2000 Best Practice Symposium

Community Development Track
	Building Coalitions for Fair Housing
	Facilitator:	Bryan Greene, Director of Policy and Program Evaluation, HUD
	Room: Farragut
	Presenters:	Ivory Smith, Chicago Fair Housing HUB Bill Orme, Confederated Tribes Brett Kenney, Attorney, Confederated Tribes Carolyn Slyter, Tribal Council Vice Chairman, Confederated Tribes Olatunde Ogundeko, Community Builder, Chicago, IL
		This workshop will focus on forming a successful coalition for the purpose of maximizing the use of federal dollars. The presenters will describe several successful coalitions and what skills are necessary to be successful and how to avoid the natural pitfalls of uniting traditionally adversarial groups.
	Overview: HUD’s Good Neighbor Programs
	Facilitator:	Matt Franklin, Associate General Deputy Assistant
	Room: Edison
		As part of its effort to help strengthen American communities, HUD established the Good Neighbor Policy to sell FHA- owned homes in more than 700 designated revitalization areas at 50 percent of the list price. Hear about three programs that make the policy work: Teacher Next Door, Officer Next Door, and the $1 Homes Initiative.
	Utilizing Native American Supportive Services
	Facilitator:	Jackie Johnson, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Native
	Room: Hamilton
	Presenter:	James Floyd, Office of Public and Indian Housing
		Native eDGE is a one-stop shop bringing together entrepreneurs, lending institutions, federal agencies, non-profits, foundations, and private businesses to build strong and diversified tribal economies and communities. The Native eDGE web site and toll free number provide you with direct access to experienced economic development specialists who will help you take your business from start-up through globalization. This workshop which is divided into parts 1 and 2 will provide the participants with the tools to not only access Native eDGE, but also to use and profit from the service through examples. There will be roundtable discussions with the ONAP Native eDGE staff following each presentation.
Economic Development Track
	Integrating Economic Development and Workforce Development
	Facilitator:	Steve Yank, Office of Policy, Development and Research, HUD
	Room: Jefferson East
	Presenters:	Mr. Marcus Weiss, President, Economic Development Assistance Consortium, Boston, MA Spruiell Weber White, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Former Director of the Chicago Jobs Council, Chicago, IL Ms. Luisa Peschiera-Odell, Director of the Workforce Development Division, Co-Opportunity, Inc., Hartford, CT
		Helping former TANF recipients to find work can be challenging. One strategy to facilitate welfare to work transitions is to tie workforce development to economic development, combining resources too often reserved for one goal or the other. Communities around the country have found that former welfare recipients have a vital role to play in staffing new industries and development initiatives. Using case studies, this workshop aims to illustrate for attendees some of the most successful and instructive examples of integrating these two essential community objectives.
	Building Family Assets
	Facilitator:	Ken Williams, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grant Programs, HUD
	Room: Jefferson West
	Presenters:	Cathy Hinko, Executive Director of the Housing Authority of Jefferson County, KY Marcy Hudson, Coordinator of the Department of Community Services, Ithaca Housing Authority, NY Inger Giuffrida, Program Manager, Corporation for Enterprise Development, Washington, DC
		Low income families striving for a brighter, more secure future face a two-pronged challenge: they need adequate income to buy food and housing today, but they also need a way to build a more secure tomorrow. In an effort to help working poor families address this second challenge - to help them achieve lasting self sufficiency - community groups, housing authorities and other organizations around the country have begun to focus attention on helping families build meaningful assets. Low income families that have an opportunity to buy a home, to start a small business or to send a member to college will have a valuable and durable resource to better the odds for long-term well being. Programs like HUD’s Family Self Sufficiency are one strategy to build family assets, but other innovative ideas are gaining momentum, including Individual Development Account (IDA) programs. This workshop will explore the rationale for asset building and discuss nuts and bolts strategies for implementing IDA and other asset building programs.
Homeownership/Safety & Security Track
	HUD’s Community and Gun Safety Initiatives
	Facilitator:	Max Stier, Deputy General Counsel, HUD
	Room: Map
		This workshop will provide an overview of the comprehensive program HUD is sponsoring to promote community safety and reduce gun violence in all of the communities HUD serves. In particular, the workshop will discuss HUD’s successful work encouraging gun manufacturers to take responsible steps to reduce gun violence, HUD’s BuyBack America initiative, the Public Housing Drug Elimination Program, the communities for Safer Guns Coalition, and other efforts.
	Integrating Lead Hazard Control Into Housing Rehabilitation
	Facilitator:	Mary Lou Crane, Secretary’s Representative, Boston, MA
	Room: Hemisphere
	Presenters:	Ken Griffin, Boston, MA Steve Schwartzberg, Alameda County, CA Gary Singer, Mahoning County, OH
		This workshop will explore cost-effective ways of integrating lead hazard control with rehabilitation activities in pre-1978 single and multi-family structures. Issues to be discussed include specification development and bidding, sequencing of activities and techniques designed to control overall cost.
Fair Housing/Housing Counseling Track
	Promoting Open Housing Policies
	Facilitator:	Art Agnos, Secretary’s Representative, San Francisco, CA
	Room: Lincoln West
	Presenter:	Lee Porter, Fair Housing Council of New Jersey Darwin Anderson, Seattle Office of Civil Rights, WA Scott Dickerson, FHEO, Fort Worth, TX
		This workshop will highlight enforcement activities that have been taken to assist with desegregation efforts and may be replicated to promote open housing policies throughout the country.
	Successful Section 3 Programs
