Featuring Bill Hobson of Seattle’s DESC. Opposition to housing first developments can come from a variety of sources. This session will examine strategies to overcome each of these obstacles. It will also examine ways to develop a comprehensive community relations strategy to deal with each preemptively and to prevent them from re-appearing once the project…
Housing and Homelessness
United States Interagency Council on Homelessness
Agenda items include the Mayor’s Challenge to End Veteran Homelessness, opportunities in VA Rural Health resources, and other updates. Featuring: Colleen Bickford, USICH Co-Chair & HUD Anchorage Field Office Susan Yeager, USICH Co-Chair, Alaska VA Healthcare System Eileen DeVine, VISN 20 Homeless Coordinator John Pendrey, Alaska VA – Health Care for Homeless Veterans
Prisoner Re-Entry Programs: Agency Presentations
Featuring Troy Buckner of New Life Development, Inc., Cathleen McLaughlin of Partners for Progress and Gastineau Human Services.
Housing First Permanent Supportive Housing
Featuring Sam Tsemberis, founder and CEO of Pathways To Housing.
Youth Homelessness in Alaska Panel Discussion
Speakers include TC Cassidy, of Runaway and Homeless Youth Training and Technical Assistance Center, Diana Bline of Covenant House, Kathi Trawyer of the University of Alaska Anchorage, Walter Majoros of Juneau Youth Services and Michelle Overstreet of MY House.
Alaska Division of Behavioral Health, Office of Supportive Housing
Featuring division director Albert Wall and program coordinator Sherrie Hinshaw.