Our Western and Central Massachusetts partners have teamed up to provide us this important virtual opportunity to learn about:
Promoting Peer Support to Help People Find and Keep Housing
Tuesday, January 17
9 am – 2:30 (with Western MA panel taking place 12 noon – 1:30 pm)
Go HERE to read more and register for the Zoom link
The panel will address:
- What are the most significant barriers for people with mental health struggles to finding and maintaining housing?
- How does your team coordinate across those barriers when supporting someone to keep their housing?
- What other types of organizations do you commonly work with to fulfill those needs?
Our Western MA panelists include: Rafael Rodriguez, trainer at Wildflower Alliance and
Holyoke HEALing Communities Coalition Coordinator, Jay Levy, Regional Manager of PATH and CSPECH
programs, and Jeffrey McLeod, Housing Stabilization and Engagement Counselor, at Eliot Community Human Services, Shaundell Diaz, Coordinated Entry Specialist at 3 County Continuum of Care, and Gerry McCafferty, Director of the Springfield Office of Housing. Moderated by Pamela Schwartz from the Western Mass Coalition to End Homelessness.
