The Center for Capacity Building (the Center) will provide three trainings between September 2018 and March 2019 for the Housing Systems Change Initiative: an Emergency Shelter Training, a Rapid Re-Housing Training, and a Diversion Training. The Alliance’s training brings together research and best practices on emergency shelter, rapid re-housing, and diversion with innovative and emerging strategies from successful program models around the country.
Rapid Re-Housing (RRH) Training (Full Day)
Thursday, October 25, 2018. Bongiorno Conference Center
The goal of the training is to help participants understand the critical role RRH plays in ending homelessness. Participants gain an understanding of the three core components of rapid re-housing – housing identification, financial assistance, and case management and services – as well as practical strategies for implementation and practice. Facilitators help participants tackle tough questions such as recruiting landlords in a challenging housing market and identifying the “right” assistance.
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Emergency Shelter Training (Full Day)
Thursday, November 29, 2018. Comfort Suites Downtown Carlisle
The goal of the training is to orient shelter providers and critical community leaders to the role of shelter in an effective crisis response system and emphasizes quickly connecting people who experience homelessness to housing assistance and other services to enable them to achieve and maintain permanent housing. This training will help emergency shelters lower barriers, build capacity to be more housing-focused, and rapidly exit clients to permanent housing. The workshop covers factors for effective program design and implementation and planning for next steps.
Registration details will be announced at a later date.
Diversion Training (Half Day)
Wednesday, January 30, 2019. Comfort Suites Downtown Carlisle
The goal of the training is to help participants understand the role diversion plays in an effective crisis response system. Participants gain an understand of the critical elements of implementing effective diversion practice at the front door of the homeless system as well an understanding of key elements of diversion.
Registration details will be announced at a later date.
All trainings include a mix of presentation, interactive activities, and discussion.
Contact Carol Thornton for more information, 717-960-9009 x 7.