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2013 Workshops

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Panelists at a workshop on the future of New York housing policy at the 13th Annual New York State Supportive Housing Conference (left to right): LISC NYC Managing Director Denise Scott, HPD Commissioner Mathew Wambua, HDC President Marc Jahr, HCR Commissioner Darryl C. Towns and Bank of America Senior Vice President Todd Gomez.

The following workshops were presented as part of the 13th Annual New York State Supportive Housing Conference on June 6, 2013. Click on an individual presenter's name to view his or her PowerPoint slides. You'll also find embedded video and audio clips of individual presentations.

Series A

At-Risk Youth • Sandy • Green Portfolios • Health Homes • Families • NY Housing Policy • Aging Tenants • Respite Care

Series B

New Models • Employment • NYC Mayor • Medicaid in Boston/Chicago • OPWDD Housing • Rapid Re-Housing • Reciprocity • Rent Collection

Series C

Federal Policy • Housing & Healthcare • Justice-Involved Moms • Mixed Populations • NY/NY III • Social Impact Bonds • Joint Ventures I

Series D

HEARTH • Supportive Housing's Future • Hoarding • Increasing Efficiency • Joint Ventures II • Medicaid Redesign • Harm Reduction

Series A

Housing Options for At-Risk Youth: What We Have, What We Need


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  • Ronald E. Richter, Commissioner, NYC Administration for Children’s Services
  • Jeanne Mullgrav, Commissioner, NYC Dept. of Youth & Community Development
  • Denise Hinds, Assistant Executive Director for Residential Programs, Good Shepherd Services
  • Keith Hunter, Supportive Housing Tenant, Lantern Community Services
  • Jennifer March-Joly, Executive Director, Citizen’s Committee for Children (moderator)

Hurricane Sandy: Lessons Learned from Zone A

  • Jim Dill, Executive Director, Housing and Services, Inc.
  • Rev. Timothy Mitchell, Executive Director, Flemister House
  • Brenda Rosen, Executive Director, Common Ground
  • Eric Weingartner, Managing Director, Survival, Robin Hood Foundation (moderator)

The Living Green Challenge and PartnerPREP: Case Studies in Portfolio-Wide Energy Efficiency Improvements

  • Brian Cheigh, Program Director, Enterprise Community Partners
  • Timothy Cummings, Program Director, West Side Federation for Senior and Supportive Housing
  • Laura Tavormina, Deputy Director/Chief Operating Officer, West Side Federation for Senior and Supportive Housing
  • Sam Marks, Vice President, Community Development Finance Group, Deutsche Bank (moderator)

Making Health Homes Work


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  • Laura Grund, Vice President of Housing, Harlem United
  • Kevin Muir, Health Homes Coordinator, CAMBA, Inc. (moderator)

Meeting the Changing Needs of Families in Supportive Housing

  • Mary Adams, Clinical Director, Lantern Community Services

  • Joan Montbach, Vice President of Policy and Communications, Palladia, Inc.

  • Deborah Damm O'Brien, Executive Director, Catholic Charities of Albany Housing Office (moderator)

The Next Chapter in New York Housing Policy


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  • Mathew Wambua, Commissioner, NYC Dept. of Housing Preservation and Development
  • Marc Jahr, President, NYC Housing Development Corporation
  • Darryl C. Towns, Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer, NYS Homes and Community Renewal
  • Todd Gomez, Senior Vice President, Bank of America
  • Denise Scott, Managing Director, Local Initiatives Support Corporation NYC (moderator)

Reconfiguring Services as Tenants Age

  • Karol Markosky, Special Programs Manager, Council of Senior Centers and Services of New York City

  • Jeff Nemetsky, Executive Director, Brooklyn Community Housing and Services

  • Victoria Shire, Vice President of Vulnerable Populations, Enterprise Community Partners, Inc. (moderator)

Respite Care: Stepping Down From – or Side-Stepping – Hospitalization

  • Lauren D'Isselt, Program Director, Community Access
  • Jamie Neckles, Parachute NYC Project Manager, NYC Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene
  • Jim O’Connell, M.D., Founder, Boston Healthcare for the Homeless Program
  • Charles King, President and CEO, Housing Works (moderator)

