9:00 to 9:45 – Session One
Defining Supportive Housing by
Quality and Critical Elements on a Continuum Scale. Balancing critical
components and scoring its elements.
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Using the SAMHSA Fidelity Score Sheet. (pick a project and do a
preliminary score)
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DBHDD Litmus Test
·
CSH tool kit
Speakers
·
Doug Scott—Housing Director for Department of Behavioral Health and
Developmental Disabilities
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SAMHSA speaker
·
Regina Cannon, South East Regional Director, Corporation for Supportive
Housing
9:45 to 10:30 – Session Two
Transitional Housing for
Addictive Diseases: The Need, Opportunity, and Sources of Support.
Facilitator:
Carol Collard, Executive Director of Caring Works.
Speakers
·
Neil Kaltenacker, Executive Director, Georgia Council on Substance
Abuse.
·
GARR representative
·
Brenda S. Weaver, Chief Superior Court Judge, Appalachian Judicial
Circuit, Jasper Georgia
10:30 to 10:45
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Break
10:45 to 11:30 –
Session
Three
Peer Support Specialists’ Advice
to Property Managers. What support will your residents of supportive
housing need?
Facilitator:
Charles Willis, Project Director, Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network.
Speakers
·
Danton Sealy, CPS, CARES, Administrative Assistant,
Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network
·
Vern Williams, CPS at STAND, Inc. Outpatient Treatment and Reentry
Program
11:30 to 12:00
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Lunch
12:00 to 1:00 – Session Four
Mental Health First Aid –
Progress Report
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Expanding Opportunities
·
Grant Funding
Facilitator:
Tod Citron
Speakers
·
Laria Kolkin Roth, National Council of Behavioral Health,
Organizations.
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Tammy Bell, Grants Manager, River Edge Community Service Board
·
Lori Wade,
CPS, Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network
Housing Options for Re-entry
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The Georgia Partnership for Housing—DCA and Board of Pardons & Parole
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The THOR List
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Georgia Housing Voucher Program
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Community Re-entry pilot coalitions
Facilitator:
Paul Bolster
Speaker
·
Doug Scott, Housing Director, Georgia Department of Behavioral Health
and Developmental Disabilities.
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Erin Anderson, Housing Coordinator, Reentry Partnership Housing,
Pardons and Parole
·
Bill McGahan, Georgia Works and the Atlanta Re-entry Coalition
CONFERENCE POLICY PROGRAM
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
7:30
to 8:30 –
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30-10:30
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Plenary Session
·
Introduction
— Paul Bolster, Executive Director, GSHA
“The
Conference and Association Agenda”
·
Respect Institute and two consumers tell their story
·
Program Coordinator,
Alfred Brooks II
·
Kiona B. and
Zinda S.
·
Commissioner Frank Berry,
Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental
Disabilities
“The Need, Outcomes, and Plans to Expand the State’s Supportive Housing
Capacity—Going Beyond the Settlement”
·
Commissioner Brian Owens,
Georgia Department of Corrections
“The State Prison Reform and the Need for Housing Opportunities for
Persons with Disabilities”
10:30 to 10:45 – Morning Break
10:45 to 12:00
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Break out Sessions
Supportive Housing for Seniors with Disabilities
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The need.
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The forms of the housing that work for individuals.
·
Program Opportunities to expand the availability.
Speakers:
·
Eve Byrd, Executive Director of the Fuqua Center on Late Life
Depression.
·
Nancy Rockett Eldridge, CEO,
Cathedral Square Corporation, Vermont's Support and Services at Home
Initiative,
Live Video Feed, Care Coordination Agency of Vermont
·
Kathleen Varda, Highland Rivers Community Service Board.
Supportive Housing for Veterans: How do we meet the
Veteran’s support and help them transition into supportive housing?
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The need.
·
The forms of housing that work for individuals
·
Programs and opportunities to expand the availability
Facilitator:
Jennifer Turner Reid, Deputy Homeless Network Coordinator, US Department
of Veterans Affairs, Atlanta.
Speakers:
·
Frantz Fortune, Executive Director and Founder VEO (Veterans Empowerment
Organization) of Atlanta,
·
Jay Green, Owner, L&JG Enterprises, LLC, Development Consultant.
·
Colleen Bain, Senior Analyst, National Church Residences
Supportive Housing for Youth with Disabilities Aging
Out of Juvenile Programs and Institutions.
The need.
The forms of housing work for individuals
Program Opportunities to expand the availability
Facilitator: Jason Bearden, CEO Highland Rivers CSB.
Speakers:
·
Mark Washington, Managing Partner, The Washington Group; former
Assistant Commissioner, Georgia Department of Human Services
·
A.J. Sabree, Strategic Implementation Manager, Georgia Department of
Juvenile Justice
·
Kathy Colbenson,
Director of CHRISKids, Atlanta
12:15-1:00
Plenary Luncheon with Keynote Speaker
Paul Bolster, Executive Director of the Georgia Supportive Housing
Association.
“The State of Supportive Housing Capacity in Georgia: How far we have
come and how far do we have to go?”
1:00-2:00 - Plenary Session: Georgia Housing Voucher
Program: Results, and Future Development
Speaker:
·
Doug Scott, Director of Supportive Housing, Department of Behavioral
Health and Developmental Disabilities
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What does the data show us we are accomplishing?
2:00-3:00 - Plenary Session: Medicaid: Opportunities to Expand Services
Needed for Effective Supportive Housing in Georgia
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Opportunities and Challenges under the new CMS Community Based Services
Rule
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Improvements that will support the expansion of Supportive Housing
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Supportive Housing Opportunities for Georgia Medicaid
Facilitator:
Jason Bearden, CEO Highland Rivers Community Service Board
Speakers:
o
Peggy Bailey, Senior Policy Analyst, Corporation for Supportive Housing
o
Wendy Tiegreen, MSW, Director of Medicaid Coordination and Health System
Innovation, Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental
Disability
o
Marcy Alter, Deputy Director, Aging and Special Populations, Georgia
Department of Community Health
3:00-3:30
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GSHA AWARDS
3:30-4:30
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Town Hall Meeting
Where do we go from here?
The Georgia Supportive Housing Policy
Agenda
What have we learned today and where are we going as a state and as
advocates? How do we increase the state’s capacity to provide supportive
housing?
The GSHA Legislative Agenda—Comments and suggestions
4:30-5:00
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Ending Reception – Ideas over Coffee and Cookies
