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HUD Secretary Julián Castro to Deliver Remarks at 2015 NCHV Housing Summit, Download Wrap-Up Report Now
"The Drive to December" | Oct. 5-6, 2015 in Washington, D.C.
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Download The Drive to December: NCHV Veterans Access to Housing Summit Wrap-Up Report (Dec. 10, 2015)
Download the 2015 NCHV Veterans Access to Housing Summit program (Updated Oct. 1).
The 2015 NCHV Veterans Access to Housing Summit, "The Drive to December", was held Oct. 5-6 at the Grand Hyatt Washington, 1000 H Street NW, Washington, D.C.
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Julian Castro and Executive Director of Joining Forces Colonel Nicole Malachowski were on hand to help us kick off two days of intense working sessions with updates on national policy and progress on preventing and ending veteran homelessness.
This year's Summit gathered Federal agencies involved in ending veteran homelessness, technical assistance partners for the major homeless veteran service programs, and experts from around the country to help attendees set a high-speed plan for the final 100 days of the Five-Year Plan to End Veteran Homelessness.
No matter a community's target date for ending veteran homelessness, it must be treated as an emergency situation. This event equipped attendees with tools and strategies to increase the urgency and efficiency in their area to effectively identify each individual homeless veteran and guide them to the most effective solution available to get them stably housed.
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2014 NCHV Housing Summit November 13-14, 2014
Hyatt Regency
New Orleans, LA
- 2014 NCHV Veterans Access to Housing Summit sessions.
- 2014 NCHV Veterans Access to Housing Summit program.
On November 13-14, 2014, NCHV and our community partners gathered in New Orleans at the 2014 NCHV Veterans Access to Housing Summit. Expert panelists shared engagement strategies and outcomes from 25 Cities, Zero: 2016, the Mayor’s Initiative, and other coordinated local efforts to end veteran homelessness. The NCHV Housing Summit included several interactive workshops which allowed participants to:
- Give local perspective on changing Federal programs,
- Develop concrete action items for approaching local stakeholders
- Learn about new funding mechanisms to increase your community’s housing stock.
New Orleans is nationally recognized for their extraordinary progress in alleviating homelessness. The city's efforts to end veteran homelessness show ingenuity, creativity and dedication. Over the past two years, veteran homelessness dropped 66 percent, a fact made all the more impressive given the city's spike in homelessness after Hurricane Katrina.
In summer 2014, Mayor Mitch Landrieu announced the City of New Orleans' drive to be the first city in the country to end all veteran homelessness by 2014. "The President sent out a clarion call that this is not who we are as a nation and that we need to come together as one people to make sure that all the veterans have what they need, from housing to health care to jobs," Mayor Landrieu said at a ceremony on the 4th of July. New Orleans has already shown this dedication as an active member of the VA's 25 Cities Initiative. This effort is an example of the success possible when a community merges ending veteran homelessness into its overall homelessness plan.
New Orleans provided the NCHV Housing Summit with fitting surroundings to discuss what is possible as we strive to ensure affordable housing access for all veterans experiencing homelessness. Representatives from New Orleans have been invited to share their strategies, victories and challenges with Summit attendees.
Homeownership "Speed Training"
Speakers:
Hala Farid
Ray Pennie
Philanthropy in Affordable Housing
Speakers:
Heather Pritchard
Section 1 - Transitions in Transitional Housing: GPD, Next Steps, and SSVF
GPD Myth-Busting and Scope Changes Part One
GPD Myth-Busting and Scope Changes Part Two
Speakers:
Jeff Quarles
Anthony Love
SSVF-GPD Integration
Speakers:
Jeff Quarles
Anthony Love
John Kuhn
Section 2 - Building Blocks: Creating New Affordable Housing Options for Veterans
Developing Permanent Supportive Housing: Tools and Best Practices
Speakers:
Katrina Van Valkenburg, Managing Director, Central Region for the Corporation for Supportive Housing
Innovative Financing Tools and Stability Strategies
Speakers:
Katrina Van Valkenburg, Managing Director, Central Region for the Corporation for Supportive Housing
Milo Peinemann, Senior Director of Housing and Public Policy; New Directions for Veterans
Proposition 41: A Case Study from California
Speakers:
Burt McChesney, Former NCHV Board Member, thirty year Board member of Veteran Resource Centers of America and Executive Director of the Veteran Housing Development Corporation
Integrated Housing Opportunities
Speakers:
Jim Yates
Katrina Van Valkenburg, Managing Director, Central Region for the Corporation for Supportive Housing
Olmstead Planning for Housing
Speakers:
Jim Yates
Section 3 - Overlapping National Initiatives
Filling the Gaps: Working through the Mayor's Challenge
Speakers:
Jessica Venegas, Community Solutions
Elisha Harig-Blaine, National League of Cities
Intersections of Major Initiatives: What Comes Next?
Speakers:
Jessica Venegas, Community Solutions
Elisha Harig-Blaine, National League of Cities