Series B

Changing Times, Changing Models for Financing Supportive Housing

  • Deborah VanAmerongen, Strategic Policy Advisor, Nixon Peabody LLP
  • RuthAnne Visnauskas, Deputy Commissioner of Development, NYC Dept. of Housing Preservation & Development
  • Marian Zucker, President, Finance & Development, NYS Homes & Community Renewal
  • David Walsh, Senior Vice President, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (moderator)

Getting the Job: Employment Programs for Supportive Housing Tenants

  • Rhonda O’Connor, Director of Community Engagement, Housing Visions Unlimited, Inc.
  • Meggan Schilkie, Deputy Director, Bureau of Mental Health, NYC Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene

  • Doreen Straka, Director of Workforce Opportunities, Jericho Project

  • Sophia Heller, Senior Associate, Abt Associates, Inc. (moderator)

Homeless Policy and New York City’s Next Mayor


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  • Patrick Markee, Senior Policy Analyst, Coalition for the Homeless
  • George Nashak, Executive Vice President, HELP USA
  • Christy Parque, Executive Director, Homeless Services United
  • Jarrett Murphy, Editor-in-Chief, City Limits (moderator)

Housing High-Cost Medicaid Recipients in Chicago and Boston


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  • Arturo Bendixen, Vice President for Housing Partnerships, AIDS Foundation of Chicago
  • Joe Finn, President and Executive Director, Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance
  • Trish Marsik, Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Mental Health, NYC Dept. of Health & Mental Hygiene (moderator)

New Directions in Housing for People Living with Developmental Disabilities

  • Jennison Bielemeier, Director, Heritage Christian Services
  • Martin Dunn, President, Dunn Development Corporation
  • Gerry Huber, Deputy Commissioner, NYS Office for People with Developmental Disabilities
  • Steven Vernikoff, Executive Director, Center for Family Support
  • Stephen Piasecki, Upstate Coordinator, Supportive Housing Network of New York (moderator)

Rapid Re-Housing: Adding a New Resource in the Strategy to End Homelessness

  • Linda Malave, Director of Adult & Family Services, Hudson River Housing, Inc.

  • Robert Pulster, Regional Coordinator, U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (moderator)

Reciprocity: Helping NYC’s High-Risk Youth Realize Their Dreams

  • Adam Bucko, Co-Founder, Reciprocity Foundation
  • Isis King, Model, Fashion Designer, Graduate of the Reciprocity Foundation
  • Taz Tagore, Co-Founder, Reciprocity Foundation
  • Benita Miller, Deputy Commissioner, Administration for Children’s Services (moderator)

Who Does What? Improving Rent Collection by Coordinating Roles

  • Deborah Cumberbatch, Director of Mental Health and Rehabilitation Services, Services for the UnderServed
  • Seth Lamar, Associate Director of Housing Operations and Programs, Common Ground

  • Arden Levine, Consultant, Center for Urban Community Services (moderator)

Series C

From Sequestration to Salvation: Bold Policy Initiatives for Tough Times

  • Sheila Crowley, Executive Director, National Low Income Housing Coalition
  • Barbara Sard, Vice President for Housing Policy, Center for Budget and Policy Priorities
  • Joe Weisbord, Director of Homelessness Initiatives, Fannie Mae (moderator)

Healthcare and Housing: What’s Next?