	Facilitator:	John Waller, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Opportunity, Monitoring and Compliance, HUD
	Room: Grant
	Presenters:	Reverend Ervin Sims, Mt. Caramel Redevelopment Agency Al Brewster & Rudy Perez, Miami Dade County Housing Authority Joe Scott, Jersey City Housing Authority
		This workshop will provide information and guidance on the requirements and implementation of Section 3. Special emphasis will be placed on HOPE VI projects.
	Working with the Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice
	Facilitator:	Nestor Davidson, Special Counsel
	Room: Caucus
	Presenters:	David Berenbaum, Comprehensive Fair Housing Education and Outreach, Washington Lawyers Committee Marilyn Diaz, Community Builder, Hartford, CT
		This workshop will address how to identify impediments to housing choice and fair housing.
Public Housing/Client Services Track
	Operating Subsidy: Understanding the New Formula Changes
	Facilitator:	Rod Solomon, Director, Policy, Programs and Legislative Initiatives, HUD
	Room: Military
	Presenters:	Regina McGill, Director, Funding and Financial Management, HUD Steve Sprague, Financial Operations Specialist, HUD
	Innovative Uses of Public Housing Drug Elimination Funding (PIH)
	Facilitator:	Gloria Cousar, Deputy Assistant Secretary For Public and Assisted Housing Delivery, HUD
	Room: Lincoln East
	Presenters:	Curtis Watkins, Director, East Capitol Center for Change, Washington, DC Evelyn Brown, President, East Capitol Dwellings Resident Council, Washington, DC Brian L. Yaworsky, Deputy Executive Director, Housing Authority of Beaver County, PA Dr. Don Sheffield, DARE2XL Project Coordinator, Penn State University P.H. Croslan, Executive Director, Annapolis Housing Authority, MD
		This workshop session features nationally known initiatives that provide program models to PHAs in the area of substance abuse prevention. Participants will learn about innovative and effective methods to improve crime intervention and prevention skills. This session will emphasize how to create highly successful partnerships between citizens and police officers, a method that puts citizens in the driver’s seat of creative crime prevention strategies. Participants will be informed of how to connect the dots to create a prevention infrastructure that makes a community resilient. The presenters will discuss progressive and successful strategies implemented by local communities to reduce substance abuse, crime, and violence. The speakers will also emphasize strategies, challenges, and unique ways to get funding and in-kind resources to support community-based programs.
	Public Housing Assessment Demonstration
	Facilitator:	Donald J LaVoy, Director, Real Estate Assessment Center, HUD
	Room: Conservatory
	Presenters:	David Vargas, Financial Assessment Manager Wanda Funk, Management Assessment Manager William Thorson, Physical Inspections Carol Catineau, Resident Survey Assessment Manager
		This workshop will allow participants to view a "live" electronic submission demonstration being conducted by a PHA representative and a fee accountant, both of whom are responsible for submitting electronic financial statements to HUD via its FASS.
Special Needs Housing/Youth Empowerment Track
	Providing Access to People with Disabilities
	Facilitator:	Susan Forward, Senior Policy Advisor to the Secretary for Intergovernmental Affairs, HUD
	Room: Monroe West
	Presenters:	Robert Ardinger, Consultants & Associates, Columbia, MD Michael Allen, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, Washington, DC
		Participants will acquire a working knowledge of the disability rights provisions of three laws that relate to nondiscrimination requirements; the accessibility requirements for new construction, alterations and existing facilities; and, the requirement to provide reasonable accommodations and allow reasonable accommodations. In addition, they will review the reasonable accommodation mandate through a series of brief case exercises.
Affordable Housing Track
	Overview: HUD’s Partnerships for Advanced Technology in Housing (PATH)
	Facilitator:	Elizabeth Burdock, PATH Director
	Room: Dupont
	Presenters:	Steve Brown, Carl Franklin Homes
		Participate in an in-depth look at new technologies that can lead to improved energy and environmental efficiency, reduced maintenance and repair costs, and better housing affordability. This workshop highlights developers that have combined advanced technologies and subsidies to reduce housing costs and to improve quality of life by contributing to sustainable communities.
	Forming Effective Partnerships to Develop Housing
	Facilitator:	Mike McCollough, Program Advisor, Office of Housing, HUD
	Room: Thoroughbred
	Presenters:	Kimberly Hardy, StoreWorks Alphonso Patrick, South Adams Street Townhomes Julie Bjork
		Presenters will offer two examples of financing single family rehabilitation projects.
Neighborhood Networks Track
	Tech 101: The Nuts and Bolts of Technology for Neighborhood Networks Centers
	Facilitator:	Barbara Bostick-Hunt, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Empowerment
	Room: Independence
	Presenters:	Carline Llorente, Neighborhood Networks Patrick Kerry, President, The Kerry Company Patricia Micksa, Neighborhood Networks Coordintor, St. Louis, MO
		Interested in learning the nuts and bolts of 21st-century technology? Come experience the basics of the digital age --> computers, servers, modems, DSL, Internet, e-mail, educational software. Learn what's best for your Neighborhood Networks center as well as solutions to common technical challenges.
	Benefits of Neighborhood Networks Centers for Properties and Communities
	Facilitator:	Rosanna Marquez, Secretary’s Representative, Chicago, IL
	Room: Monroe East
	Presenters:	Conrad Egan, Director of Policy, National Housing Conference Saul Ortiz, We Care Neighborhood Networks Center Butch Holtz, Special Agent, FBI Henry Colonna, Community Builder, Virginia State Office, HUD
		Neighborhood Networks not only provide opportunity for HUD residents, but add value to HUD properties. These presenters will discuss the ways in which their properties and communities have experienced economic and social benefits by having Neighborhood Networks centers.

Last Revised: August 6, 2000

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