HUD’s Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs (SNAPS) invites homeless assistance providers and their partners to participate in an hour long call on Thursday, May 14, 2020 from 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT to discuss best practices and strategies for engaging persons with lived experience of homelessness in your COVID-19 planning and response. The following presenters will be available for a live question and answer session:

·       Kelvin Lassiter, National Coalition for the Homeless

·       Donald Whitehead, National Coalition for the Homeless

·       Shawn Jones, Baltimore Lived Experience Advisory Committee

·       Anthony Williams, Baltimore Lived Experience Advisory Committee

Participants do not need to register in advance. It is strongly recommended that you join this webinar 15 minutes prior to the start time (2:15 PM EDT). To join the webinar, simply access the login page at the link below.

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HUD’s Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs (SNAPS) invites homeless assistance providers and their partners to participate in an hour long call on Thursday, May 14, 2020 from 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT to discuss best practices and strategies for engaging persons with lived experience of homelessness in your COVID-19 planning and response. The following presenters will be available for a live question and answer session:

·       Kelvin Lassiter, National Coalition for the Homeless

·       Donald Whitehead, National Coalition for the Homeless

·       Shawn Jones, Baltimore Lived Experience Advisory Committee

·       Anthony Williams, Baltimore Lived Experience Advisory Committee

Participants do not need to register in advance. It is strongly recommended that you join this webinar 15 minutes prior to the start time (2:15 PM EDT). To join the webinar, simply access the login page at the link below.

Register Here

This webinar is intended for Texas Homeless Network (THN) to answer questions about the Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) application for ESG CV-19 funds from the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA). THN is the local coordinator for the TX BoS CoC, meaning THN will host a local competition for applicants to apply for funds made available to the TX BoS CoC by TDHCA. From this application process, THN makes recommendations to TDHCA for contracts. Those eligible to apply for ESG funding include Units of General-Purpose Local Government and Private Nonprofit Organizations. Applicants who fall under these two eligible applicants may apply for the following component types: Emergency Shelter, Street Outreach, Rapid Re-housing, and Homelessness Prevention.

Register here: https://thn.adobeconnect.com/esgcv19/event/event_info.html

This webinar will explore common themes and propose real world solutions to challenges that shelter advocates and youth serving professionals have encountered since the COVID-19 public health emergency. Information and recently published resources from the CDC, COVID-19 Guidance for Shared or Congregate Housing, will also be discussed.

Meeting the needs of vulnerable populations in congregate care settings, particularly domestic violence shelters and group homes for homeless youth, can be a masterclass in resourcefulness and thoughtful planning.  This webinar, hosted by the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), will explore common themes and propose real world solutions to challenges that shelter advocates and youth serving professionals have encountered since the COVID-19 public health emergency.  Information and recently published resources from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), COVID-19 Guidance for Shared or Congregate Housing will also be discussed to support practitioners in their ongoing efforts to plan for and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic in shared and congregate housing.  Speakers from the CDC and the ACF, Administration for Children, Youth, and Families, Family and Youth Services Bureau will present during this session.  This webinar would be relevant for Victim Advocates, Runaway and Homeless Youth Professionals, Youth Serving Professionals, Shelter/Residential Services Managers, Group Home Managers, and Street Outreach Workers, among others working related fields.

For additional information about this webinar contact Jacqueline Mull at (404) 713-5304 or Jacqueline.Mull@ACF.hhs.gov.

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