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  • Jason Helgerson, NYS Director of Medicaid, NYS Dept. of Health
  • Arlene González-Sánchez, Commissioner, NYS Office of Alcoholism & Substance Abuse Services
  • Kristin Woodlock, Acting Commissioner, NYS Office of Mental Health
  • Donna Colonna, Executive Director, Services for the UnderServed (moderator)

Justice-Involved Mothers: Saving Families with Housing


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  • Sister Tesa Fitzgerald, Executive Director, Hour Children
  • Mary Hughes, Confidential Assistant District Attorney, King’s County District Attorney’s Office
  • Georgia Lerner, Executive Director, Women's Prison Association
  • Ann Jacobs, Director of the Prisoner Reentry Institute, City University of New York John Jay College of Criminal Justice (moderator)

Mixing it Up: Serving Diverse Populations Under One Roof

  • Anat Leonard, Deputy Executive Director of Housing Programs, BRC

  • Elizabeth Lunde, Senior Associate Executive Director, Concern for Independent Living

  • Harold Moss, Vice President of Residential Operations, Postgraduate Center for Mental Health (moderator)

NY/NY III: The Home Stretch

  • Tony Hannigan, Executive Director, Center for Urban Community Services
  • Jessica Katz, Assistant Commissioner of Special Needs Housing, NYC Dept. of Housing Preservation and Development
  • Frank Lipton, Executive Deputy Commissioner, Customized Assistance Services, NYC Human Resources Administration
  • Moira Tashjian, Director of Housing Development and Support, NYS Office of Mental Health
  • Nicole Branca, Deputy Executive Director, Supportive Housing Network of New York (moderator)

Social Impact Bonds/Funds: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

  • Joe Finn, Executive Director, Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance
  • Barbara Lloyd, Managing Director, Advisory Services, KPMG
  • Ryan Moser, Managing Director, Eastern Region, CSH
  • Daniel Farrell, Vice President, HELP USA (moderator)

What Makes a Successful Joint Venture?

Series D

The Changing Face of McKinney-Vento: What You Need to Know About HEARTH

  • Karl Bertrand, Co-Chair, Westchester County Continuum of Care Partnership for the Homeless
  • Eileen Lynch Johns, Assistant Commissioner of Policy and Planning, NYC Dept. of Homeless Services
  • Norm Suchar, Director, Center for Capacity Building, National Alliance to End Homelessness

  • Greta Guarton, Executive Director, Long Island Coalition for the Homeless (moderator)

The Future of Supportive Housing: Building on Experience


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  • Ellen Baxter, Executive Director, Broadway Housing Communities
  • Steve Coe, Executive Director, Community Access
  • Laura Jervis, Executive Director, West Side Federation for Senior and Supportive Housing
  • William Traylor, President, Richman Housing Resources, LLC (moderator)

Hoarding: Solutions to the Problem Behind Closed Doors


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  • Randy Frost, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Smith College
  • Michael Golub, Trainer/Consultant, Center for Urban Community Services (moderator)

Increasing Efficiency in New Construction

  • Edward B. Kear III, Senior Project Manager & On-Site Power Team Leader, NYS Energy Research and Development Authority
  • William McShane, Manager, Monadnock Corporation/CAPSYS Systems
  • Dave Rouge, Director of Rental Assistance, Division of Special Needs Housing, NYC Dept. of Housing Preservation and Development
  • Richard Vitto, Principal, OCV Architects (moderator)

Joint Ventures: Creating Partnerships that Last

  • Michael Skrebutenas, Senior Vice President and Regional Director, Albany and Eastern NY Region, Community Preservation Corporation
  • Alan Epstein, Partner, Hirschen, Singer & Epstein
  • Mike Whelan, Chief Financial Officer, Services for the UnderServed
  • Blanca Ramirez, Assistant Vice President Hudson Housing Capital (moderator)

Medicaid Redesign and Supportive Housing: Past, Present, and Future

  • Linda Glassman, Deputy Commissioner, NYS Office of Temporary & Disability Assistance

  • Elizabeth Misa, Deputy Director, NYS Dept. of Health Office of Health Insurance Programs

  • Maclain Berhaupt, State Advocacy Director, Supportive Housing Network of New York (moderator)

Working with Active Users


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  • Katie Bower, Director of Substance Abuse Housing, Project Renewal
  • James Holmes, Program Director, Center for Urban Community Services
  • Tracy Neitzel, Executive Director, Joseph’s House and Shelter
  • Ana Stefancic, Director of Research, Pathways to Housing (moderator)