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Promoting Wellness: An Integrated Approach to Homeless Service Delivery

 
Location: Date:
St. Cloud Civic Center
10 4th Avenue South
St. Cloud, MN 56301
Tuesday, Nov. 03, 2009 - Wednesday, Nov. 04, 2009
8:00 AM  - 4:30 PM
Details
A FREE training on innovative strategies for providing homeless services and creating environments that are person-centered, recovery-oriented and trauma-informed presented by the Homelessness Resource Center and the Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness.

What Can Participants Expect?
To develop an understanding of a person-centered, recovery-oriented, trauma-informed model of care.

To learn practical skills in the following areas:
  • Creating trauma-informed care for families and individuals who are homeless
  • Ensuring consumer voice in the design and delivery of homeless services
  • Identifying strategies to increase access to affordable housing
  • Integrating motivational interviewing into the service delivery system
To explore strategies of self-care and to experience a sense of renewal and rejuvenation.

Training on PATH data collection and reporting will be conducted for PATH providers.

Who Should Come?
This training is applicable to anyone providing homeless services including direct service providers, consumers, administrators and policy makers. We particularly invite participation from Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH), and Services in Supportive Housing (SSH) grantees.

Who Are the Trainers?
Trainers will include national experts from the Homelessness Resource Center (HRC), the PATH Technical Assistance Center, and their partners:
~Center for Social Innovation
~National Center on Family Homelessness
~Minnesota Department of Human Services

For more information on the Homelessness Resource Center, please visit www.homeless.samhsa.gov. For more information on the PATH Technical Assistance Center, please visit www.pathprogram.samhsa.gov.

Local Sponsors Include:
~Minnesota Department of Human Services
~Resource Inc. Spectrum Community Health Center
~Hearth Connection

Lodging
Attendees are responsible for their own travel and lodging expenses. Please contact jstratton@center4si.com for a list of local lodging options for the event.

Consumer Scholarships
A small number of consumer scholarships to assist with travel and lodging is available. Please contact jstratton@center4si.com for more details.

Continuing Education Units
The Homelessness Resource Center and the PATH Technical Assistance Center are pleased to offer 11 hours of CEUs with the following Approved Education Provider programs: NAADAC, NBCC, NASW and CRCC.

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