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SUMMARY:Training: Enhancing Our Work with LGBTQ+ Individuals in Housing Crisis
DESCRIPTION:This training will provide a framework to support providers\, community organizers and agency representatives working with community members who identify as LGBTQ+ during the pandemic and beyond.  It will offer a primer on creating inclusive and affirming environments for LGBTQ+ individuals\, utilizing national resources and lived experience of community members. The trainer\, James Shultis (they/them pronouns)\, is a community educator and advocate\, specializing in LGBTQ+ trainings and education. \nPlease register here. 
URL:https://www.westernmasshousingfirst.org/event/training-enhancing-our-work-with-lgbtq-individuals-in-housing-crisis/
CATEGORIES:Training,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Training: Sealing CORIs and Appealing Housing Authority Denials
DESCRIPTION:This training – to be held on Zoom – will be led by Community Legal Aid Attorneys Nina Harrison and Jane Edmonstone. Part 1 will address CORI records\, including what records can be sealed and how to seal them\, and Part 2 will talk about what to do if a subsidized housing application is denied\, and how to prepare an appeal.  Please register here. 
URL:https://www.westernmasshousingfirst.org/event/training-sealing-coris-and-appealing-housing-authority-denials/
CATEGORIES:Training,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160413T130000
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SUMMARY:Tenant Employment in Permanent Supportive Housing
DESCRIPTION:Permanent Supportive Housing offers a stable platform from which tenants can regain a working life. In this workshop we will consider the reasons for making employment services a priority\, the benefits to tenant employment and why supported employment is the preferred employment intervention in PSH. Several examples of PSH based employment will illustrate the commitment and strategies organizations use to increase employment outcomes among tenants. Time permitting\, consideration will also be given to:  “Vocationalizing” PSH and establishing outcome expectations. \nClick here to register. \nTrainer: John Rio\, MA\, CRC is a well-known Houston-based trainer on employment services for people experiencing homelessness. At Advocates for Human Potential he currently directs the National Veterans Technical Assistance Center for US DOL; provides technical assistance and training for HUD recipients and CoCs; and works with the VA on expanding employment services for homeless veterans. He has managed supportive housing and employment programs during his 35 years in the field and has written about job readiness and PSH employment models. Previously he worked for the Corporation for Supportive Housing in New York; St. Barnabas Hospital in the Bronx; Community Counseling Center in R.I. and founded Riverwood Rehabilitation Services in R.I.
URL:https://www.westernmasshousingfirst.org/event/tenant-employment-in-permanent-supportive-housing/
LOCATION:Holyoke Community College/Kittredge Center\, 303 Homestead Ave.\, Holyoke\, MA\, 01040\, United States
CATEGORIES:Training
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SUMMARY:Combining Housing and Employment for Homeless Young Adults
DESCRIPTION:Education and employment are critical to the development of young adults experiencing homelessness as they try to claim their place in the adult world.  In this session we will explore: \n\nModels of employment services for homeless youth\nCritical linking employment with housing for youth\nExamples from the field\n\nClick here to register. \nTrainer: John Rio\, MA\, CRC is a well-known Houston-based trainer on employment services for people experiencing homelessness. At Advocates for Human Potential he currently directs the National Veterans Technical Assistance Center for US DOL; provides technical assistance and training for HUD recipients and CoCs; and works with the VA on expanding employment services for homeless veterans. He has managed supportive housing and employment programs during his 35 years in the field and has written about job readiness and PSH employment models. Previously he worked for the Corporation for Supportive Housing in New York; St. Barnabas Hospital in the Bronx; Community Counseling Center in R.I. and founded Riverwood Rehabilitation Services in R.I.
URL:https://www.westernmasshousingfirst.org/event/combining-housing-and-employment-for-homeless-young-adults/
LOCATION:Holyoke Community College/Kittredge Center\, 303 Homestead Ave.\, Holyoke\, MA\, 01040\, United States
CATEGORIES:Training
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SUMMARY:Sustaining Innovative Demonstration Projects
DESCRIPTION:Too often pilot or innovative employment programs demonstrate good results only to fade away when the original funding ends.  While the Secure Jobs Initiative will be the primary focus of this discussion\, lessons learned can be broadly applied and all are welcome. Topics to be covered include: \n\nMaintaining the services through integration of current resources\nFinding new money and Social Enterprises\nUsing old money in new or different ways\nCase examples\n\nClick here to register. \nTrainer: John Rio\, MA\, CRC is a well-known Houston-based trainer on employment services for people experiencing homelessness. At Advocates for Human Potential he currently directs the National Veterans Technical Assistance Center for US DOL; provides technical assistance and training for HUD recipients and CoCs; and works with the VA on expanding employment services for homeless veterans. He has managed supportive housing and employment programs during his 35 years in the field and has written about job readiness and PSH employment models. Previously he worked for the Corporation for Supportive Housing in New York; St. Barnabas Hospital in the Bronx; Community Counseling Center in R.I. and founded Riverwood Rehabilitation Services in R.I.
URL:https://www.westernmasshousingfirst.org/event/sustaining-innovative-demonstration-projects/
LOCATION:Frost Building Room 309\, Holyoke Community College\, Holyoke
CATEGORIES:Training
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