BEYOND SHELTER
Institute for Research, Training, and Technical Assistance
1990 – Present
Workshops and Presentations
1990
1990 – Ventura County Homeless Coalition, Empowerment: Breaking the Cycle of Poverty, held in Ventura, CA – Presentation, “Case Management on Behalf of the Homeless”
1990 – Interagency Council on the Homeless: “Working Together Toward Solutions For The Homeless In The 90’s” – Panel Presentation: “Moving from Shelter to Transitional to Permanent Housing”
1990 – Food For All Regional Conference, “Within Our Reach: Breaking The Cycle of Poverty” –
Workshop, “Developing Family Self-Sufficiency through Comprehensive and Collaborative Programs”
1990 – Southern California Association of Non-Profit Housing Annual Conference, held in Los Angeles, CA – Workshop: “Integrating Low-Income Families into the Community via Affordable Housing”
1990 – Housing California Annual Conference, held in Sacramento, CA – Workshop: “Transitional Housing”
1991
1991 – Shelter Partnership Conference, “Off the streets and out of the Shelters”, held in Los Angeles, CA – Presentation, “Case Management for Housing”
1991 – HomeBase Conference, “Off the streets and out of the Shelters” – Presentation, “Homeless People Find Housing: The Agency’s Role”
1991 – Walter Briel Human Rights Association Conference, “The Child As Victim: Governmental Neglect And Abuse Of The Young”, held in Los Angeles, CA – Presentation, “Homeless Children”
1991 – California Working Group on the Homeless – Presentation, “How Affordable Housing Breaks The Homeless Cycle”
1991 – Los Angeles Unified School District, held in Los Angeles, CA – In-service training for Elementary School Counselors
1991 – Housing California Annual Housing and Homelessness Conference, held in Sacramento, CA – Workshop on Family Case Management
1991 – Tulare County Community Action Agencies, held in Tulare, CA – Presentation to 160 Agency Representatives regarding Beyond Shelter’s Program Strategy
1991 – UCLA School of Psychiatry, held in Los Angeles, CA – Presentation, “Dysfunctional Families/Affordable Housing”
1991 – Southern California Association of Non-Profit Housing – Presentation, “Case Management for Affordable Housing”
1991 – U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, held in Washington, DC – Meeting and Presentation for Grantees
1992
1992 – National Alliance To End Homelessness Conference, held in Anaheim, CA – Panel Presentation, “Making the Transition to Permanent Housing”
1992 – Interagency Council on The Homeless, Multi-state Regional Conference on Homeless Families, held in Atlanta, GA
1992 – Ohio Coalition for The Homeless, held in Columbus, OH – One-day in-service training to ten agencies from throughout the State
1992 – City of Los Angeles Housing Authority, held in Los Angeles, CA – Training for agencies participating in the Section 8 program for homeless families
April 23-24, 1992 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Workshop on “Housing First”, held in Los Angeles, CA
May, 1992 – Beyond Shelter Technical Assistance Workshop on “Housing First”: An Innovative Approach to Helping Homeless Families, held in Sacramento, CA
1993
1993 – Housing California Annual Conference, held in Sacramento, CA – Panel Presentation, “There is a Better Way: Transitional Services in Permanent Housing”
1993 – Fifth Annual Housing and Human Investment Conference, held in Portland, OR – Workshop, “Ending and Preventing Family Homelessness”
1993 – National Leased Housing Association Conference, held in Washington, DC – Panel Presentation, “Creating or Utilizing an Existing Network for Supportive Services”
1993 – Creating Special User Housing, held in Bakersfield, CA – Panel Presentation, “Special User Housing and Supportive Services Needs”
1993 – The Enterprise Foundation Annual Network Conference – Panel Presentation, “Seeds of Change”
1993 – Christian Outreach Appeal, held in Long Beach, CA – Training for new Case Managers
1993 – Francis House, held in Sacramento, CA – Program Development for Transitional Housing Project
1993 – Neighborhood Place, Inc., held in Davenport, IA – Introduction to Service-enriched permanent housing and non-profit housing development
1993 – Transition House, held in Santa Barbara, CA – Program Development for collaborative housing relocation and transitional housing program
March 10-12, 1993 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Workshop on “Housing First”, held in Los Angeles, CA
September 8, 1993 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Workshop on Service-Enriched Housing: Models and Methodologies, held in Los Angeles, CA
September 27-29, 1993 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Workshop on Ending and Preventing Family Homelessness, held in Washington, DC
1994
January 19, 1994 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Workshop on Service-Enriched Permanent Housing, held in Hollywood, CA
1994 – Project IV, held in Pasadena, CA – Training for case management staff
1994 – Christian Outreach Appeal, held in Long Beach, CA – Training for case management staff
1994 – Gay and Lesbian Service Center, held in Los Angeles, CA – Training for case management staff
1994 – Family Resource Coalition Biennial National Conference, held in Chicago, IL – Workshop presentation on Beyond Shelter’s Homeless Families Program: “Ways to End Family Homelessness”
