BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//dcadv.org//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.30.10// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH UID:bb063a0d-99dc-4b8e-a976-63b96888aa61 X-WR-CALDESC:The Decision Tree: Using Conversation- Based Strategies to Assess Survivors' Housing Needs\nSafe housing is foundational to survi vors’ movement toward self-determination and healing. Regardless of a surv ivor’s point of contact with a DV advocate (shelter\, CPS\, courthouse\, F amily Justice Center\, culturally specific program\, or other setting)\, a ssessing their housing needs is a best practice. Conversation-based approa ches such as the “Decision Tree” are survivor-driven\, trauma-informed\, a nd honoring of survivors’ multiple and intersecting identities. This works hop will explore the development of such approaches and how advocates can use them to guide their conversations with survivors and help direct them to the best housing resources. \n\n\nPresenters\nBrittany Eltrin gham (she/her) is passionate about the relationship between meaningful cho ice\, self-determination\, and ending gender-based violence. Brittany join ed the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV) after several years of working at the local level. She is anchored to and draws upon he r experience as a feminist\, Native Hawaiian woman and maintains a deep co mmitment to aloha ‘āina\, social transformation\, and liberation. Brittany brings her experience with community engagement\, facilitation\, racial a nd reproductive justice\, and shelter advocacy to her work at the intersec tion of gendered violence\, housing\, and homelessness with NRCDV’s Policy and Research Team and the Domestic Violence and Housing Technical Assista nce Consortium (DVHTAC).She has a BA in Psychology and Women’s Studies fro m the University of Hawai’i and is currently based in Baltimore\, Maryland .\n\nDebbie Fox\, Senior Policy and Practice Specialist at the National Ne twork Against Domestic Violence (NNEDV)\, leads national domestic violence related housing policy and provides technical assistance and training to NNEDV’s coalition membership and their partners as a part of the Domestic Violence Housing and Technical Assistance Consortium. Through NNEDV’s poli cy work\, Debbie was instrumental in working with Congress to fund HUD’s D V/SA $50 million Continuum of Care Bonus Funds. Debbie has over 25 years in the DV and housing field with a focus on fundraising\, organizational d evelopment\, nonprofit administration\, and domestic violence population-s pecific housing and economic justice programming. Prior to joining NNEDV\ , she worked as a DV housing funder in county government and shared commun ity leadership in the systems planning and implementation process for the DV system in Portland\, Oregon.\n\nKris Billhardt\, M.ED.\, ED.S. (she/her )\, has worked in the DV/SA movement for four decades in Florida\, Washing ton D.C.\, and Oregon. Her work is fueled by a commitment to develop and i mplement approaches that push toward more meaningful\, effective\, and int ersectional response to survivors. Accomplishments include developing nati onally recognized innovative program design\, extensive training and techn ical assistance\, and authorship of several publications. The Home Free pr ogram\, which Kris directed over a span of 21 years\, contributed to field -level change and was named a best practice in 2010 for its pioneering dev elopment of survivor-driven “housing first” approach employing mobile advo cacy and flexible financial assistance. As the Director of Program and Pra ctice Innovation for the National Alliance for Safe Housing (NASH)\, Kris is excited to work with others looking to effect broad social change and c reate pathways to ensuring that a safe home and self-directed life are uni versal rights.\n\nRegistration will open 6 weeks prior to the event. CEUs are pending approval.\n\nThis program is funded through the Delaware Crim inal Justice Council by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services\, Administration for Children and Families\, Family Violence Prevention and Services Program. X-WR-RELCALID:f996585caa4a55f8d4e2746eac939382 X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20211107T020000 RDATE:20221106T020000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RDATE:20220313T020000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5fa1826a-0758-472d-af10-3c5867a55c5e DTSTAMP:20260517T092604Z DESCRIPTION:The Decision Tree: Using Conversation- Based Strategies to A ssess Survivors' Housing Needs\nSafe housing is foundational to surviv ors’ movement toward self-determination and healing. Regardless of a survi vor’s point of contact with a DV advocate (shelter\, CPS\, courthouse\, Fa mily Justice Center\, culturally specific program\, or other setting)\, as sessing their housing needs is a best practice. Conversation-based approac hes such as the “Decision Tree” are survivor-driven\, trauma-informed\, an d honoring of survivors’ multiple and intersecting identities. This worksh op will explore the development of such approaches and how advocates can u se them to guide their conversations with survivors and help direct them t o the best housing resources. \n\n\nPresenters\nBrittany Eltring ham (she/her) is passionate about the relationship between meaningful choi ce\, self-determination\, and ending gender-based violence. Brittany joine d the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV) after several years of working at the local level. She is anchored to and draws upon her experience as a feminist\, Native Hawaiian woman and maintains a deep com mitment to aloha ‘āina\, social transformation\, and liberation. Brittany brings her experience with community engagement\, facilitation\, racial an d reproductive justice\, and shelter advocacy to her work at the intersect ion of gendered violence\, housing\, and homelessness with NRCDV’s Policy and Research Team and the Domestic Violence and Housing Technical Assistan ce Consortium (DVHTAC).She has a BA in Psychology and Women’s Studies from the University of Hawai’i and is currently based in Baltimore\, Maryland. \n\nDebbie Fox\, Senior Policy and Practice Specialist at the National Net work Against Domestic Violence (NNEDV)\, leads national domestic violence related housing policy and provides technical assistance and training to N NEDV’s coalition membership and their partners as a part of the Domestic V iolence Housing and Technical Assistance Consortium. Through NNEDV’s polic y work\, Debbie was instrumental in working with Congress to fund HUD’s DV /SA $50 million Continuum of Care Bonus Funds. Debbie has over 25 years i n the DV and housing field with a focus on fundraising\, organizational de velopment\, nonprofit administration\, and domestic violence population-sp ecific housing and economic justice programming. Prior to joining NNEDV\, she worked as a DV housing funder in county government and shared communi ty leadership in the systems planning and implementation process for the D V system in Portland\, Oregon.\n\nKris Billhardt\, M.ED.\, ED.S. (she/her) \, has worked in the DV/SA movement for four decades in Florida\, Washingt on D.C.\, and Oregon. Her work is fueled by a commitment to develop and im plement approaches that push toward more meaningful\, effective\, and inte rsectional response to survivors. Accomplishments include developing natio nally recognized innovative program design\, extensive training and techni cal assistance\, and authorship of several publications. The Home Free pro gram\, which Kris directed over a span of 21 years\, contributed to field- level change and was named a best practice in 2010 for its pioneering deve lopment of survivor-driven “housing first” approach employing mobile advoc acy and flexible financial assistance. As the Director of Program and Prac tice Innovation for the National Alliance for Safe Housing (NASH)\, Kris i s excited to work with others looking to effect broad social change and cr eate pathways to ensuring that a safe home and self-directed life are univ ersal rights.\n\nRegistration will open 6 weeks prior to the event. CEUs are pending approval.\n\nThis program is funded through the Delaware Crimi nal Justice Council by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services\, Administration for Children and Families\, Family Violence Prevention and Services Program. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210819T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210819T153000 LOCATION:https://dcadv.coalitionmanager.org/eventmanager/trainingevent/deta ils/12 SUMMARY:Webinar: The Decision Tree END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR