Making Housing A Home Registration

IL NET Presents…  A National Teleconference & Webcast Training

Making Housing A Home, Parts I & II

Miss the call?  Order the do-it-yourself training kit for just $125!  The Making Housing a Home Training Kit includes the Part I and Part II training manuals, as well as a live audio-CD or transcript of both calls, whichever you prefer. 

IL NET presented a two-part Housing Teleconference & accompanying CART Webcast October 24 to give you important facts and strategies to help your consumers find and finance accessible, affordable, integrated housing. 

Making Housing a Home: Part I:
Identifying Funding Sources for Accessible, Affordable, Integrated Housing
Wednesday, October 24 – 3:00 PM EDT / 2:00 PM CDT / 1:00 PM MDT / 12:00 PM PDT

In Part I of the training, we address the difficult but necessary task of paying for housing.  The presentation is divided into three priority areas: available funding sources, blending funding sources to make ends meet, and both advocating and cooperating with key partners and stakeholders for additional access to housing and funding sources.  In addition to the presentation, all participants will be given access to a comprehensive manual outlining numerous programs and funding sources, their details and eligibility requirements, and tips for accessing them. 

Making Housing a Home: Part II:
Strategies and Steps to Locate and Acquire Accessible, Affordable, Integrated Housing
Friday, October 26 – 3:00 PM EDT / 2:00 PM CDT / 1:00 PM MDT / 12:00 PM PDT

Part II of the training focused on methods of locating and acquiring housing.  The presentation focuses on person-centered planning, acquisition of housing, and accessibility and home-modifications.  This presentation is supported by a training manual, providing tips and strategies on helping consumers find accessible, affordable homes. 

Presenters:
Jay Klein is a recognized expert on housing and has been a pioneer in assisting people with disabilities to move from institutional settings into homes of their own. Jay is the Director of the Center for Housing and New Community Economics (CHANCE) and the National Home of Your Own Alliance at the Institute on Disability (IOD) at the University of New Hampshire. Jay is an international leader in efforts to include people with disabilities in the mainstream of community life. As an educator, community organizer, project director, and author, Jay has worked on policy and practice related to the economic and social participation of people with disabilities in order to foster inclusion in their communities. Jay has presented and collaborated extensively in the United States and internationally. Some of Jay’s publications on topics such as housing, home ownership, systems change, community development, and supported living include: The History and Development of a National Homeownership Initiative; Post Cards on the Refrigerator: Changing the Power Dynamic in Housing and Support; Homeownership for People with Disabilities: The State of the States in 1999; A Home of Your Own Guide: Training Manual for Homebuyers Education; and Get Me the Hell Out of Here: Supporting People with Disabilities to Live in Their Own Homes.

Paul Ford is the Project Director of the Nursing Facilities Transition Project at the Connecticut Association of Centers for Independent Living (CACIL).  The Nursing Facility Transition Project is now funded by the State of Connecticut Department of Social Services.  Initial funding was from Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services - CMS (Formerly Health Care Finance Authority {HCFA}).  The state contracts CACIL to run the project, which has two goals: (1) Create a system for individuals living in nursing facilities who want to move (or transition) to the community with the supports they need, and (2) Demonstrate the effectiveness of the system by assisting individuals to transition from nursing facilities to the community. Paul is responsible for the statewide coordination of this grant, providing technical assistance and resources to individual Transition Coordinators in various regions of the state as well as management of the grants database, which is being used to generate data to support the systems change work of the grant.  Formerly, Paul was with Independence Northwest, a CIL. 

For more information, contact Eleanor Canter at NCIL: 202-207-0334(V), 202-207-341(Fax),
202-207-0340 (TTY)