UAA PADM Grad Students Robert Onders: Climate Change and Vector-Borne Disease – Adam Schoffstall: Principles of Sustainable Land Use and the Formation of an Alaska Commission on Sustainable Development – Lane Smith: Glenn Highway and Emissions Reduction Alaska State Policy Makers’ Panel Larry Hartig, Commissioner of the Alaska Dept. of Environmental Conservation Craig Fleener, Special…
Public Affairs
Keynote Address Bill Ross, Former AK DEC Commissioner
Lessons learned from climate change action plans and strategies in the Western states: what has worked and has not worked. Bill Ross, Former Alaska DEC Commissioner, Principal of Ross Strategic
Welcome, Opening Remarks & Overview
Southeast Alaska by the Numbers
On behalf of Southeast Conference, Meilani Schijvens presents critical insights into current and past Southeast Alaska economic and socioeconomic trends, and tells the story of changes that are taking place in the areas of population and employment. Key drivers of the economy are explored, including the public sector and the visitor, seafood, mining, construction, and…
Lunch and Conference Wrap-Up
Creating Healthy Communities for Returning Citizens – Alaska Prisoner Reentry Initiative
The Alaska Prisoner Reentry Initiative (AK PRI) is a first step in creating a process, both inside and outside, to help returning Alaska prisoners reengage in their home communities. We know that most Alaska inmates will return to their home communities at some time—DOC is working to develop clear reentry plans for each inmate while…
My House: Steamdriven Thrift Shop
The Steamdriven Thrift Shop is a for-profit business that trains and employs youth in the Mat-Su Valley as well as provides profits to be used for My House case management services. This session will discuss the Spirit of Youth award-winning business, how it was funded and became profitable.
Alaska Council on the Homeless Meeting
The Alaska Council on the Homeless meets twice per year to fulfill its mission as a public policy forum for recommendations on the use of state and federal resources to address homelessness. These efforts are outlined in the States’ Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness. This plan sets out annual, five year and ten year…
Bill Block, HUD Regional Administrator for Region X
Bill Block is the HUD Regional Administrator for Region X, serving Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington. Bill began his career in Seattle as a lawyer focusing on complex real estate transactions on behalf of both private and public entities. In 2005 he left the law to become Director of the Committee to End Homelessness, where…
Basics of the Fair Housing Act and Reasonable Accommodations
This session will cover the basics of the Fair Housing Act with an emphasis on disability and reasonable accommodations, as well as some recent developments in fair housing law. The training also includes ample time for Q&A to address your specific questions.