1994 – National Coalition for the Homeless Annual Conference, held in Minneapolis, MN – Panel Presentation: Beyond Shelter Methodology
1994 – UCLA, Certificate Program, held in Los Angeles, CA – Drug and Alcohol Counseling
Presentation: Beyond Shelter “Housing First” Component/Philosophy
1994 – UCLA, Department of Urban Planning School of Public Policy, held in Los Angeles, CA – Presentation: Beyond Shelter Methodology
1994 – Gay & Lesbian Service Center, held in Hollywood, CA – Consultation & Training
November 3-4, 1994 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Workshop, Service-Enriched Permanent Housing and Alternatives to Transitional Housing: Models for the Future, held in Washington, DC
1995
1995 – Gay & Lesbian Service Center, held in Los Angeles, CA – Half-Day Training for GLSC Youth Program, “Preparing Youth for Independent Living”
1995 – Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, held in Los Angeles, CA – Presentation to Grantees on Resource Development and Housing Relocation
1995 – Housing California Annual Conference, held in Sacramento, CA – Panel Presentation, “Community-Based Resources for Homeless Families”
March 6-8, 1995 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Workshop, Service-Enriched Permanent Housing and Alternatives to Transitional Housing: Models for the Future, held in
Anaheim, CA
1995 – California Mental Health Advocates For Children & Youth Annual Conference, held in Monterey, CA – Panel Presentation, “Finding Homes for Homeless Families”
1995 – Lighthouse Christian Ministry, held in Los Angeles, CA – Panel Presentation, “Women Hurting In Pain/ Women Having Inner Peace”
1995 – Building Our Sobriety, held in Inglewood, CA – Presentation to Coalition
October 23-24, 1995 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Workshop, Service-Enriched Permanent Housing: Models and Methodologies, held in Washington, DC – Co-sponsored by The Enterprise Foundation
1996
1996 – HUD Neighborhood Networks Conference, held in Kansas City, MO – Presentation on Service-Enriched and Supportive Housing
1996 – Management and Community Development (MCDI) Tufts University, held in Boston, MA –
Presentation on Service-Enriched Housing
February 21-22, 1996 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Workshop on Supportive Housing Methods and Methodologies, held in Kansas City, KS – In Collaboration with The Enterprise Foundation
1996 – Abandoned Infants Association Conference, held in Knoxville, TN – Panel Presentation: “Service-Enriched Housing for Families with Children”
1996 – Enterprise Foundation/HUD Conference, held in Detroit, MI – Presentation, “Supportive Housing”
1996 – Enterprise Foundation/HUD Conference, held in Grand Rapids, IA – Presentation, “Supportive Housing”
1996 – Non-Governmental Organizations Forum ’96, Habitat II: The United Nations City Summit, Presentations: “ International Homelessness” and “ Homelessness in the United States”, held in Istanbul, Turkey
1996 – Veterans Initiation Conference, held in Chicago, IL – Presentation, “Services to Homeless Families”
1996 – Family Resource Coalition, held in Chicago, IL – Presentation: “Service-Enriched Housing”
1996 – U.S. Network For Habitat II Global Meeting, held in Los Angeles, CA – Panel Presentation, “Towards Sustainable Communities”
1997
May 5-6, 1997 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Workshop, Ending and Preventing Family Homelessness, held in Los Angeles, CA
June 2-3, 1997 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Workshop, Service-Enriched Permanent Housing: Models and Methodologies, held in Washington, DC
November 20-21, 1997 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Workshop, Service-Enriched Permanent Housing: Models and Methodologies, held in Washington, DC – Co-sponsored by the National Alliance to End Homelessness
November 22, 1997 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Workshop on “Housing First”: Ending and Preventing Family Homelessness, held in Washington, DC – Co-sponsored by the National Alliance to End Homelessness
1998
April 27-28, 1998 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Workshop on Service-Enriched Permanent Housing: Models and Methodologies, held in Los Angeles, CA
May 3, 1998 – Housing California Annual Conference, held in Sacramento, CA – Institute on “Housing First”
July 22, 1998 – National Alliance to End Homelessness Annual Conference, held in Washington DC –
Workshop on “Housing First”
September 10-11, 1998 – Ending Family Homelessness Policy Summit, held in Los Gatos, CA – Co-Sponsored by HomeBase and Compass Community Services
September 13-14, 1998 – Florida Homeless Coalition Conference, held in Orlando, FL – Workshop on “Housing First”
September 25, 1998 – Southern California Association of Non-Profit Housing Annual Conference, held in Los Angeles, CA – Panel presentation, “Connecting Housing and Social Services”
November 12-14, 1998 – “Building Better Communities: A National Dialogue on Collaborating for Successful Siting of Housing and Service Programs”, held in Washington, DC
November 13, 1998 – New Mexico Statewide Conference on Homelessness, held in Albuquerque, NM – Panel presentation on Securing and Maintaining Permanent Housing
