The Texas Homeless Network held their 19^th Annual Conference, themed "Face the Homeless", at the Omni Dallas Park West Hotel on September 4-7, 2007. Over 400 persons attend this year's conference. Conference participants included elected officials, licensed practitioners of the healing arts, social workers, managers, advocates and consumers.

 "We were pleased that so many dedicated individuals were able to attend this year's conference." said Greg Gibson, Conference Coordinator. "We were able to arrange for over 40 workshops covering a wide variety of issues. The participant's comments indicated that they were very pleased with the presenter's level of knowledge about the various topics and they found that the workshops would add value to their everyday work."

Eddie completed her Masters of Science in Social Work (MSW) with an emphasis in Community Administration Leadership (CAL) in May 2006. During her studies she served as an administrative intern with Communities in Schools working on program evaluation.  Originally from Racine, Wisconsin, Eddie earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Social Work (BSW) from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in Whitewater, Wisconsin. She has had extensive experience working with low-income and homeless families in the city of Janesville, WI. Eddie served as a Client Advocate at the non-profit agency Echo, Inc. in Janesville for three years where she helped homeless families and individuals find permanent housing and resources which best fit their needs. She also worked at the House of Mercy Homeless shelter for two years during this time as a Weekend Coordinator/Volunteer Coordinator. Eddie also had close experience working with domestic violence victims at the YWCA of Janesville.

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