2023 Texas Conference on Ending Homelessness Presentations

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Wednesday, 09/27:

Breakout Session 1:

- - - Best Practices in Veteran Rural Outreach and Engagement
    - Navigation Day: The Small Town Revolution Towards Action
    - Seeking Awareness: Uncovering Implicit Bias
    - Implementing the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Provisions in CoC and ESG Project
    - Storage Solutions for Individuals Experiencing Homelessness
    - Austin’s Homeless Advisory Council (AHAC): Five-year Impact Evaluation and Improving Housing Outcomes
    - 55 is the New 75: Aging on the Streets and Practical Notes from the Field

Breakout Session 2:

- - - Responsive Case Management Through the Lens of Lived Expertise Panelists
    - Intimate Partner Violence, Housing & Homelessness: Creating a Personal Lens for an Essential Need
    - How Do We Fill in the Gaps? Harm Reduction Efforts
    - Representation and Investment: How CoC’s Can Ensure That Diverse Populations and Experiences Are Represented
    - I’m a Black Woman in Leadership, Now What?
    - Learning From Liaisons: Lessons from Supporting Texas Students
    - Cultivating Equal Access: Best Practices for LGBTQIA+ Neighbors

Thursday, 09/28:

Breakout Session 3:

Breakout Session 4:

- - Analyzing System Performance in Stella P
  - Using My Lived Experience: Organizing and Running a Volunteer-Based Outreach Organization
  - Yes in My Backyard: Getting Public Support for Housing
  - Best Theoretical Practices for Serving and Connecting with Individuals Experiencing Homelessness
  - Making Your Data Work for You – How New Technology Can Bring Out the Unseen Potential in Your CoC
  - Cold Weather Shelter, A Systematic Approach; The City of Dallas and Partners Operational Plan
  - The Time is Now: Supporting Cash for Youth Experiencing Homelessness

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Breakout Session 6:

- - Workforce First – A Housing-First Approach to Employing People Experiencing Homelessness
  - How Providers Can Better Serve Veterans – The Solutions
  - Peer Support: Addressing Complex Barriers to Housing
  - Site-Based or Scattered-Site Permanent Supportive Housing: Practice and Funding Pros & Cons and Community Engagement for Each Model
  - Beyond Basic: Collective Onboarding to Improve Systems Change for the Front Lines
  - How Can We Help? Serving Undocumented People in the Current Immigration Landscape
  - Intentional Inclusion of Lived Expertise

Friday, 09/29:

Breakout Session 7:

- - The Impact of Landlord Engagement
  - Navigating the Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences and Military Trauma as it Relates to Veteran Homelessness
  - Arresting Our Way Out of the Problem: The Criminalization of Homelessness
  - From Session to Solutions: Workshop on Homelessness Advocacy in Texas
  - Handling Referrals Day to Day
  - Mc-Kinney Vento: Understanding and utilizing resources of the Mc-Kinney
  - Bridging the Gap: Remote Solutions for Homelessness Service Providers and Clients