Would your agency like to learn more about how to use CSBG funds as a match for the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Programs?

This leveraging opportunity is expressed in Information Memorandum 135 which will be central to the webinar presentation. Success stories from local agencies that are using this model and effective strategies will be shared.

The webinar details are as follows:

GOAL: To amplify the message in Information Memorandum 135 issued in June 2014 that encourages partnerships through the use of CSBG funds as a match for the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Programs.

AUDIENCE: State CSBG agencies, CSBG state associations, and local CAAs

AGENDA: The webinar will include the following:

• Introduction
•   Denise Harlow, Chief Executive Officer, Community Action Partnership
• Opening Remarks 
• Jeannie Chaffin, Director Office of Community Services, ACF HHS
•  Norman Suchar, Director, Special Needs Assistance Programs, HUD
• Mckinney-Vento Program Overview 
• Sharon McDonald, National Alliance to End Homelessness
• Decreasing Family Homelessness Learning Cluster
• Tiffney Marley, Project Director, LCRC, Community Action Partnership
• Real Stories From Local Agencies
• Pamela Elise & Barbara Zumsteg, Capital Area Community Services, Lansing, Michigan
• Joyce Stockham, Mid-Kansas Community Action Program, Augusta, Kansas
• Q&A