Categories: Network Events
07.24.2026
On July 23, the Network celebrated the successful completion of the third year of its 2026 Safety & Well-Being Training Series and Community of Practice (CoP). This year’s cohort brought together 24 agencies, provided training to 902 unique staff members, and supported 30 staff through the CoP.
Over the past three years, the initiative has reached 67 agencies and trained 2,272 unique individuals across the supportive housing sector. A total of 110 staff have completed the CoP, with 99% reporting that they gained new skills, strategies, and tools to address safety concerns in their work.
The Safety & Well-Being initiative was created in direct response to feedback from Network members. In 2023, the Network convened statewide roundtables with supportive housing providers to better understand the growing challenges facing the field, including increasing tenant need, widening gaps between available and needed services, and the effects of staffing shortages and burnout.
Building on this feedback—as well as input gathered from statewide tenant roundtables—and with the critical support of The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, the Network launched this seven-month initiative to strengthen staff capacity and promote safer, healthier workplaces.
The initiative includes:
- A comprehensive virtual training series: Seven three-hour sessions open to supportive housing staff from participating agencies.
- An in-depth Community of Practice: Seven in-person, half-day sessions for a cohort of one to two staff members per agency that build on each training topic, support implementation of new practices, and foster peer learning exchange and problem-solving.
- Leadership engagement and implementation support: Additional convenings and technical assistance for agency leaders and cohort participants to help translate learning into organizational practice.
The curriculum was developed in collaboration with experts from across the Network's membership, making it a truly by and for supportive housing initiative. Trainers represent the breadth of expertise within the supportive housing community—including, for example, Chief Executive Officers, Program Directors, frontline staff, and tenants—bringing both professional and lived experience to the following sessions:
- Introduction to Supportive Housing — CUCS
- A Trauma-Informed Approach to Crisis Prevention & De-Escalation — The Bridge
- Harm Reduction — Lantern Community Services
- De-escalation: Active Engagement Through the Stages of Crisis — CSH
- Transformative Supervision — Good Shepherd Services
- Organizational Culture of Safety & Well-Being — Community Access
- Restorative Justice: Moving Beyond a Punishment Approach — BRC
We extend our sincere thanks to our trainers, participating agencies, organizational leaders, and direct service staff for sharing their expertise, investing their time, and demonstrating an ongoing commitment to building safer, healthier supportive housing communities. Your partnership continues to strengthen the field and improve outcomes for both staff and tenants.