2008 NC Homeless Conference
posted: April 5, 2008 | category: homelessness
tags: NC homeless conf
UPDATE, 10/14/2008: THIS CONFERENCE HAS BEEN CANCELED. MORE INFO HERE.
I don’t have details yet, but the date for North Carolina’s 2008 conference on homelessness in Raleigh is November 17-18. Mark your calendars!
Update:
“Success in a Time of Change”
The North Carolina Interagency Council for Coordinating Homeless Programs presents North Carolina’s Conference on Homelessness: November […]
Brain Injury And The Homeless
posted: August 10, 2007 | category: homelessness, mental health
tags: NC homeless conf
“Introduction to Traumatic Brain Injury and Cognitive Impairment Among Homeless People” (8-page PDF of Powerpoint slides)
Presented at the North Carolina Conference On Homelessness, April, 2007, by Virginia Luchetti, EdD, Licensed Psychologist, specializing in homeless services in Contra Costa County, California.
Westover Named “Outstanding Congregation” At State Homeless Conference
posted: May 10, 2007 | category: faith
tags: homeless news, NC homeless conf
I attended North Carolina’s homeless conference last month, but my carpool left before the awards luncheon, so until I saw it in an NC DHHS newsletter this week, I didn’t know that Greensboro’s Westover Church had received the Outstanding Congregation Award.
[The award was] created in recognition that congregations and communities of faith always have been […]
SIP: Serial Inebriate Program
posted: April 12, 2007 | category: homelessness, substance abuse
tags: events, NC homeless conf, police
Notes from the state homeless conference, 04/10/07:
San Diego Police Department’s Serial Inebriate Program attempts to stop the “revolving door” (detox to jail to hospital to street and back) for chronically homeless alcoholics. The SIP strategy is to convict on criminal charges (drunk in public/disorderly conduct) and then provide treatment and housing in lieu of jail […]
Housing First: What Works
posted: April 11, 2007 | category: homelessness, mental health, substance abuse
tags: events, housing, NC homeless conf, policy
Notes from the state homeless conference, 04/10/07:
Notes from session with John Yazwinski, Executive Director, Father Bill’s Place in Quincy, Massachusetts:
Rules and regulations in homeless shelters don’t work for many people with significant mental illness or serious substance abuse issues. They’re asked to stand in line to get a meal, get a bed, take a […]
Homeless Stories: Mike
posted: April 11, 2007 | category: homelessness
tags: NC homeless conf
Notes from the state homeless conference, 04/10/07:
He had a home, a family, two cars and job making $60K a year. Then he got divorced and lost his job. The loss of his family and his life led to depression and alcohol use that made him unemployable. He lived from place to place […]
Homeless Stories: Shanese
posted: April 11, 2007 | category: homelessness
tags: events, NC homeless conf, stories
Notes from the state homeless conference, 04/10/07:
She’s a high school senior, headed to college next year. Not so long ago, she was homeless. Her mom is on drugs and her father is incarcerated. She lived with an aunt, but when she was 16, her aunt moved and told her that she couldn’t […]
Homeless Stories: Michael
posted: April 10, 2007 | category: homelessness
tags: events, NC homeless conf, stories
Notes from the state homeless conference, 04/10/07:
Michael was a healthcare worker, struggling with addiction. He cared for his grandmom after she was diagnosed with cancer, but lost hope when she died and his addiction worsened. With no other family support, he became homeless.
He eventually went to a treatment center, which he described as […]
Homeless Students
posted: April 10, 2007 | category: homelessness
tags: events, NC homeless conf, policy
Notes from the state homeless conference, 04/10/07:
Rebecca Garland, Executive Director, N.C. State Board of Education, spoke about homeless students, who are out of their “comfort zone” while homeless. Their focus is on surviving, not learning. She referenced Maslow and reiterated that homeless children are focusing on the most basic needs.
In 2006, […]
Incarceration & Homelessness
posted: April 10, 2007 | category: homelessness
tags: events, NC homeless conf
Notes from the state homeless conference, 04/10/07:
Theodis Beck, North Carolina Secretary of Correction, explained that the Department of Corrections is part of the North Carolina Interagency Council for Coordinating Homeless Programs and is participating in the joint effort to end homelessness because of the relationship between incarceration and homelessness.
DOC research showed that:
7% of inmates entering […]
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