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Conference Presentations
2022 Texas Conference on Ending Homelessness Presentations
We need your feedback!
If you attended the conference, we want to know your thoughts! Please fill out the full conference survey here.
Also, be sure to fill out surveys for each session you attended. You can rate sessions easily through the Whova app. On the event main menu, go to the agenda. Tap on a session you attended to view the session detail page, and then tap on the “Rate” button to fill out the session feedback survey!
Your feedback will help folks grow professionally as presenters and help our agency improve your experience for next year’s conference.
Wednesday, 09/28:
Breakout 1:
- Low Barrier Shelter: Lessons Learned in One Year
- Supporting Youth Experiencing Homelessness: Rights, Resources, and Advocacy
- Downtown Austin Community Court – Helping Individuals Experiencing Homelessness Achieve Long-Term Stability
- Being a Black Woman in Leadership
- Intimate Partner Violence, Housing & Homelessness: Examining Intersections
- Reproductive Justice and Housing Instability: Implications for Immigrant Communities
- Ending the War on Drugs and Homelessness, Adopting Harm Reduction Strategies in Housing
Breakout 2:
- Community Unite: M3’s Integrative Approach to Behavioral Health, Medical Services, and Substance Use Within a Housing First Model
- Breaking Down Barriers- LGBTQ+, CSEY, Youth Homelessness
- Doing the Work: Anti-Racism as an Everyday Practice
- Scaling Up Organizations to Meet the Supportive Housing Needs of Their Communities
- Legal Avenues for Healing & Justice – Civil Legal Resources for Survivors of Sexual Assault
- Advocacy 101: How to Engage your Elected Officials on Housing Solutions
- The Power in Empowerment: The Story of Mental Health Care Without Barriers to Those with Housing Insecurities
Thursday, 09/29:
Breakout 3:
- Cultivating Equal Access: Best Practices for LGBTQIA+ Neighbors
- Bringing Hope: The Impact of Peer Support in Houseless Communities
- Current Trends in Veteran Homelessness: A Collaborative Approach
- Sailing on the “C’s” of Partnerships: Understanding the Spectrum of Community Collaboration
- Helping The Homeless Youth And Their Families Feel Safe, Supported, And Cared For By Their Services Providers. Empowering The Youth And Their Parents
- How and Why to Implement a Housing Navigator Program in your Community
- Building Racial and Gender Equity into Coordinated Entry
Breakout 4:
- Denton Police Department’s Homeless Outreach Team: a case study of person-centered, collaborative homeless outreach between local government, law enforcement and nonprofits
- Best & Promising Practice For Engaging the Unsheltered
- Change Happens in Uncomfortable Spaces: Making Space for LGBTQIA+ Inclusion
- Emergency Management and Inclement Weather Operations for Homeless Service Providers
- Health Care Utilization and Permanent Supportive Housing Review of the National Literature and Data from Open Door in Lubbock, TX
- Lessons Learned From a State of Texas-Funded Homeless Program: From Policy to Practice
- Getting to YIMBY for a New Family Shelter: A City Councilmember’s and Non-profit Service Provider’s Road to Yes!
Breakout 5:
Breakout 6:
- Leveraging and Maximizing All Available Resources
- Common Ground: Coalition Building Between Environmental and Housing Justice Organizations for Truly Sustainable Cities
- Using Lived Experience to Elevate Advocacy Efforts (no ppt)
- The Unique Population of Unaccompanied Youth-Identification, Challenges, Housing, Education Success
- Austin Homelessness Advisory Council (AHAC) – Informing Policies, Practices, and Homeless Services through Lived Experience Expertise
- How Houston “Wrote the Book” on Encampment Response
- Centering Racial Equity – The Foundations of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Friday, 09/30:
- Addressing Homelessness to Prevent Suicide With a Special Focus On Veteran Population
- Catfished: Ethical Engagement with Vulnerable Clients and Romance Scams
- Building a Successful Landlord Engagement Program
- Innovations in Health Care Delivery for PEH on the Horizon: Medical Perspectives in Scarce Resource Environments
- Maximizing Temporary Resources for Maximum Impact: The Community COVID Housing Program
- Change Starts at Home: Creating a Local Homeless Coalition to Address Community Homelessness
- Housing for Future Generations How Community Land Trusts Create Permanent Housing Affordability
Reminder: We need your feedback!
If you attended the conference, we want to know your thoughts! Please fill out the full conference survey here.
Also, be sure to fill out surveys for each session you attended. You can rate sessions easily through the Whova app. On the event main menu, go to the agenda. Tap on a session you attended to view the session detail page, and then tap on the “Rate” button to fill out the session feedback survey!
Your feedback will help folks grow professionally as presenters and help our agency improve your experience for next year’s conference.