Public Policy Exchange Webinar, “Tackling Homelessness Nationally”- 11/19

Tackling Homelessness Nationally: Adapting Services and Improving Housing Options

Friday 19^th November 2021

Speakers Confirmed:

Dan Treglia, Practice Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania’s School of Social Policy and Practice

Don Burns, Founder, and Senior Adviser, Burnes Institute for Poverty Research at the Colorado Center on Law and Policy

Jennifer Speight, Speakers Bureau member, Community Life Services

Paul Muniz, Ph.D., Cornell University

Molly Brown, Associate Professor of Clinical-Community Psychology, DePaul University

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Public Policy Exchange is happy to announce that we are extending complimentary admission—to up to 20 faculty and students of the University of Washington School of Social Work—at our webinar on tackling homelessness nationally.

Public Policy Exchange seeks to promote effective policymaking by facilitating better interaction between key stakeholders, such as yourself, in society. The webinar is a national gathering where academics and service providers will identify priorities for upcoming legislation and best practices for tackling homelessness at the federal, state, and local levels.

Program

• Discuss priorities for upcoming legislation and funding for tackling homelessness, including the America Rescue Plan
• Pinpoint the implications of the end of the federal eviction moratorium
• Explore ways to make coordinated entry more equitable and effective
• Identify ways to enhance access to shelters and improve shelter conditions
• Examine legislative trends in zoning laws and land use policy
• Learn from street-based service programs
• Build community support for affordable housing and homeless services
• Discuss how different sectors could collaborate to improve services and prevention for people experiencing homelessness
• Identify how to utilize alternative housing arrangements such as tiny homes, modular housing units, and multifamily homes
• Develop plans to tackle the growing eviction crisis happening across the country
• Deliberate strategies to root out systemic roots of homelessness

If you or a colleague would like more information please click on the link to our main website. If you would like to attend, please email @Abraham.Solovy@publicpolicyexchange.com. for a complimentary Zoom invitation.

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