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…
AKCH2 2014
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.
Plenary Speaker Sam Tsemberis
Sam Tsemberis, Ph.D., is founder and CEO of Pathways to Housing, Inc., a nonprofit organization with global reach, headquartered in New York City. An International spokesperson on homelessness, mental illness, addiction, and the Pathways Housing First (PHF) model, he is widely published in these subjects and is on the faculty of the Columbia University Medical…
Faith-Based Solutions to Sheltering of Families and Individuals
Featuring Laurie Kari of Family Promise, Mat-Su Valley, and Dave Kuiper of Anchorage Beyond Shelter.
Alaska Housing First Program Evaluation
Featuring: Nancy Burke of the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority Corrine O’Neill of Rural Alaska Community Action Plan Shirley Lee of Tanana Chiefs Conference Sarah Shimer of UAA Institue for Circumpolar Health Studies Janet Johnston of UAA Institute for Circumpolar Health Studies.
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Featuring Alaska Department of Health and Social Services Commissioner William Streur, Alaska Housing Finance Corporation’s Carrie Collins, Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority’s Jeff Jessee, KTOO Public Media & 360 North’s Bill Legere and the Alaska Coalition on Housing and Homelessness’s Scott Ciambor.