CO-SPONSORED BY: THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR HOUSING & CHILD WELFARE (NCHCW) www.nchcw.org. All webinar sessions are scheduled for 10:00 – 11:30 AM PST & 1:00 – 2:30 PM EST [90-minutes]

FOR THE 3-SESSION SERIES ON HOUSING FIRST / RAPID RE-HOUSING, PLEASE GO TO: RAPID RE-HOUSING WEBINAR SERIES

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Thursday, January 24, 2013 10:00 – 11:30 AM PST (1:00 - 2:30 PM EST)

The Housing/Child Welfare Nexus: Early intervention strategies to address unstable housing for at-risk families. Webinar participants will gain an understanding of the pivotal role housing, community supports and robust housing first efforts can play in family preservation efforts and reunification. This session will provide information about a number of creative ways to bridge the housing and child welfare systems at the local level.

Presenters:

Ruth White, National Center for Housing & Child Welfare

Tanya Tull, Partnering for Change

TO BE CONDUCTED AGAIN THIS SPRING.

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Thursday, February 28, 2013 10:00 - 11:30 AM PST (1:00 – 2:30 PM EST)

What Child & Family Service Agencies Can Do to Prevent Family Homelessness: Webinar participants will be introduced to early intervention strategies through the use of housing stability assessment tools, and more timely and appropriate responses (including new staffing patterns, “housing stability” specialists, & the development of new & more integrated relationships with legal aid, the landlord community, & housing and homeless organizations).

Presenters:

Ruth White, National Center for Housing & Child Welfare

Tanya Tull, Partnering for Change

REGISTER HERE

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Thursday, March 21, 2013 10:00 – 11:30 AM PST (1:00 – 2:30 PM EST)

Preparing Transition Aged Youth for Housing & Independence – Webinar participants will gain an understanding of the pivotal role housing can play in the transition to adulthood among aging out youth. This session will provide information about a number of creative ways to build the partnerships necessary to identify and prioritize community housing resources for youth at the local level.

Presenters:

Ruth White, National Center for Housing & Child Welfare

Janet Kelly, Sanctuary of Hope

REGISTER HERE

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Thursday, May 23, 2013 10:00 – 11:30 AM PST (1:00 – 2:30 PM EST)

Service-Enriched Housing: This webinar will explore how
housing-based “services coordination” can help to stabilize and support
vulnerable families and their children in neighborhoods and communities. This session will include differentiating service-enriched housing from supportive housing, special needs housing and other housing types; a review of the 3 key components; single entity ownership and operations to partnerships and collaborations; and roles and responsibilities of everyone involved.

REGISTER HERE

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Thursday, June 20, 2013 10:00 – 11:30 AM PST (1:00 – 2:30 PM EST)

Neighborhood-Based “Services Coordination” – Early Intervention & Homelessness Prevention through Collaboration & Partnerships: developing neighborhood “safety nets” through single points-of-contact at churches, schools, community centers, Boys & Girls Clubs, or outreach “store front” crisis centers.

REGISTER HERE

Presenters for the 2013 Webinar Series include the following:

Carol Cohen – School of Social Work, Adelphi University
Janet Kelly – Founder/Executive Director, Sanctuary of Hope
Tanya Tull, ScD – President/CEO, Partnering for Change
Deborah Werner, MA – Project Director for the Women, Children and Families Technical Assistance Project, Advocates for Human Potential, Inc.
Ruth White – Founder/Executive Director, National Center for Housing & Child Welfare (and others)

To be scheduled:

Rapid Re-Housing and Domestic Violence
Family Homelessness & the Human Right to Housing