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Registration open now through Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Explore Foundational Community Supports (FCS) and Governor’s Opportunity for Supportive Housing (GPOSH) program topics at this first annual collaboration event, the learning symposium, occurring Tuesday, April 30, 2024, and Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in Ellensburg.
Learn from subject matter experts and peers about their state-wide experience, best practices, and current trends. Share your own organization’s perspective, successes, and learning opportunities. Deepen knowledge of FCS programs, tools, and resources.
Topics include supportive housing, supported employment, fidelity to best and promising practices, and more.
The pilot of the Apple Health and Homes Rental Assistance Program (AHAH-RAP) is launching on April 1, 2024. Wellpoint, as the AHAH coordinating entity, is working in collaboration with Washington State Department of Commerce Office of AHAH and the Washington State Health Care Authority (HCA) to launch the AHAH Rental Assistance Program.
When AHAH-RAP launches on April 1:
FCS Supportive Housing agencies will receive a spreadsheet from Wellpoint with your FCS-SH enrollees who are potentially eligible for AHAH-RAP. The next step for FCS-SH providers is to complete the AHAH Assessment with your FCS-SH enrollees listed on the spreadsheet we send. The email will contain more information.
Apple Health and Homes (AHAH) is a program through the Foundational Community Supports Supportive Housing (FCS-SH) program. AHAH-RAP connects housing services with rental assistance. FCS-SH enrollees who qualify will be entered into a drawing for a chance to receive rental assistance through the Department of Commerce Office of AHAH.
AHAH-RAP Informational Session: Tuesday, April 16, 2024, 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Webinar: Monday, April 8, 2024, 9 a.m., and Monday, April 22, 2024, 9 a.m.
The Individual Placement and Support (IPS) program is an evidence-based practice of supported employment, per Washington State Legislature requirements around Foundational Community Supports (FCS) best practices. FCS offers comprehensive training on evidence-based practices to FCS agency staff and conducts fidelity reviews to identify areas for continuous improvement for agencies.
Please join the FCS Supported Employment trainers, Dawn Miller and Darren Paschke, and Paul Phares from Public Consulting Group, for a two-part virtual training to gain in-depth knowledge of Individual Placement and Support (IPS) as an evidence-based practice for supported employment services and how to evaluate programs.
Webinar: Wednesday, April 10, 2024, noon to 1:30 p.m.
As provider agencies work to implement supportive housing services in community mental health settings, staff are faced with meeting the needs of diverse individuals. The number of older adults receiving supportive housing services continues to increase, and staff must meet the areas of need specific to this population.
In this webinar, Emilie Banz and Dawn Reinhardt-Wood of the Rutgers Department Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling Professions, will focus on educating supportive housing staff on the specific needs of older adults, exploring strategies and best practices for service provision, and discussing barriers to service implementation.
Objectives:
- Describe the specific needs of older adults receiving supportive housing services
- Review strategies and best practices for implementing supportive housing services
- Discuss barriers to providing effective supportive housing services that meet the needs of older adults in supportive housing settings
Part 1: Tuesday, April 9, 2024, 9:30 a.m. Understanding the Complexities of Co-Occurring Disorders in Supportive Housing
Part 2: Tuesday, April 16, 2024, 9:30 a.m. Evidence-Based Interventions to Support Individuals with Co-Occurring Disorders in Supportive Housing
Part 3: Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 9:30 a.m. Promoting Change for Individuals with Co-Occurring Disorders in Supportive Housing
As the rates of substance use rise worldwide, it is important for supportive housing staff to understand the individual needs of persons with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders.
Join Crystal Socha from Rutgers Department Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling Professions, for a 3-part series on co-occurring disorders that will focus on educating supportive housing staff on best practices to support individuals with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders.
In Part 1, staff will explore and orient themselves to co-occurring disorders in the context of community mental health settings. In Parts 2 and 3, staff will increase their knowledge of evidence-based interventions they can apply in their work to align with a person’s stage of change.
Objectives:
- Define mental health, substance use, and co-occurring disorders
- Recognize the signs, symptoms, protective factors, and risk factors of co-occurring disorders
- Analyze the stages of change to explore a person’s readiness to change
- Understand key aspects of motivational interviewing, cognitive behavioral interventions, social skills training, and relapse prevention strategies
Webinar: Wednesday, April 10, 2024, 9 a.m. to noon, and Thursday, April 11, 2024, 9 a.m. to noon
The supportive housing benefit under the Foundational Community Supports (FCS) program is based on the federal evidence- and research-based Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) model. Please join us in this two-part webinar series to learn how to evaluate programs' alignments to SAMHSA's Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) evidence-based practice.
Objectives:
- Review the FCS program
- Review key principles of the SAMHSA permanent supportive housing model
- Understand fidelity goals under FCS
- Learn what it is like to participate in fidelity reviews
- Develop skills to be a fidelity reviewer
- Learn interview and charting techniques for fidelity scoring
Who Should Attend?
- Anyone who is interested in gaining a more comprehensive understanding of SAMHSA's Permanent Supportive Housing evidence-based practice
- Providers who would like a refresher of the PSH principles
- Individuals interested in the PSH Fidelity Reviewer Certification Training
This training is not an onboarding training for new FCS staff. Participants in this training should have a foundational understanding of the Permanent Supportive Housing principles and want to be trained in becoming a fidelity reviewer.
Webinar: Wednesday, April 10, 2024, from 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m.
The Corporation for Supportive Housing’s Services Budgeting Tool is a tool to support agencies, communities, project planners and systems leaders in estimating the total cost for providing quality supportive housing services that are evidence based and can achieve positive outcomes for individuals, families, communities, and systems.
Please join us as we deep dive into how to use the Services Budgeting Tool and how it can benefit your programs. Participants will receive access to the Services Budgeting Tool for FCS and the user guide.
This is a two-part opportunity. The first session was a How-To webinar. The second session will be open office hours where providers can ask questions, learn from what other agencies are doing or seek more individualized support.
Webinar: Thursday, April 11, 2024, from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.
This webinar, facilitated by Joni Dolce from Rutgers Department Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling Professions, offers a place to develop and practice an elevator speech/introduction of employment services when job developing. Approaching employers in a businesslike and professional manner is important in establishing employment services in the business community and is essential to job development.
Objectives:
- Describe the importance of introducing your employment services in a businesslike and professional manner.
- Define the key components of introducing your employment services (e.g., preparing marketing materials ahead of time, deciding on locations and who to contact).
- Identify the elements of an elevator speech to use when introducing your employment services.
- Create and practice using your introduction.
Webinar: Thursday, April 18, 2024, 8:30 a.m.
A Washington State ABLE Savings Plan allows people with eligible disabilities to save for their everyday needs, invest in a tax-free account, and prepare for the future without losing their state or federal benefits.
Please join Ro Smith from the Washington State Department of Commerce within the Disabilities Workgroup Office to learn more about an available savings plan.
Objectives:
- Share information on the new ABLE annual contributions limits for 2024
- Share information on the ABLE Savings pre-paid card
- Give information on the federal and state benefits that are not impacted when participating in the Washington State ABLE Savings Plan
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