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Executive Committee 

  • Chair – Stacie Walls-Beegle, ACCESS
  • Vice-Chair – Martha Gorman, Ghent Area Ministry
  • Secretary – Cynthia Thompson, Second Chances
  • Treasurer – Mary Aab, Virginia Supportive Housing
  • Sarah Paige Fuller – Director, Norfolk Office to End Homelessness
  • Yilla J. Smith – The Planning Council staff liaison

2009 – 2010 Committee Chairs

Committee Meetings

 

Homeless Single Adult Social
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
Freemason Street Baptist Church
400 East Freemason Street
Norfolk, VA 23510
12 noon – 3 p.m.

This event is free and open to all homeless single adult individuals in the city or Norfolk.   Food, games and musical entertainment will be provided.

This event is an activity of the Norfolk Homeless Consortium’s, Single Adults Committee.


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Hampton Roads Regional Fair Housing Training
for Homeless Service Providers
July 29, 2010
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Brought to you by the South Hampton Roads Regional Task Force on Ending Homelessness in partnership with the Virginia PATH Program

Why:
Understanding Fair Housing, especially how it applies to reasonable accommodations and the acquisition and retention of housing is a critical training area for staff in programs that serve those experiencing homelessness. Fair Housing laws and especially reasonable accommodations can be complicated areas for staff in programs to understand as well as implement in their work.

Who Should Attend:
This event should be attended by staff working in shelter, transitional housing, and permanent housing that serve persons who are or were formerly homeless – as well as those who assist persons in preventing or ending homelessness. PATH, HPRP, and Continuum of Care funded programs should seriously consider sending staff.

Eligibility:
In order to be eligible to attend this event, attendees must be employed in a program that provides homeless services or housing for residents who were formerly homeless. Only programs in the Hampton Roads area are eligible. Also, staff from any PATH program in Virginia is eligible.

Event Information:
When: July 29, 2010 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. – registration begins at 8:00 a.m.
Where: Norfolk Waterside Marriott (Downtown Norfolk)
235 E. Main Street
Norfolk, Virginia 23510
Local hotel phone: 757-627-4200


The training will begin promptly at 9:00 a.m. and there are many documents and resources for review. Please plan to arrive no later than 8:30 a.m. and account for traffic delays.

The training is free and will include coffee and healthy snack in the morning, lunch, and an afternoon treat.

Dress comfortably and in layers. It may be very hot outside and very cool in the hotel.

Hotel: If you are traveling in for the event and would like to stay in the hotel the evening prior to the training, the Norfolk Marriott has held a block of 25 rooms for $99 plus tax. To acquire one of these rooms, call the hotel directly and ask for a room in the block for the Fair Housing Training on July 29th.  If these block rooms sell out or you prefer to stay in another hotel, the best resource for downtown hotels is here.

Parking: Parking Downtown is mostly available in garages. Street parking is metered and limited to 2 hour increments, thus not conducive to this event. Waterside Garage is attached to the hotel on the second level North East side, thus the best choice. Rate: $12.00 for the day.  Link to Waterside Garage: 

If you have questions/issues you want to be sure are covered, email them no later than July 25th with subject line “Fair Housing Topic” to sarah.fuller@norfolk.gov

Registration for this event is limited and required. Registration will close on July 15th. Notifications will be sent to those who registered and were accepted on July 19th. (Up to 2 PATH staff from each program are automatically eligible)

LINK TO REGISTRATION

 

Client Privacy Statement :  Homeless Management Information System

We collect personal information directly from you for the reasons that are discussed in our Privacy Notice. We may be required to collect some personal information by law or by organizations that give us money to operate this program. Other personal information that we collect is important to run our programs, to improve services for homeless persons, and to better understand the needs of homeless persons. We only collect information that we consider to be appropriate. The collection and use of all personal information is guided by strict standards of confidentiality. A copy of our Privacy Notice is available to all clients upon request.

For further information about the Norfolk Homeless Consortium, please contact:

Yilla J. Smith
Community Programs Specialist
Community Planning and Development
The Planning Council, Inc.
130 West Plume Street
Norfolk, VA 23510
Tel. 757.622.9268 Ext. 3004
Fax 757.622.4223
ysmith@theplanningcouncil.org 

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