Mental Health First Aid –
Progress Report
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Expanding Opportunities
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Grant Funding
Facilitator:
Tod Citron
Speakers
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Laria Kolkin Roth, National Council of
Behavioral Health,
Organizations.
Partnerships Under the Section
811 Program at DC. Availability of new rent subsidy for persons with
disabilities.
Facilitator:
Jon Toppen
Speakers
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Don Watt, Georgia Department of Community Affairs
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Cass Hatcher, Housing and Facilities Development, River Edge Community
Service Board
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
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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
CONFERENCE POLICY PROGRAM
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
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.
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Program Opportunities to expand the availability.
Speakers:
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Kathleen Varda, Highland Rivers Community Service Board.
Supportive Housing for Youth with Disabilities Aging
Out of Juvenile Programs and Institutions.
1:00-2:00 - Plenary Session: Georgia Housing Voucher
Program: Results, and Future Development
Speaker:
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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
·
Supportive Housing Opportunities for Georgia Medicaid
Facilitator:
Jason Bearden, CEO Highland Rivers Community Service Board
Speakers:
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Peggy Bailey, Senior Policy Analyst, Corporation for Supportive Housing
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Wendy Tiegreen, MSW, Director of Medicaid Coordination and Health System
Innovation, Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental
Disability
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Marcy Alter, Deputy Director, Aging and Special Populations, Georgia
Department of Community Health
