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Upcoming Events

May 11 – May 13, 2011

WSCH 21st Annual Conference on Ending Homelessness Kennewick, WA

WSCH 21st Annual Conference on Ending Homelessness

Standing Together – Hope on the Horizon

Presented in collaboration with Building Changes and the Washington Low Income Housing Alliance

Register NOW!

Registration $375 after April 30th

Please Print Materials for the Sessions You Will Attend. Copies of materials are included on the Conference CD and HERE

WSCH 2011 At-A-Glance Schedule
WSCH 2011 Conference Manual

Download the Raffle Item Donation Form

HEARTH Academy Session Description
Stepping Stones to Recovery SOAR Training Session Description

Sponsors

Platinum – $10,000 and up
Washington State Department of Commerce
Washington State Housing Finance Commission
Washington State Department of Social and Health Services Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery, PATH Program

Gold – $5,000
Campion Foundation

Bronze – $1200
Association of Washington Housing Authorities
Beacon Development Group
Building Changes
Data Systems International
Downtown Emergency Service Center
Olympia Federal Savings

Precious Gem – $750
Committee to End Homelessness King County
Yakima Federal Savings and Loan
Yakima Neighborhood Health Services

Crystal – Up to $749
Vancouver Housing Authority
Office of Rural and Farmworker Housing
Steve and Vicki Petitt

Please consider sponsoring this premier event
Sponsors will be listed in the Conference Manual and it is a great way to show your agency or personal support of our shared mission:Ending Homelessness in Washington State.

Sponsor Benefits
Sponsor Form

Venue

Three Rivers Convention Center
7016 West Grandridge Boulevard
Kennewick, WA 99336

Accommodations

You must make your reservation by April 20 and identify yourself as a member of the WSCH Conference group to get the discounted rate of $92.

Red Lion Hotel (1 mile from Convention Center)
1101 Columbia Center Blvd.
Kennewick, WA 99336
(509) 783-0611

Hilton Garden Inn – Conference Block is full
701 North Young Street
Kennewick, WA 99336
(509) 735-4600

Conference Highlights

HEARTH Academy
Presented by the National Alliance to End Homelessness Center for Capacity Building

Sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

The HEARTH Implementation Clinic final product of this session will be a plan that each community can use to help them improve their system performance and meet HEARTH targets. Each community also gets ninety days of follow-up assistance to help them as they move forward with implementing their plans.

People attending the HEARTH Academy should include: Continuum of Care leaders, HMIS administrators, Ten Year Plan coordinators, ESG/HPRP administrators, influential providers and funders, and local consultants who have been involved in the Continuum of Care, as well as other decision-makers or leaders in the community. The NAEH advises that each community bring 7-10 people. Generally speaking, people that manage funding, have a leadership role in the Continuum of Care, and/or people involved in strategic planning efforts should be there.

Attendees of the Academy spend 1.5 days of the Conference attending the HEARTH presentation and select from conference schedule sessions for the remainder of the Conference.

Contact Nick Mondau, nick.mondau@commerce.wa.gov or (360) 725-3028, for details about the Academy preparation work in progress now, and for details about who in your area should attend this session.

*Presentations by the Homeless Resource Center*

SOAR
A 2 Day Training Curriculum for Case Managers Assisting Adults who are Homeless with Social Security Disability and Supplemental Security Income Applications. Attendees of the SOAR session spend 2 days of the Conference attending this training and select from the schedule sessions for the remainder of the Conference. Participants earn a SOAR Trainer Certification.

Earth One Vault Homes from The California Institute of Earth Art and Architecture
Information about affordable, alternative building techniques.
http://calearth.org/ or http://calearth.org/building-designs/earth-one.html

41 other Conference Sessions for:

Topic Areas Include but are not limited to:

All conference sessions are on a first seated, first served basis except for those who participate in the pre-conference work with NAEH and Commerce for the HEARTH Academy.