November 20-21, 1998 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Workshop on Service-Enriched Permanent Housing: Models and Methodologies, held in Washington DC – In collaboration with CommonBond Communities of Minnesota and the H.E.L.P. Organization of New York
1999
February and March 1999 – Housing Authority for the City of Los Angeles, held in Los Angeles, CA – Intensive ten-day training for resident employees of Aliso Village addressing ten key areas in which resident employees should demonstrate proficiency in order to assist residents in locating Section 8 housing
March 15-16, 1999 – First Missouri Congress to End Homelessness, Missouri Association for Social Welfare, held in Jefferson City, MO – “Housing First” presentation, “Information Systems and Resource Allocation”
March 24-25, 1999 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Workshop, The Transition Program for Homeless Families, held in Los Angeles, CA
April 8-9, 1999 – Beyond Shelter Technical Assistance Workshop Service-Enriched Housing: Models and Methodologies, held in Salt Lake City, UT – Two-day institute for the Salt Lake City Council of Governments
April 18-19, 1999 – Housing California Annual Conference, held in Sacramento, CA – Workshops on Service-Enriched Housing and “Housing First”
May 24-25, 1999 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Workshop on “Housing First”, held in Los Angeles, CA
June 2, 1999 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Workshop Service-Enriched Housing: Models and Methodologies, held in Hershey, PA – Institute for the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Authority
June 3, 1999 – New England Resident Services Coordinator Training Conference, held in Portland, ME – Keynote Address on Service-Enriched Housing
June 15-16, 1999 – Beyond Shelter Technical Assistance Workshop on Service-Enriched Housing, held in Salem, OR – Two-day institute for the Oregon State Housing and Community Services Department
July 15-16, 1999 – National Alliance to End Homelessness Annual Conference, held in Washington, DC – Workshop on Service-Enriched Housing
September 23, 1999 – Southern California Association of Non-Profit Housing Annual Conference, held in Los Angeles, CA – Institute on Service-Enriched Housing
September 27, 1999 – California Department of Social Services Conference, held in Sacramento, CA – Workshop on “Welfare-to-Work for Hard-to-Serve Families”
November 8, 1999 – American Association of Service Coordinators Conference, held in Cleveland, OH – Workshop on Service-Enriched Housing
2000
February 17, 2000 – HUD Conference on Housing for Homeless People, held in Atlanta, GA – “Housing First” plenary presentation
March 2-3, 2000 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Workshop on Service-Enriched Permanent Housing: Models and Methodologies, held in Washington, DC – In collaboration with Help USA (NY) and Common Bond Communities (MN),
March 6, 2000 – HUD Conference on Housing for Homeless People, held in San Francisco, CA – “Housing First” plenary presentation
March 27-29, 2000 – National Low Income Housing Coalition Annual Policy Conference, held in Washington, DC – Workshop on “Housing plus Services”
April 9-11, 2000 – The Western Regional Child Abuse Prevention Conference, “Within Our Reach: Effective Home-Based Strategies for Family Support”, held in Los Angeles, CA – Workshop on “Housing First”
May 3-6, 2000 – National Community Building Network Annual Conference, held in Los Angeles, CA – Presentation, “Community Building Strategies to Support Low-Income Families in Gentrifying Communities”
May 23-25, 2000 – Housing California Annual Conference, held in Sacramento, CA – Workshops on “Housing First” and on Case Management Issues for Homeless Families
July 12, 2000 – National Alliance to End Homelessness Annual Conference, held in Washington, DC – Full-Day Institute on “Housing First”
October 19-21, 2000 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Workshop on “Housing First”: Ending and Preventing Family Homelessness, held in Los Angeles, CA – Co-sponsored by the National Alliance to End Homelessness and Shelter Partnership, Inc.
December 10, 2000 – National Service Coordinators Training and Networking Conference, held in Las Vegas, NV – Workshop, “Family-Centered Service-Enriched Housing: Successful Programs for Family Housing”
2001
January 8, 2001 – Arizona Coalition to End Homelessness Conference, held in Phoenix, AZ – workshop on “Housing First”
January 10, 2001 – Shelter Partnership Training Institute, held in Los Angeles, CA – Full-day workshop on Program Planning
January 11-12, 2001 – Traveler’s Aid Society Conference, held in Salt Lake City, UT – Several workshops on “Housing First”
January 25, 2001 – National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials, Southern California Chapter, Conference, held in Brea, CA – Workshop on “Innovative Ways to Market the Housing Choice Voucher”
February 8-10, 2001 – Beyond Shelter National Technical Assistance Workshop on Service-Enriched Housing: Models and Methodologies, held in Washington, DC – In collaboration with Help USA (NY), the National Housing Conference, Common Bond Communities (MN), the National Low Income Housing Coalition, AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust, and the National Alliance to End Homelessness