5 Articles Found
On October 15, 2013, NCCEH held the third in a series of three webinars about reducing chronic homelessness. This webinar highlighted Winston-Salem/Forsyth County, which has reduced chronic homelessness by 58% since 2005. Presenters Andrea Kurtz, Senior Director of Housing Strategies for the Ten-Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness, and Tim West, Planning Program Supervisor for the City of Winston-Salem, spoke about the strategies that resulted in this decrease, including strong public-private partnerships, investments in permanent supportive housing, targeting resources to the most high-barrier populations, and using HMIS data to inform strategic decision-making. Click here to view the slides from the presentation. Archived Recording: Current NCCEH members may access a recording of the conference call and presentation. Members will need to log in to the website to access the recording. If you are not an NCCEH member and would like …
On September 24, 2013, NCCEH held the second in a series of three webinars about reducing chronic homelessness. This webinar highlighted Wilmington and the Cape Fear area (New Hanover, Brunswick, and Pender Counties), which have reduced chronic homelessness by almost 70% since 2007. Presenters Dan Ferrell, Strategic Director for the Ten-Year Plan, and Katrina Knight, Executive Director of the Good Shepherd Center, spoke about their community's investments and the changes that have resulted in this decrease. Click here to view the slides from the presentation. Archived Recording: Current NCCEH members may access a recording of the conference call and presentation. Members will need to log in to the website to access the recording. If you are not an NCCEH member and would like to access the recording, you can sign up for membership here.
On August 21, 2013, NCCEH held its first in a series of three webinars about reducing chronic homelessness. This webinar highlighted Asheville/Buncombe County, which has reduced its incidence of chronic homelessness by 82%. Presenters Brian Alexander, Executive Director of Homeward Bound, and Heather Dillashaw, Coordinator of the Asheville-Buncombe Homeless Initiative, spoke about their community's strategies and partnerships that have resulted in this decrease. Click here to view the slides from the presentation. Archived Recording: Current NCCEH members may access a recording of the conference call and presentation. Members will need to log in to the website to access the recording. If you are not an NCCEH member and would like to access the recording, you can sign up for membership here.
WASHINGTON - On a cold January morning in 2001, Mel Martinez, then the new secretary of Housing and Urban Development, was headed to his office in his limo when he saw some homeless people huddled on the vents of the steam tunnels that heat federal buildings. "Somebody ought to do something for them," Martinez said he told himself. "And it dawned on me at that moment that it was me." So began the Bush administration's radical, liberal -- and successful -- national campaign against chronic homelessness. "Housing first," it's called. That's to distinguish it from traditional programs that require longtime street people to undergo months of treatment and counseling before they're deemed "housing ready." Instead, the Bush administration offers them rent-free apartments up front. New residents, if they choose, can start turning their lives around with the …
NCCEH hosted a training on San Diego's Serial Inebriate Program in March, 2008. The materials from the training are posted here.