The 2022 Southern Conference on Homelessness and Housing (SCHH) is an opportunity for housing developers, homeless program managers, case managers, homeless advocates, state and local government representatives, providers of public and mental health services, and people with lived expertise to come together to address the ongoing issues of poverty and the lack of safe, decent, and affordable housing in our region. With your support, this conference will provide educational and training opportunities designed to improve housing and social service options for vulnerable individuals, including persons experiencing homelessness, the aging population, youth, veterans, LGBTQIA+, survivors of domestic violence and/or sexual assault, persons living with HIV/AIDS, persons with disabilities, and consumers with mental illness.
This year’s theme is “Building Home: Placing the Pieces of the Housing Puzzle.” This conference will not only address housing equity, racial equity, and aging; but serve as a call to action for activism, advocacy, and policy change to ensure that the voices of those affected by housing instability and homelessness are heard.
The SCHH Planning Team invites proposals highlighting community-led responses to ending homelessness, strategies for achieving equitable access to housing, community economic development innovations, and advocacy strategies that center on persons with lived experiences of homelessness and/or housing instability. We are also looking for proposals that describe work done with people involved, including those who have experienced housing instability and homelessness, the criminal justice/legal system, and the substance abuse/recovery system. Further, we would like to see proposals that speak to race and gender equity. And lastly, we would like to have self-care sessions as self-care continues to be a vital component of the conference so that participants feel nourished, rejuvenated, and equipped to counter the burnout that often occurs in our profession.
We welcome you to submit a proposal that aligns with our conference theme and goals. We also welcome proposals ranging from topics of interest to those new to the field, as well as proposals that take a deeper dive for more seasoned professionals. As a part of your proposal, please describe how your session will be engaging and interactive for attendees. Also, please note there is a limit of two proposal submissions per primary presenter. Presentation Dates:
Proposal Limit: Each “primary presenter” is limited to two (2) proposal submissions.
Proposal Submission Type:
60-Minute Session: Conversation on Best Practices
Description: Presenters in this category will facilitate an informal discussion describing a vignette from their practice that illustrates a thorny problem. Vignettes can be drawn from work with a client, a resource issue, an ethical dilemma, an administrative problem encountered, or perhaps a supervisory issue. You should provide an overview of the vignette, raise questions for consideration and then facilitate a discussion whereby those present can develop a “best practices” solution. These sessions should be naturally informal and conversational and are expected to last throughout the assigned 60-minute timeframe. PowerPoint may be used in these sessions if so desired.
Workshop Session Abstract Topics of Interest:
Note: Conference participants tend to range from about half new to the field, with the other half being 20+ year professionals. Although all content levels are welcomed, participant surveys have indicated a desire to see more intermediate and advanced sessions offered.
Topics of Interest for Homelessness Include:
Innovative housing solutions for vulnerable individuals, including persons experiencing homelessness, the aging population, youth, veterans, LGBTQIA+, survivors of domestic violence and/or sexual assault, persons living with HIV/AIDS, persons with disabilities, and consumers with mental illness.
Training new and diverse staff in trauma-informed case management of homeless people.
Centering Persons with Lived Experience of Homelessness in Solutions to Homelessness.
Ensuring program design and service delivery reflect the value of racial equity.
Examples of the braiding of funds and scaling up programs to deliver holistic services during the pandemic.
Successful examples of racially equitable coordinated entry among CoCs, including examples of how your CoC is serving survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault through the coordinated entry.
Re-envisioning prioritization and coordinated entry assessments.
Effective programs that provide housing and services to people who have survived domestic violence and trafficking.
Permanent supportive housing and rapid rehousing successes.
Innovations in addressing housing needs of rural populations, farm workers, and vulnerable populations.
Self-care for staff/clients.
The implementation of new housing resources offered through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
Best practices in HMS and comparable database implementation, including a focus on using data to inform program strategy.
Best practices in grant administration and reporting during the pandemic.
Cultural competency in homeless service providers and expanding partnerships with culturally responsive organizations.
Nonprofit preparedness and planning for disasters and public health crises.
Topics of Interest for Affordable Housing Include:
Partnering with healthcare and social service organizations to offer supportive services at affordable housing developments.
Sustainable development practices for new construction or renovation of single or multi-family homes, including energy efficiency, solar, and weatherization opportunities.
Collaborations for neighborhood redevelopment, including public housing authorities, health providers such as federally qualified health centers (FQHCs), transportation providers, and other partners.
Financial resources for small-scale, affordable housing development in rural communities.
Accessing the resources available through your State Housing Agency
Best practices in property management and resident services.
Sustainable housing models for extremely low-income earning households.
Community organizing – engaging low-income communities to have their voices heard.
Use of local housing trust funds.
Telling Our Story – communicating impact and building awareness.
Creative adaptive reuse of the commercial, religious, historical, or blighted property.
Braiding funding sources to address the affordable housing crisis.
