership of Southern Arizona
Extended-Release Naltrexone and Harm Reduction Counseling Compatible with Single-Site Housing First
Susan Collins, University of Washington - Harborview Medical Center
Shared Decision Making in Opioid Addiction: Using Web-Based Tools to Promote Access to Supportive Services in Housing First Programs
Wayne Centrone, Center for Social Innovation
Ensuring Housing is Part of Healthcare: Impacting the Social Determinants of Health
Karen Batia, Heartland Health Outreach/Heartland Alliance
Client Death and Housing First
Jennifer Eyford, The Alex - Pathways to Housing
Integrating Peer Support into a Housing First Program
Andy Patterson, Family Health Centers, Inc.
The Sharp Team- How Peers are Enhancing Services for Veterans
Kevin Lambert, Massachusetts Department of Veterans' Services
Housing First Transforming Services and Supporting the Goal of Ending Veteran Homelessness
Vincent Kane, Department of Veterans Affairs; Sam Tsemberis, Pathways to Housing
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271
Thursday, March 13, 2014 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Special Sessions – Short Idea Talks and Film Screening: ―@Home‖
Friday, March 14, 2014 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Workshop #
Title
Lead Presenter
301
Finding Homes on the Range: Addressing Homelessness in Rural and Frontier America
Sherri Downing, Advocates for Human Potential, Inc. (AHP)
Keeping it Real: Housing First in Smaller Communities
Sarah Gillmore, The Shine Initiative
302
Medicaid Opportunities for Services in Housing First
Barbara Edwards, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Jennifer Ho, United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
303
How to Do More with Less in Permanent Supportive Housing
Rebekah Ohlsen, Columbus House
Creative and Practical Approaches to Interventions, Healthcare, and Building Teams
Jill Carmichael, Friendship Place
Love it or Hate it: When Romance Meets Housing First
Sarah Knopp, The Alex-Pathways to Housing
Social Networks and Risk Behavior after Transitioning to Permanent Supportive Housing
Harmony Rhoades, University of Southern California School of Social Work
Critical Intersections between Supportive Housing and Health Care
Debbie Thiele, CSH
Major Collaboration for Needed Practice and Policy Changes
Arturo V. Bendixen, Center for Housing and Health
Using Data to Drive Program Development in Housing First
Lisa Thornquist, Hennepin County
Using Outcome Data to improve funding for Housing & Services
Brian Smith, Vermont Department of Mental Health
Unusual Clinical Interventions: A Person-Centered/Harm Reduction Approach to Engagement and Retention
Jaime Moss, DESC
Consumer Education: An Essential Element of Housing First
Dennis Watson, IU Fairbanks School of Public Health
308
Community Alliances
Angela Letzner, EDEN Inc.
309
The Role of Peer Supports in France: The Example of Housing First France
Pascale Estecahandy, Housing First
Building a Stronger Organization through Consumer Empowerment
Jean-Michel Giraud, Friendship Place
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307
Workshop #
Title
Lead Presenter
310
Luxury Hotel Site Transformed into Housing First: Gossett Place in Seattle
Sharon Lee, Low Income Housing Institute
From Ground Breaking to Community Building: Lessons from the First Year of the Rosa F. Keller Building
Heather Searles, UNITY of Greater New Orleans
Aging Gracefully: An Anticipated Future in Housing First
Patrick O'Dwyer, DESC
311
Friday, March 14, 2014 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Workshop #
Title
Lead Presenter
321
Housing First for Families – A Statewide Approach
Magaret Woley, Building Changes/Washington Families Fund
Progressive Engagement for Families Who Are Chronically Homeless
Melanie Zamora, The Road Home
322
Strengthening the Social Integration of Housing First Participants
Dorieke Wewerinke, Radboud University Medical Centre, Netherlands Centre for Social Care Research
323
Changing the World in Housing First: Integrating Health, Behavioral Health and Housing Services for People with Complex Needs
Kenneth Minkoff, ZiaPartners, Inc.
324
Building Collaborative Partnerships to Increase Housing Success
Darla Belflower, Wyandot Center
Housing First: Forging New Housing Partnerships Using your Heart and Your Head
Kelly Primus, Allegheny Healthchoices, Inc.
Marx and Not Freud: What are the Social and Political Factors which Influence the Paradigm Shift in Public Policies?
Pauline Rhenter, Mental Health Research Federation of Nord pas de Calais
Casas Primeiro: Changing social Policies Towards Ending Homelessness
José Ornelas, ISPA-IU
Clients are Doin' it for Themselves: Creating a Client-centered, Sustainable Life Skills Series
Cynthia Mitchell, NO/AIDS Task Force
Utilizing Groups to Improve Housing Stability
Andy Patterson, Family Health Centers, Inc.
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326
Workshop #
Title
Lead Presenter
327
Housing to Healthcare Access: Working Together to Provide Housing and Health
Joseph Desenclos, St. Stephen's Human Services
Integrated Care in PSH - A Partnership Approach
Eric Morse, FrontLine Service
Bridgeport Housing First - A Community Developed Model
Carla Miklos, Hope of Fairfield, Inc.
From Crisis Beds to Housing First: Clinical Experience
Marilyn Kresky-Wolff, Open Arms Housing, Inc.
Housing Choice: Housing First and Recovery Housing Options
Rachel Post, Central City Concern
Trauma Informed Housing First Model Service Delivery in an Affordable Care Act Community
Daniel Harter, Colorado Coalition for the Homeless
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Friday, March 14, 2014 12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Closing Plenary Lunch - Looking to the Future