2018 Conference Presentations

Many communities are still searching for the right response to homelessness. This session will share Riverside’s model and most promising practices to end homelessness.

This presentation will elevate and highlight the learned lessons from CYC’s #FosterStability Campaign to the audience. CYC will present the survey results from their membership wide internal survey regarding placement, stability, share the toolkit and materials used to build political and personal will to focus on this topic.

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This session will promote an understanding of how to frame your message so it results in media coverage. It covers key elements of a news story, how to work with reporters, strategies for handling client confidentiality/sensitive topics while still communicating your important messages, and leveraging media opportunities to tell your agency’s stories.

In January 2018, San Bernardino County Human Services launched #EmpowerSBC during poverty awareness month in an effort to highlight the resources available to county residents that can ”empower” toward self-sufficiency.

This session will discuss why home sharing is a viable option to help our seniors thrive and create affordable housing for those with extremely low income because home sharing is: a win/ win, affordable, improves health, alleviates loneliness, serves as temporary, transitional, and a permanent housing solution.

This is the last of two sessions that will highlight the county social services departments’ role in emergency response and recovery in order to create an awareness about the roles and responsibilities of departments during emergency response and recovery efforts; to share lessons learned with regards to emergency response efforts during the past few years; and to give tips, strategies and tools for emergency response and recovery.

This is the first of two sessions that will highlight the county social services departments’ role in emergency response and recovery in order to create an awareness about the roles and responsibilities of departments during emergency response and recovery efforts; to share lessons learned with regards to emergency response efforts during the past few years; and to give tips, strategies and tools for emergency response and recovery.

This session will discuss agency and university partnerships; highlight the research informing the Tools for Well-Being curriculum; discuss how county agencies can employ innovative strategies to support wellness for:

This session will educate counties about the CWDA immigration toolkit and provide information about the resources that counties can use when working with our immigrant population as well as inform counties about any new or upcoming policy changes related to immigration and our programs.