LIHTC usage in developing affordable housing.
Presentation Formats:
We are evaluating the possibility of offering a hybrid conference approach, which could include both in-person and online options. You will be asked to select any of the following presentation formats you are willing to consider:
Presenters will be asked to submit their presentation slides and handouts by Monday, September 26, 2022. Receipt of these materials before the conference makes it easier for event planners to respond to conference participants requesting materials in an alternate format due to a disability or an expressed accommodation. These resources will be made available through the conference app and our Learning Management System (LMS) to conference participants. Additionally, virtual sessions will be recorded (most likely aired live) and made available to event participants after the conference through our LMS System if a hybrid conference approach is deemed feasible.
You will be required to select from one or all the options below:
This presenter is a faculty member of an accredited undergraduate or graduate school of social work.
This presenter has received specialized graduate or postgraduate level training in the subject taught in the program.
Abstracts must be submitted by a “Primary/Lead Presenter,” and conference sessions must be presented by the individuals noted within the submitted abstract. Co-presenters are not required to meet the parameters noted above.
Professional Development Competency Areas: Professional Development will be guided by general competencies related to Social Work Practice and Homelessness and Housing Services, focusing on creating more housing opportunities for vulnerable people.
Advance and support Social Work and allied professionals to be leaders in the Field of Housing and Homelessness.
Advance social work supervision and leadership.
Promote certification, credentialing, mentorship, and supervision of social works in the field; and
Support allied professionals in social work.
Promote enhanced Social Work Practice to improve the health and optimal well-being of persons who have experienced homelessness and housing instability.
Demonstrate Ethical and Professional Behavior
Demonstrate knowledge and competency around the intersection of medical care and psychosocial approaches to promote eviction prevention, access to housing, and equitable well-being.
Engage Diversity and Difference in Practice, particularly to promote health and racial equity among persons unjustly impacted by housing instability and homelessness.
Engage with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities, especially to intentionally engage persons with lived experience
Assess Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities, including health and race equity and social injustice
Intervening with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities Competency; and
Promote cross-disciplinary practices that relate to and enhance social work practice.
Promote practice-informed and emerging research/evaluation.
Research and evaluate practice with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities.
Engage in Practice-informed Research and Research-informed Practice.
Increase knowledge of evidence-based and promising practices; and
Promote health and racial equity through action-oriented research and evaluation, including the intentional involvement of lived experience.
Promote Advocacy/Policy to address social injustice, health, racial inequities, and systemic racism perpetuating ongoing homelessness and housing inequities.
Advance Human Rights and Social, Economic, and Environmental Justice, including systems change and innovation to end system racism which continues to drive homelessness.
Engage in Policy Practice to promote HIV prevention, treatment, and comprehensive care to achieve health and race equity.
Additional Resource: 2022 Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards for Baccalaureate and Master’s Social Work Program, Council on Social Work Education (CSWE)
Link: 2022-EPAS.pdf (cswe.org)
Note: The referenced Fall 2021 version has been released in draft form as a follow-up to the 2015 publication.
**PREVIEW OF ABSTRACT FORM – TO BE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY**
Section 1: Presenters and Co-Presenter(s)
Presenter's first name, last name, credentials, and email address. The primary presenter will be the first presenter on the list.
Biographical Sketch and Credentials
Text limited to 75-100 words. This information should include what qualifies you to present on this topic.
Section 2: Abstract Narrative & Summary (Required)
Proposal Title: Include an interesting and engaging title that clearly indicates to the audience the content of your proposed session.
Keywords: You will be asked to provide 3-5 keywords to help us categorize this session. For example, you may list terms that describe a specific population, type of practice, type of intervention, funding issues, housing support, etc.
Proposal Summary: Your proposal summary in this category should not exceed 350 words. Describe how your session will be interactive for attendees.
Content Level
Beginner
Intermediate
Advanced
Proposed Topic: To help us better categorize which type of CE your session is eligible for, please indicate which content type most closely aligns with your session.
Section 3: Learning Objective(s) (Required)
Provide at minimum three (3) learning objectives that are clear, measurable, and achievable.
We will not accept “N/A or not applicable.”
(1) Each learning outcome is measurable and/or observable.
(2) Each learning outcome illustrates knowledge or a skill that a participant will be able to demonstrate after completing the course; and
(3) Each learning outcome is stated identically in all promotional materials and in session evaluation.
Complete the sentence, 'Upon completion, the participant will be able to….' Use action words to begin this learning objective, such as list, describe, define, demonstrate, conduct, etc.
For more information on how to effectively write objectives, click here: ASWB Acceptable Learning Objectives
Section 4: Citations (Required)
Please include a minimum of three (3) up-to-date (within the last ten years) citations to support your work in the APA-approved format. We will not accept “N/A or not applicable.” Click here for an example of APA format: Purdue University Writing Center. Required for all presenters:
Upon submission, participants must check this statement: education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program.
