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Important Information
Housing Resources Engagement Sessions
*Includes Engagement on 2022 Qualified Allocation Plan and 2021 Consolidated Requests for Proposals Funding Priorities It's not too late to join Minnesota Housing, Greater Minnesota Housing Fund, USDA Rural Development, Minnesota Housing Partnership, and Department of Employment and Economic Development at one of our upcoming sessions in Greater Minnesota. These sessions will offer opportunities for local communities to engage with us to determine how we can help advance local community housing needs.
Sessions will include project examples and an overview of available housing resources to serve multifamily rental, single family, and rural housing needs. There will also be breakout discussions in these topic areas to provide feedback, ask questions, and weigh in on funding processes and priorities.
These sessions will also include opportunities for dialogue targeted to the review and development of funding priorities for the 2022 QAP/2021 Consolidated RFPs.
Workshop and a networking lunch run from 9:30 am to 1:00 pm. Technical assistance session run from 1:00 to 3:00 pm
Register for: Brainerd, MN - February 10, 2020 (Register by February 5)
Barriers to Reentry
Friday, February 28, 2020 from 8:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Mitchell Hamline School of Law, Summit Avenue, Saint Paul, MN
This full-day conference will discuss the barriers of reentry formerly incarcerated individuals experienced & explore possible solutions. The keynote speaker, Reginald Dwayne Betts, transformed himself from a sixteen-year old kid sentenced to nine-years in prison to a critically acclaimed writer and graduate of Yale Law School. He has written three acclaimed collections of poetry, the recently published Felon, Bastards of the Reagan Era and Shahid Reads His Own Palm.
More information and registration Here
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MSSA’s Annual Training Conference & Expo
March 11-13, 2020
MSSA’s Annual Training Conference & Expo is the largest, most comprehensive, cost effective health and human service conference in the Midwest. Our 2019 conference brought together almost 3,400 health and human service professionals from all parts of Minnesota and the surrounding states. With 130 educational sessions covering a broad spectrum of topics and featuring high quality, local and nationally recognized speakers, MSSA is able to bring you cutting edge topics on the focus areas important to those in the health and human services field. Our expo hall with over 200 tables provides a unique opportunity for organizations to share new technologies and resources and meet with conference attendees. Don't miss it!
More Information Here
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Recovery Coach Academy
March 14-15 8am to 4pm (RCA Training) March 21-22 8am to 4pm (RCA Training) March 28-29 8am to 4:30pm (Ethics Training)
Location: Freedomworks, 2929 Emerson Ave. N. , Minneapolis, MN 55411
The CCAR Recovery Coach Academy© is a 6-day intensive training academy focusing on providing individuals with the ski l ls needed to guide, mentor and support anyone who would like to enter into or sustain long-term recovery from an addiction to alcohol or other drugs. This training also includes the ethical considerations for recovery coaches which addresses many areas including: defining the coaching service role and functions, coaching standards, issues of vulnerability, ethical decision making, performance enhancement and legal issues. This course will help Recovery Coaches maintain good boundaries when serving others. Contact boldnorthrecovery@gmail.com to register
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MCA Spring Workshop
When: 03/26/2020 Location: Owatonna Country Club Event Center
Criminal Minds Supervising offenders with various mental health needs
Food, snacks, and parking provided!
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ICCA Public Policy Forum and Hill Day
Event Date: 30th March-31st March 2020
Location: Hall of States, 444 N. Capitol St. NW on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC
Please plan to join the International Community Corrections Association (ICCA) for its annual Public Policy Forum on Monday, March 30, 2020 in Washington, DC. The Forum will include speakers from Capitol Hill, federal agencies and the non-profit stakeholder community who will discuss current trends in juvenile and criminal justice policy, pending legislation and relevant updates for those working within community corrections.
More Information Here
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Hamline University Center for Justice and Law - Poverty Series
During the 2019-2020 academic year, the Center for Justice and Law will focus on the theme of the criminalization of poverty. The mission of the center is to work with community partners to generate creative, concrete, and equitable policy solutions. Visit our website Here
UPCOMING EVENTS
Friday, Apr 3, 2020 - Little Earth Project, Peacemaking and Youth Friday, May 1, 2020 - Women, Trauma, Mental Health & Poverty
Where: Austin, Texas
When: April 5-7, 2020
The largest conference in behavioral health care and your destination for next-level learning, peer-to-peer engagement and high-octane entertainment.
This year, we will embrace what makes us unique, celebrate what unites us and paint a portrait of progress. NatCon20 is an exclusive invitation to boost your abilities – and your bottom line – alongside more than 6,000 of yours peers.
More Information and Register Here
Understanding and Responding to Mass Incarceration 2020: From Mental Illness to Public Wellness
Friday, April 17, 2020 Metropolitan State University, St. Paul Campus, 700 East Seventh Street, St. Paul, MN 55106
For more information, contact Em Roerick at 651-793-1314 or em.roerick@metrostate.edu.
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The 24th Annual MnATSA Conference
The 24th annual MnATSA conference will be held April 22-24, 2020 at the Minneapolis Marriott Northwest in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota.
MnATSA is excited to have keynotes by: Emily Baxter on We are All Criminals, Meghan Fagundes on Factors associated with treatment completion among sexually abusive youth, and Karina Forrest-Perkins on Working with clients who have experienced trauma.
More Information Here
Annual Juvenile Justice Conference
April 23, 2020 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Maplewood YMCA, 2100 White Bear Avenue, Maplewood, MN
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Call for Presenter Proposals for the MCA Annual Training Institute in October
Deadline May 1, 2020
Presenters – this is your chance to submit a proposal to present at Minnesota Corrections Association’s Annual Fall Conference, being held October 28-30 in Mankato, MN!
We’re looking for a wide range of engaging topics geared toward corrections professionals and partners. Click here for proposal form Please put "Presenter Proposal" in the subject line of your e-mail when submitting your proposal.
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