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National Technical Assistance Workshops
Beyond
Shelter
conducts workshops
on two basic initiatives:
- "Housing First" For Homeless Families
- Service-Enriched Affordable Housing:
Models & Methodologies
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"Housing First" for Homeless Families:
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This workshop covers the innovative housing first approach to ending and preventing family homelessness. Geared towards agency directors, social services administrators, project managers and front-line staff working with homeless and at-risk families, the workshop provides hands-on instruction
in this basic methodology.
The key components are:
- The relocation of
homeless families to permanent housing in
residential neighborhoods as quickly as possible
- The provision of home-based
case management for up to one year after the move
to help families transition to stability
Workshop sessions include the following:
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An Overview of the "Housing First" Methodology
This
session introduces the basic methodology and its
rationale, the evolution of services provided from shelter to
transitional housing to permanent housing and permanent housing with home-based services.
- Point-of-Entry:
Crisis Intervention and Emergency Services
Covers referral criteria and
guidelines, crisis intervention, short-term
stabilization, identification of high-risk clients, intake
and enrollment processes and development of a plan
of action.
- Housing
Resources and Relocation
Covers the
process of relocation planning, the development of
affordable housing resources, working with landlords
and property management companies, negotiating leases,
overcoming housing barriers, tenant education and
the monitoring
processes.
- Transitional Case
Management
Focuses on the concept of
home-based case management, development of an
individualized "housing first" plan, monitoring and
evaluation, and closure and graduation
of participants.
- Common Problems
Addresses issues that threaten a family's
stability in permanent housing, including substance
abuse and relapse, family violence, family planning,
child neglect
and maltreatment, and household and money
management.
- Welfare-to-Work
Issues
Key issues include the importance
of helping clients transition from welfare to work in an
era of welfare reform, the "team approach" with
job placement specialists and case managers, overcoming barriers
to employment, conducting skills assessments, and the provision of job readiness,
placement
and retention services.
- Adapting the
Methodology
Discussion focuses on
establishing collaborations, overcoming institutional barriers, providing services with
limited funds and adapting the methodology to
existing programs.
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| Workshop #2: | Service-Enriched
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Beyond Shelter's
service-enriched housing
workshops promote the incorporation of social service mechanisms
into the ongoing operation of
affordable rental housing for the low-income population at large,
not necessarily targeted to those who are at-risk or with special
needs. The goals are to improve the quality of life and promote
social and/or economic self-sufficiency of residents.
The workshops are targeted
to housing developers and owners, property managers, public
officials, funders, community development banks and community-based
service providers who currently operate or would like to develop
service-enriched housing.
Workshop sessions include the following:
- Overview of Service-Enriched
Housing
Discussion focuses on the
differences between service-enriched housing, supportive housing and special
needs housing, as well as on models of service delivery.
- Roles &
Responsibilities
This interactive session
explores partnerships and collaborations,
focusing on the roles of owners, property managers,
services coordinators and residents in
service-enriched housing.
- Resource Referral
& Program Development
Learn how to
develop
and coordinate services, programs and
activities to promote economic and social
self-sufficiency of residents.
- Welfare-to-Work
Focuses on
the implementation of services that address the
structural and psychological barriers to employment,
job placement, retention and long-term stability in
the era of welfare reform.
- Crisis
Intervention
Addresses
common problems such as nonpayment of rent, evictions,
drug traffic, gangs, family violence, substance
abuse and property damage.
- Resident
Participation
Concentrates on the importance
of involving residents in the decision-making
processes and the development of resident
management methodologies.
- Design
Issues
Covers ways to modify existing space
and/or to develop new space for service-enriched housing.
- Funding
Issues
Addresses the various resources
available to finance programs and activities,
providing an overview on how to leverage and obtain
free services.
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