UHHP Membership Meeting

Advocacy Roles for Staff of Public and Non-Profit Agencies

The California Endowment
1000 N. Alameda Street, Los Angeles, CA
Cost:  Free
RSVP: uhhpla@yahoo.com

Our agenda will include:

What are the rules?  What are the boundaries of advocating for policy change?  This can be confusing for public and non-profit staff members. 

Join us as we hear from the experts.  Dora Gallo, CEO of A Community of Friends, and Eddie Washington, with the Los Angeles County Intergovernmental and External Affairs Branch, will cover the basics for us and discuss ways we can advocate for the polices that will address the needs of the homeless residents of Los Angeles County.

We will also address the UHHP Policy Priorities and develop plans to engage members in supporting this platform.

Please contact UHHP at UHHPLA@yahoo.com  to register or with any questions.

UHHP General Membership Meeting

March 11, 2010
9:00 a.m. to noon
The California Endowment
1000 N. Alameda Street, Los Angeles, CA
Cost:  Free
RSVP: uhhpla@yahoo.com

Please join us on March 11th to gain a better understanding of federal funding for local homeless services through the Continuum of Care (CoC) process funded by the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).  In addition, we'll review the funding processes of the U.S. Dept. Health & Human Services for homeless healthcare.

Our presenters, Elena Fiallo and Carletta Woods, have great expertise and experience in homeless services. Elena has more than 10 years of experience working in the fields of homeless services, mental health and domestic violence. As a consultant she provides technical assistance in contracts and grants administration, data collection/analysis and non-profit management.  Carletta's experience includes a focus on subsidized housing for homeless and special needs populations.  Over the past 12 years she has worked with local governments and non-profit organizations in the Long Beach, Glendale, Pasadena, and Los Angeles Continua of Care as they have developed programs to better address homelessness in the County of Los Angeles. 

They will describe how each CoC is charged with creating a plan to end homelessness in their geographic area, as well as the various types of programs that are funded through this source.  The planning process includes the analysis of the homeless populations and the services available to assist homeless individuals and families.

The presentation will provide an overview of the requirements by HUD for each continuum, a review of the McKinney-Vento Act that provides funding for homeless programs, as well as a review of how the HEARTH Act will affect McKinney-Vento and future funding requirements in our community.

The goal is to help UHHP members understand types of funding available, how they can assist local CoCs in their planning process, and where they fit in the CoC's process to provide care.

Region 9 Homeless Healthcare Conference
Sharaton Universal Hotel
Universal City, California

The theme is "Setting the Stage for Premier Health Care." There will be a full agenda that addresses the challenges and complex issues posed by homelessness today. Experts in the field will present up-to-date information and innovative approaches on a wide range of topics, including Wound Care, Street Outreach, Re-entry Issues for Post-Incarcerated Homeless, Effective Drug Treatment Strategies, HRSA & UDS updates, Innovative Dental Treatments, General Oral Health for the Non-Dentist, Hospital Discharge Planning, Legislative Policy Updates, Cognitive Impairment, Veterans & PTSD, Case Management, HCH 101, and Motivational Interviewing.

Register online here

UHHP OFFERS ADVOCACY TRAINING & OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP POLICY PLATFORM FOR 2009 --
The California Endowment,
1000 N. Alameda Street,
Los Angeles, CA 90012

Questions can be directed to:  uhhpla@yahoo.com

For more information, click here

UHHP Presents
"Innovations & Lessons Learned"
The California Endowment
1000 N. Alameda Street, Los Angeles, CA
Cost:  Free
Brunch will be served mid-morning

Join UHHP members from around the region as we learn about projects and initiatives to meet the healthcare and permanent supportive housing needs of the homeless residents of Los AngelesCounty.

The purposes of this conference are to:

• Receive updates on initiatives such as Project 50 and the LevyCenter (integrated service delivery models) and recuperative/respite care (Whiitier First Day community-based model)
• Meet the people and learn about the successes and plans of homeless networks and coalitions throughout the County
• Explore ways to implement various approaches within your own community
• Participants will choose the topics to be explored through discussion groups.  These might include:
   
  • Transitioning from shelter care to permanent supportive housing
  • Recruiting and supporting volunteers
  • Public policy priorities
  • Vulnerability indexes - reaching the sickest people

This jam-packed conference is free but reservations are required.  Consider attending with a team from your own network so you will be able to have participants in multiple discussions. 

Please contact UHHP at UHHPLA@yahoo.com  to register or with any questions.

UHHP Quarterly Membership Meeting

The June 11th United Homeless Healthcare Partners meeting has been cancelled.

It had been scheduled for 9 to noon at The California Endowment. We had planned to present the UHHP policy priorities at this meeting, but they are not yet complete.

Look for updates in our newsletter in July. The next general meeting will be September 24th from 9 a.m. to noon at The California Endowment

Please contact UHHP at UHHPLA@yahoo.com  to register or with any questions.

UHHP Membership Meeting

Cancelled -- See November for new date & time

Grand Opening of the Center for Community
Health - Downtown Los Angeles. 

522 S. San Pedro St., LA CA 90013;

This event inaugurates a landmark integrated health service model for meeting the health needs of the homeless population of Los Angeles.  JWCH Institute, Los Angeles County,
and other partner agencies bring together primary care, mental health, substance abuse, and other enabling services in a "one stop shop" with unparalleled continuity of care. 

