Innovations call recording archive

The second Wednesday of every month, communities across the country come together to discuss challenges and best practices on an "all hands on deck" conference call. If you miss a call, don't worry!  Just click on the title of the call you'd like to hear below and you'll be taken directly to a full recording. You can also check out call recordings for our Health Integration mini-series here.

Innovations call recordings by date

• 2/8/2012 - Effectively engaging volunteers: We hear every day from concerned community members who want to help their homeless neighbors find homes, but aren't sure what to do. Hear from three community leaders who have effectively engaged volunteers to move their most vulnerable neighbors into housing and help them stay housed:
  - Noah Laracy, a volunteer who works to connect vulnerable homeless people on Skid Row to permanent housing.
          -- Download Noah's ppt here.
  - Jeff Shaffer, who engages volunteer teams in Santa Barbara to house and support homeless neighbors.
          -- Download Jeff's ppt here.
  - Jen Padgett, who will use crowd-funding to help cover move-in costs for specific individuals with Housing 1,000 in Santa Clara County, CA.        
          -- Download Jen's ppt here.
• 12/21/2011 - Combining Registry Week with your Point in Time Count: Learn how Shreveport, Louisiana and Albuquerque, New Mexico combined the Vulnerability Index with their Point In Time counts in 2011, and how you can do the same! Some resources you can reference after the call:
  - Shreveport's combined VI/PIT survey
  - Shreveport's surveying site schedule
  - Albuquerque's combined VI/PIT survey
  - Albuquerque's final PIT report
• 11/2/2011 - Partnering to House People with Chronic Inebriation: Join our partners from Bellevue Hospital, the NYC Department of Homeless Services and the Manhattan Outreach Consortium to learn how together, they were able to move people they did not think they could house into housing.
• 10/12/2011 - Housing homeless Veterans: Learn how you can move homeless Veterans into housing faster and more effectively! Here's what you can expect:
  - Vince Kane explains how the Department of Veterans Affairs is working to end homelessness for Veterans.
  - Christine Marge and Alisa Orduna from the United Way of Greater LA report out on findings from Housing Placement Boot Camp.
          -- Presentation: HUD-VASH Housing Placement Boot Camp.
  - Teresa Pittman from the VA and Kaitlin Nelson from HUD dispel six "housing placement myths" once and for all! 
• 9/14/2011 - Helping formerly homeless neighbors thrive in housing: A panel of peer experts discusses how we can help individuals stay housed. Download their presentations and resources below. For more information or to contact a presenter, please email Kat at kjohnson at cmtysolutions dot org.
  - Richard Cho of the Corporation for Supportive Housing: models of supportive housing.
           -- Presentation: Understanding "Support" in Supportive Housing
  - Greg Shinn of the Mental Health Association of Tulsa: paying for supportive services at the local level.
           -- Presentation: Cultivating donors
           --          The Way Home for Tulsa model of service coordination
  - Jeff Shaffer of Uffizi Mission Project: engaging volunteers and the faith community to supplement services resources.
           --       Santa Barbara faith communities vision document

• 8/3/2011 - Working with your Local Police Department: Officers from Santa Monica, Albuquerque and Denver discuss how they've partnered with their local Campaign teams to end homelessness.
• 7/6/2011 - Using smart phones to conduct the Vulnerability Index: Jen Padgett from Santa Clara County joined us to discuss how Housing 1,000 used smart phone technology to capture survey data during registry week.
• 6/1/2011 - Working with your local Housing Authority: An informative discussion of how you can partner with your Housing Authority to access Housing Choice Vouchers for your vulnerable population.  Our expert faculty help you understand the Housing Authority’s perspective and teach you how to advocate for a local limited preference and set-asides.
• 5/4/2011 - Health care reform to end homelessness: National experts in health and homelessness policy discuss health care reform and opportunities for better care in the community.
• 4/6/2011 - Foundations and local systems change: Hear from Anne Miskey, Executive Director of Funders Together to End Homelessness, Tom Nurmi from the William S. Abell Foundation, David Wertheimer from the Gates Foundation, and Bill Pitkin from the Hilton Foundation. 
• 3/8/2011 - Securing private apartment units in Albuquerque: Learn how the Apartment Association of New Mexico asked each of its members to donate an apartment toward housing Albuquerque's most vulnerable homeless people.
• 2/3/2011 - Registry Week Boot Camp: Hear from Las Vegas and Santa Barbara, two of six communities who came to the Campaign's first Boot Camp in Albuquerque!
• 1/5/2011 -   Omaha's registry week housing placement: Learn how the 100,000 Homes Campaign team in Omaha, Nebraska moved someone into housing during their registry week! Jody Jackson, Joanie Spitznagle and Erin Porterfield from Omaha join us to go over the process, story and lessons learned. Watch a video of Carmen being housed on our YouTube channel.
• 11/3/2010 - Project managing your campaign effort: Learn how campaign communities have brought on interns, project managers or other designated staff to coordinate their campaign efforts.
• 10/6/2010 - Lining up supply before registry week: Learn how three communities lined up a significant supply of housing and services resources prior to registry week! Featuring Brad Bridwell and Mike Shore from Phoenix; Jennifer LeSar from San Diego; and Liz Drapa from Chicago.
• 9/1/2010 - Housing retention: Linda Kaufman from DC Pathways to Housing discusses best practices to help people stay in housing
• 8/25/2010 - Using NSP funding:  Eugene Williams, Project Supervisor with the Pasco County Community Development Division, discusses his agency’s use of HUD’s Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) funds to purchase apartment complexes and convert them into supportive housing.   
• 8/18/2010 - Line up supply: Join us as we dig into what some communities are doing to line up their supply of housing. Our partners in Chicago speak about how they lined up 170 units going into their registry next week, Phoenix discusses harnessing non-traditional abundance, and Hartford discusses a plan to tap into project-based vouchers.
• 8/11/2010 - Hospital to Home: Learn specific ways to improve health outcomes with people experiencing homelessness and complex medical and social needs. Featuring guest speakers Maria Raven (Health and Hospitals Corporation in NYC), Ben Henwood (Pathways to Housing in Philadelphia), Lara Carson Weinstein (Jefferson Medical College), Jane Hooker (National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems) and Catherine Craig (Health Integrator, Community Solutions).
• 8/4/2010 -    Restructuring outreach contracts: A conversation on restructuring outreach contracts to be performance-based, with guest speakers Katie Symons of Denver's Road Home and Danielle Minelli of the New York City Department of Homeless Services.
• 7/28/2010 - HUD 202 housing for seniors: A look at how HUD 202 housing for seniors can be used to provide homes for the most vulnerable homeless, featuring Shelter Partnership of Los Angeles.
• 7/21/2010 - VASH housing for Veterans: A group brainstorm to remove steps from the VASH housing process.