Annual Conference > 2009 NCHV Annual Conference Presentations
2009 NCHV Annual Conference Presentations
This page displays the session schedule of the 2009 NCHV Annual Conference, with descriptions of each session, speaker names, and presentation materials. Please visit often as more presentation materials will be posted in the upcoming weeks.
The conference program is available for download by clicking here.
Wednesday, May 20
· Federal Grants I: Intro to the GPD and HVRP Grants
During this session representatives from the Departments of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Labor (DOL) provided an overview of federal grants for homeless veterans, the VA Grant and Per Diem Program (GPD), and the DOL Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program (HVRP).
Ken Fenner, Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program Overview
· Federal Grants II: Applying for GPD and HVRP Grants
This session provided tips and tools to use when applying for GPD and HVRP funding.
Melanie Lilliston, Homeless Veterans Funding Opportunities
· Legal Issues: Alternative Sentencing and Homeless Court
During this session, information was given on several new initiatives focusing on alternative sentencing and how organizations can receive guidance on starting legal assistance programs in their area.
Steve Binder, Alternative Sentencing & Beyond
Tulin Ozdeger, Legal Issues & Legal Rights
Thursday, May 21
· Financial Counseling
Williams discussed financial literacy and outlined the how the MoneyWi$e Money Management Training program helps veterans better understand financial management and become more informed about personal finance matters.
Linda Williams, Financial Literacy: Information & Training Tools for CBOs
· Permanent Supportive Housing I: The Basics
During this session the Corporation for Supportive Housing discussed components of permanent supportive housing and described the differences between permanent and transitional housing.
Kelly Kent, The Basics of Supportive Housing for Homeless Veterans
· Permanent Supportive Housing II: Case Studies
Participants reviewed and discussed program profiles of organizations serving homeless veterans through permanent supportive housing programs.
Debbie Burkart, Financing Permanent Supportive Housing
Leon Winsted, Swords to Plowshares
· OIF/OEF: Early Interventions/Family Benefits for Guard and Reserve
This session examined initiatives that have proven to be invaluable in addressing the stresses of combat veterans, both before and after their deployment.
Jean Langbein, “It’s a Family Affair”
LTC Michael Gafney, Maryland National Guard Reintegration Program
· Employment Resources: VCU Training
During this session, speakers highlighted current hot topics and provided numerous resources that organizations can access to assist homeless veterans with obtaining and retaining employment.
Valerie Brooke, Jennifer Todd McDonough, and Dr. Michael West, HVRP
Roger Shelley, Customized Employment
· Incarcerated Veterans: Effective Transition and Reintegration Supports
During this session, presenters provided guidance on effective intervention techniques to help incarcerated veterans prepare for successful reintegration into society after their release. Presenters also gave an overview of some of the most successful transition assistance programs in the country.
Otis R. Nash and Rebecca L. Sheetz, Making Re-entry Happen: Helping Veterans Who Are Incarcerated to Successfully Re-enter Our Communities
· Focus on Mental Health I: Enhancing Services and Security
Benedict discussed how homeless clients in transitional assistance programs receiving mental illness and substance abuse treatment face significant barriers to self-sufficiency. During the session, critical questions were addressed, including “What kind of environment can we create to limit the effects of substance abuse on our veterans?” and “What policies can we put in place to insure the safety of our other residents and neighbors?”
Sean M. Benedict, Psy.D, The Therapeutic Milieu Program Design
· Focus on Mental Health II: Dealing with Institutional Thinking
This session introduced service providers to important considerations and resources to enhance their effectiveness when helping clients who are transitioning from institutional settings.
Sean M. Benedict, Psy.D, Working with Criminal/Institutional Thinking
· Women Veterans: An Effective Community Response
This session addressed health care for women veterans and how efforts are being made by the Southeast Veterans Center in Washington, D.C., to meet the challenge of providing services for homeless women veterans and single veterans with dependent children.
H.R. Crawford, Access Housing, Inc. – DC
Robin Peck, MD, Health Care for Women Veterans
· Self Employment Opportunities: Job Creation at a Minimal Cost
This workshop introduced service providers to self-employment opportunities and discussed assistance available through the Small Business Administration’s veteran programs.
Bill Elmore and George Dale, Microloan Program Overview
Friday, May 22
· DOL: Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program
Fenner discussed the Department of Labor’s Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program and provided a forum for organizations to learn how they can use this funding in their local community.
Ken Fenner, Networking/Collaboration Strategies: The Key to Leveraging Grant Resources
· Participating in the CHALENG/CoC Processes
This session presented service providers the opportunity to learn how to be more involved in these vital community planning processes, as well as how to use these programs to enhance services offered to their clients.
John Kuhn, CHALENG: Community Homelessness Assessment, Local Education and Networking Groups
Cynthia W. High, Special Challenges of a New Era: Participating in the CHALENG/CoC Processes
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