See you on September 17&18 in Rochester, MN!

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Workshops at a Glance

Tuesday, September 17
9:30 a.m.–10:45 a.m. Breakout I

1. Housing stability in rural Minnesota: Preserving 515 properties and rental assistance in Greater Minnesota
   Room: Suite 112
   Elizabeth Glidden, Minnesota Housing Partnership (MHP); Margaret Kaplan, Housing Justice Center
2. New Services to Support Housing
   Room: Suite 113
   Mark Caldwell, Department of Human Services – Housing Division; Bekah Kaufenberg-Satre, Department of Human Services – Housing Division
3. Minneapolis Navigation Center – Lessons Learned
   Room: Suite 114
   Marian Wright, Simpson Housing Services; Wendy Wiegmann, Simpson Housing Services
4. “Getting to know your CoC (and getting the most out of it!)
   Room: Riverview Room A
   Loni Aadalen, Ramsey Continuum of Care Coordinator; Jennifer Prins, River Valley Continuum of Care; Carla Solem, West Central Minnesota Continuum of Care Coordinator
5. Empowering Youth Leadership Models to Address Homelessness and Social Injustice
   Room: Riverview Room B
   Beth Holger, The Link; James Lewis, The Link
6. Insights from Envision Community: Co-designing with Patients for Health Equity
   Room: Riverview Room C1
   Bill Walsh, Hennepin Health System, Upstream Health Innovations; Dewayne, Rome, Freddy, Junail, and Sherry, Street Voices for Change
7. Mile in My Shoes: running together to change perceptions and change lives
   Room: Riverview Room C2
   Monica Nilsson, Mile in My Shoes
8. Partnering with Minnesota’s Tribal Nations
   Room: Riverview Room D1
   Minnesota Tribal Collaborative
9. Bringing System Support and Services to the Street: A Comprehensive and Collaborative Approach to Street Outreach Services
   Room: Riverview Room D2
   John Tribbett, St. Stephen’s Human Services; Casey Holstrom, St. Stephen’s Human Services

11:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m. Breakout II

1. The Wall of Forgotten Natives: Lessons learned from the Franklin Hiawatha Encampment. Creating a response during Crisis, Chaos, and Conflict
   Room: Suite 112
   Patina Park, Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center
2. Addressing the Elephant in the Room; Understanding Unconscious Bias and how it impacts decision making
   Room: Suite 113
   Valerie Jensen, Azon Consulting
3. Trauma-Informed Screening for Domestic Abuse and Housing Protections for Survivors
   Room: Suite 114
   Nicole Mourgos, Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services; Meghan Maes, Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services
4. Your Cultural Lens: Engaging Communities with Cultural Self-Awareness
   Room: Riverview Room A
   Janice Barbee, Healing Roots
5. Reflections from the Field: A Guide to Working with Sexually Exploited Youth
   Room: Riverview Room B
   Lindsay Arf, Olmsted County; Mollie Kolb, Olmsted County
6. MN Homeless Study Workshop: Using 2018 Data to Inform Service and Policy Decisions
   Room: Riverview Room C1
   Brian Pittman, Wilder Research
7. You Can’t Prevent What You Can’t Count: Finding the Homeless in Minnesota’s Mortality Data Systems
   Room: Riverview Room C2
   Terra Weins, Minnesota Department of Health
8. Making your Organization and LGBTQ+ inclusive and Affirming Environment
   Room: Riverview Room D1
   Andrea Simonett, MN Dept of Human Services; Annie Wells, St. Stephen’s Human Services

12:30 p.m.–1:30 p.m.  – Lunch, Annual Awards Presentation in the Arena 

1:45 p.m.–3:00 p.m. Breakout III

1. Beyond a Bed: Supporting Informal Hosting Arrangements for Youth Facing Homelessness
   Room: Suite 112
   Jacqueline White, CloseKnit; Cindy Ley, Open Doors for Youth
2. From Outreach to Housing
   Room: Suite 113
   David Katzenmeyer, People Incorporated/Outside-In; Alan Ostergaard, Radias Health/Outside-In
3. Identifying the Experience of Homelessness for Individuals in the Corrections System and the Journey to Solutions
   Room: Suite 114
   Kate Erickson, Minnesota Department of Corrections; Katelyn Warburton, Minnesota Department of Human Services; Marcel Urman
4. Solace
   Room: Riverview Room B
   Jennifer Lamb, Southwest Minnesota Housing Partnership; Cassandra Sassenberg, Nicollet County Human Services
5. Addressing Suicide Risk in Homeless and Veteran Populations- Public Health and Practical Approaches
   Room: Riverview Room C1
   Kelsey Place, LICSW Minneapolis VA HUD VASH Program; Larisa Breid, LICSW Minneapolis VA HUD VASH Program
6. How one man’s dream to change started in his community and expanded to beyond Mille Lacs Reservation
   Room: Riverview Room C2
   Colin Cash, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
7. Violent Deaths among the Homeless in Minnesota
   Room: Riverview Room D1
   Terra Wiens, Minnesota Department of Health
8. Welcome Home! Collaborating across Difference for Equitable Housing and Inclusive Community-Building
   Room: Riverview Room D2
   Marnita Schroedl, Marnita’s Table