For more information or to RSVP, please contact 213.627.5302 or development@weingart.org.

JWCH's first annual Masquerade Party

Benefiting our homeless youth and HIV services programs.  An evening of Fantasy, Decadence and Magic awaits our guests at the Music Box @ Fonda, 6126 Hollywood Blvd. LA CA 90028.

RSVP by October 22nd.  Buy tickets online at jwchinstitute.org/events.htm#mask .  Cost: $50 per person. 

UHHP Membership Meeting
The California Endowment
1000 N. Alameda Street
Los Angeles, CA

Our agenda will include:
 
Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) - "Innovation Plan"
 
The MHSA includes the Innovations Plan, which was established to encourage novel, creative, and/or ingenious mental health strategies and approaches that contribute to learning.  Los Angeles County prioritized three focal populations for this funding: homeless, uninsured, and under-represented ethnic populations.
 
UHHP Steering Committee members, Maria Funk, County of Los Angeles Department of Mental Health, and Libby Boyce, County of Los Angeles Department of Health Services, co-chaired the Innovation Homeless Workgroup that developed four strategies to address homeless issues.  Maria and Libby will discuss the process and describe the types of projects that will be submitted to the State Department of Mental Health for two years of funding under this program.
 
"Vulnerability Index" & Registry Process
 
In December 2007, Common Ground worked with the County of Los Angeles and the City of Los Angeles to create a by-name list (registry) of the people sleeping on the streets of Skid Row who were at the greatest risk of dying through the use of their Vulnerability Index Survey.  This process was used to identify the people who were prioritized for housing as part of Project 50.
 
Since that time, Common Ground has worked with 15 communities across the country, including six in Los Angeles to implement the Vulnerability Index as a way to identify and prioritize single homeless adults for housing according to their length of homelessness and fragility of health. To date, over 10,000 homeless people have been surveyed across the country and over 1300 chronically homeless people have been permanently housed.
 
Beth Sandor, Common Ground's Los Angeles Field Director, will give an overview of the Vulnerability Index process, the lessons learned to date, and plans for the next phases of their work.
 
Los Angeles Regional & Community Homeless Coalitions
 
We will end our conference with an opportunity to hear about the innovations and lessons being learned by the homeless coalitions throughout Los Angeles County.  Hear about strategic planning efforts, new coalitions being formed, efforts to bring Homeless Courts to communities outside of downtown, and other approaches to ending homelessness in our region.

Antelope Valley Homeless Coalition Meetings - 
Firestation 129 Training Center, Lancaster

For information contact  Diane V. Grooms
Project Manager of "Strenthening Young Families"
Valley Oasis, Chief of Community Development
661-916-2060

South Los Angeles UHHP Group Meeting
Watts Health Center
10300 Compton Avenue (intersection of 103rd and Compton Avenue)
Los Angeles, CA  90002

Free parking and light lunch service

Contact Nina Vaccaro at (213) 694-1250 x4369 or Dana Knoll at 323-568-3092

General Membership Meeting - Focus on Latest Research

In addition to a report on UHHP policy development and advocacy activities and plans,the meeting will feature the following: more...

A Community of Friends Los Angeles Event

20th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

TICKET PURCHASE OR SPONSORSHIP: go to www.acof.org

ACOF is pleased to host our 20th Anniversary Celebration
Beyond Perceptions
The Omni Hotel Downtown Los Angeles
Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Antelope Valley Homeless Coalition Meetings - 
Firestation 129 Training Center, Lancaster

For information contact  Diane V. Grooms
Project Manager of "Strenthening Young Families"
Valley Oasis, Chief of Community Development
661-916-2060

“Documenting Disabilities for Clinicians” - Workshop

will be held on October 31, 2008 from 9 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. at the Hudson Auditorium at Martin Luther King Jr. - Multi Service Ambulatory Care Center, 12021 South Wilmington Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90059-3019. 

Online Registration is now closed.

Walk-ups are permitted on the day of event, however, only cash or checks will be accepted.

No credit cards will be accepted the day of the event.

More Info

Antelope Valley Homeless Coalition Meetings - 
Firestation 129 Training Center, Lancaster

For information contact  Diane V. Grooms
Project Manager of "Strenthening Young Families"
Valley Oasis, Chief of Community Development
661-916-2060

HomeWalk
Exposition Park

This event, sponsored by United Way, is a family 5K walk to raise awareness of the county's homelessness crisis and the funds to do something about it.

For more information go to www.homewalkla.org

UHHP Quarterly Membership Meeting

Our December General Membership Meeting will include two presentations on recently completed research and policy recommendations on homelessness in South LA.

more...

Free Flu Shots

Project Homeless Connect
Location tba
Please check attached calendar here

Please spread the word that free flu shots will be available to community members through the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.  Please check the attached calendar, also posted online, for further information at http://www.publichealth.lacounty.gov/ip.   Selected outreach sessions planned for the downtown community include:

Antelope Valley Homeless Coalition Meetings - 
Firestation 129 Training Center, Lancaster

For information contact  Diane V. Grooms
Project Manager of "Strenthening Young Families"
Valley Oasis, Chief of Community Development
661-916-2060