SSI for children can provide critical support to families who are experiencing or at-risk of homelessness. Establishing a child’s eligibility for SSI benefits requires engagement with various child serving systems such as education, behavioral health, child welfare, and juvenile justice. Building relationships with these systems and engaging the entire family in the process is critical to submitting a successful SOAR-assisted child SSI application.

On this webinar, you will hear from seasoned SOAR providers who are having great success building relationships with families and professionals from child serving systems in their communities. You will learn how to collaborate with medical providers to effectively document the child’s disability. Presenters will share their strategies on how to engage families and children using trauma informed principles and promoting racial equity.

We will also share new SOAR TA Center tools and resources for using the SOAR model with SSI for children.

On this webinar, you will learn more about:

·       How to engage children and families using trauma informed principles

·       How to build relationships with key stakeholders critical to developing and submitting quality SOAR-assisted SSI applications for children

·       How to access the SOAR Online Course: Child Curriculum and other SOAR tools and resources

·       Promoting racial, environmental, and economic equity when serving families and children in your community

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With over 80% of families experiencing homelessness also being survivors of domestic violence, it is imperative that housing and homeless advocates have tools to support these vulnerable families. This workshop will equip participants to understand the state and federal laws, and regulations, that protect survivors of domestic violence in housing, including the role of Coordinated Entry in supporting housing access. As these laws and regulations confer certain responsibilities for providers of housing assistance and landlords, attendees will consider their roles as providers of Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) covered housing assistance and be taken step by step through their responsibilities and the rights of survivors from the initial point of contact through termination of assistance or a lease. Presenters will also focus on the role of privacy and confidentiality and how to support collaborative relationships in support of survivor safety. As a bonus- since we’ll be in the midst of the 87th Texas Legislative Session- presenters will offer an overview of themes in the housing-related legislation filed thus far that impact survivors.

Who Should Attend:

General BoS Membership,

Local Homeless Coalitions,

General Public

Register here: https://thn.adobeconnect.com/ewk25yv0t8c5/event/event_info.html

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Contact ce@thn.org for more information.

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