3:15 p.m.–4:30 p.m. Breakout IV

1. Maximizing Landlord Relationships
   Room: Suite 112
   Warren Duncan,  Hearth Connection; Keith Nance, Ujamaa Place
2. Criminal Background: How much does it matter to housing success?
   Room: Suite 113
   Jessie Hendel, CommonBond Communities; Sarah Koschinska, Project for Pride in Living; Dustin Mackbee, CommonBond Communities; Annie McCabe, CommonBond Communities; Joseph Schmid, CommonBond Communities
3. Partnering with schools to support children and youth experiencing homelessness
   Room: Suite 114
   Jennifer Prins, River Valleys CoC; Melissa Brandt, Rochester Public Schools
4. Extending Power Sharing into Housing and Homeless Intervention Practices
   Room: Riverview Room A
   Jennifer Horton, The Link; 2 Youth Advisory Members and 2 Case Management Staff, The Link
5. Navigating the Domestic Violence Housing Experience through the Lens of an Immigrant Survivor
   Room: Riverview Room B
   Rachel Kohler, Standpoint; Traci Thomas-Card, Standpoint
6. Supporting young children in accessing early care and education
   Room: Riverview Room C1
   Stacia Rosas, MN Department of Human Services; Sandy Myers, MN Department of Education; Akemi Mechtel, MN Department of Human Services
7. Best Practices Working with Safe Harbor Youth
   Room: Riverview Room C2
   Kate LePage, Lutheran Social Services;  Nick Riba, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
8. How proactive culturally capable mental health services meet the challenges of communities of color experiencing housing and economic insecurity and the change-makers that serve them
   Room: Riverview Room D1
   Carl Young, Increasing Life Chances 4 You; Linda Roberts, Increasing Life Chances 4 You
9. Centering Power in Community to Advance Intersectional Solutions
   Room: Riverview Room D2
   Leah Gardner, Hunger Solutions; PH Copeland

5:00 p.m.–6:30 p.m.  – zAmya Performance with Q&A

Wednesday, September 18
9:30 a.m.–10:45 a.m. Breakout V

1. Current Trends in Affordable Housing Research
   Room: Suite 112
   Gabriela Norton, Minnesota Housing Partnership
2. Overview of key findings from the 2018 Homeless Study: discussion of characteristics, trends, and what’s new
   Room: Suite 113
   Michelle Gerrard, Wilder Research
3. Connecting Homelessness and Food Justice: Strategies for improving food security and housing security through interconnected strategies
   Room: Suite 114
   Adam Pine, University of Minnesota Duluth
4. Leveraging Earned Media for Advocacy
   Room: Riverview Room A
   Amanda Horner, Catholic Charities and Homes for All  Communications Co-Chair
5. Changing how homeless families are served in Dakota County – Blending private and public funding for diversion, prevention and landlord engagement
   Room: Riverview Room B
   Terri Lazaretti, Dakota County; Madeline Kastler 
6. How Your Congressional Office Can Help With Housing
   Room: Riverview Room C1
   Katie Kottenbrock, U.S. Senate; Osman Ahmed, U.S. Senate
7. Changing Outcomes for Child Welfare Involved Families who are Housing Unstable
   Room: Riverview Room C2
   Leah Lindstrom Rhea, CSH; TBD
8. Policy Practice Among NASW-MN Members
   Room: Riverview Room D1
   Magdelena Unger, Augsburg University
9. Working together and working differently with Public Housing Authorities to create change and increase housing stability for the lowest-income Minnesotans
   Room: Riverview Room D2
   Amy Stetzel (CSH); Bryan Hartman (Bloomington HRA); Tina Johnson (MPHA); Brandon Crow (MPHA); Julie Grothe (Guild Inc.), Sue Speakman Gomez (HousingLInk), Nicole Randall (St. Louis Park HRA), Eric Gustafson (Family Housing Fund).

11:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m.  – Keynote Presentation in the Arena
12:30 p.m.–1:30 p.m.  – Lunch in the Arena
1:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. – Check out the Exhibitor Showcase in the Arena

1:45 p.m.–3:00 p.m. Breakout VI

1. Aging in Community: The Impact of Elder Homelessness
   Room: Suite 112
   Melea Blanchard, Catholic Charities
2. Creating Lasting Change and Ending Homelessness with Community Engagement – Lessons from Heading Home Dakota
   Room: Suite 113
   Rebecca Bowers, Dakota County; Jean MacFarland, Chair, Heading Home Dakota Community Engagement
3. Homework Starts with Home: Building Collaborations to End Student Homelessness
   Room: Suite 114
   Eric Grumdahl, Minnesota Office to Prevent and End Homelessness
4. Developing Grant Proposals that Make Our Programs Shine – Improving the Competitiveness of Rural Programs
   Room: Riverview Room A
   Becky Schueller, NW Minn Continuum of Care
5. It’s OK To Call Us Queer And Other Things To Know About Us
   Room: Riverview Room B
   Kathy Hermes, Lutheran Social Service

3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. – Heading Home Leadership Circle Meeting

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