I am aware of the requirement to make my presentation interactive to qualify participants to receive Social Work Continuing Education credits per ASWB.
Collaborative Solutions, Inc. (ACE Provider Approval #1548) is approved to offer social work continuing Organizations, not individual courses, and are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Collaborative Solutions, Inc. maintains responsibility for this course(s). ACE Provider Approval Period: 05/16/2021– 05/16/2024.
Special Accommodations:
If receiving the following information in an alternate format is needed or determined to be helpful, please contact Theresa@collaborative-solutions.net. Please allow time for staff to receive, confirm receipt, and respond to any special accommodation requested.
Submission Deadline: Sunday, August 29, 2023,11:59 pm EST.
The 2023 Southern Conference on Homelessness and Housing (SCHH) is an opportunity for housing developers, homeless program managers, case managers, homeless advocates, state and local government representatives, providers of public and mental health services, and people with lived expertise to come together to address the ongoing issues of poverty and the lack of safe, decent, and affordable housing in our region. With your support, this conference will provide educational and training opportunities designed to improve housing and social service options for vulnerable individuals, including persons experiencing homelessness, the aging population, youth, veterans, LGBTQIA+, survivors of domestic violence and/or sexual assault, persons living with HIV/AIDS, persons with disabilities, and consumers with mental illness.
This year’s theme is “Transforming Communities: Building Inclusive and Sustainable Housing Solutions.” We will explore sustainable, inclusive communities and discuss how quality affordable housing can be sustainable in the South. Together service providers, system leaders, advocates, and people with lived experience of homelessness will learn from each other, discuss best practices, and share innovations in the field.
The SCHH Planning Team invites proposals highlighting community-led responses to ending homelessness, strategies for achieving equitable access to housing, community economic development innovations, and advocacy strategies that center on persons with lived experiences of homelessness and/or housing instability. We are also looking for proposals that describe work done with people involved, including those who have experienced housing instability and homelessness, the criminal justice/legal system, and the substance abuse/recovery system. Further, we would like to see proposals that speak to race and gender equity. And lastly, we would like to have self-care sessions, as self-care continues to be a vital component of the conference, so that participants feel nourished, rejuvenated, and equipped to counter the burnout that often occurs in our profession.
We welcome you to submit a proposal that aligns with our conference theme and goals. We also welcome proposals ranging from topics of interest to those new to the field and proposals that take a deeper dive for more seasoned professionals. As a part of your proposal, please describe how your session will be engaging and interactive for attendees. Also, please note there is a limit of two proposal submissions per primary presenter. Presentation Dates:
Description: Presenters will facilitate an informal discussion describing a vignette from their practice that illustrates a thorny problem. Vignettes can be drawn from work with a client, a resource issue, an ethical dilemma, an administrative problem encountered, or perhaps a supervisory issue. You should provide an overview of the vignette, raise questions for consideration and then facilitate a discussion whereby those present can develop a “best practices” solution. These sessions should be naturally informal and conversational and are expected to last throughout the assigned 60-minute timeframe. PowerPoint may be used in these sessions if so desired.
Examples include braiding funds and scaling up programs to deliver holistic services during the pandemic.
Successful examples of racially equitable coordinated entry among CoCs include examples of how your CoC serves survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault through coordinated entry.
Innovations in addressing the housing needs of rural populations, farm workers, and vulnerable populations.
Implementing new housing resources offered through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
Best practices in HIMS and comparable database implementation, including a focus on using data to inform program strategy.
Presenters must submit their presentation slides and handouts by Monday, October 16, 2023. Receipt of these materials before the conference makes it easier for event planners to respond to conference participants requesting materials in an alternate format due to a disability or an expressed accommodation. These resources will be available to conference participants through the conference app and our Learning Management System (LMS). ) and made available to event participants after the conference through our Learning Management System (LMS).
This presenter has received specialized graduate or postgraduate-level training in the subject taught in the program.
Promote certification, credentialing, mentorship, and supervision of social workers in the field; and
Engage with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities to intentionally engage persons with lived experience.
Assess Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities, including health and race equity and social injustice.
Advance Human Rights and Social, Economic, and Environmental Justice, including systems change and innovation to end systemic racism which continues to drive homelessness.
Proposed Topic Category: To help us better categorize which type of CE your session is eligible for, please indicate which content type most closely aligns with your session.
Collaborative Solutions, Inc. (ACE Provider Approval #1548) is approved to offer continuing social work Organizations, not individual courses, and are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Collaborative Solutions, Inc. maintains responsibility for this course(s). ACE Provider Approval Period: 05/16/2021– 05/16/2024.
If receiving the following information in an alternate format is needed or determined to be helpful, please get in touch with Theresa@collaborative-solutions.net. Please allow time for staff to receive, confirm receipt, and respond to any special accommodation requested.
