Sustainable Housing Solutions Summit

01/06/2022

EMERGENCY Cold Weather Alert!
Kansas City temperatures have reached life-threatening conditions with a "feels like" temperature of -4° this afternoon.
PLEASE share the shelter bed availability and resources below:

Shelter Bed Dashboard:
https://data.kcmo.org/stories/s/7ngg-785g

Shelter Contact Card:
https://www.kcmo.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/7463

08/06/2021

In case you missed our Mental health training and resource conversation!

In our Mental Health 101 and Impactful Street Outreach Workshop you'll learn about engaging with individuals with more severe mental health concerns, like Sc...

07/14/2021

Mental Health & Impactful Outreach Training Outline- August 2021

Topic: Intro to Mental Health & Homeless Outreach

Time: Aug 4, 2021 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM Central Time

Join Zoom Meeting LINK WILL BE SENT ONCE REGISTERED

Training Description:
In our Mental Health 101 and Impactful Street Outreach Training you'll learn about and how to engage with individuals with more severe mental health concerns, like Schizophrenia and Substance Use Disorders. You'll also learn how to have the most impact in assisting individuals living outside.

Topic Outline:
People-first Language
Mental Health: 101- Sarah Kaiser, LCSW, Truman Medical Center- Behavioral Health
Substance use vs. Mental health
Choosing vs. “Needing”
SPMI vs. Anxiety/Depression
Self-reflection/ Empathy
Saviorism & Racism
Stigma/ Non-judgmental Helping
Basics of Harm Reduction
The Impact of Trauma

Impactful Homeless Outreach- Amber Bauer, Greater Kansas City Coalition to End Homelessness
Safety
Who to Call/ When to Call the Police
The Purpose of Street Outreach
Community Resources

Mental Health & Impactful Outreach Training Outline- August 2021

07/07/2021

Let's keep the conversation going. This is a great line-up of speakers. If you are interested in finding sustainable and equitable housing solutions, please attend this virtual event on Thursday, 7/8/21, 6:00 p.m.

06/16/2021

Greetings, we cannot thank the community enough for your patience with us. We have finalized our report from the summit. We are planning on sending it out via email, if you signed up to attend the event, or filled the survey out, you will automatically receive the final document. If you did not sign up for either please direct message us and we will ensure you get it! This will come from our group email address, check your spam ([email protected])! We are also attempting to secure funding to further our commitment to the Northeast, and implement some of the suggestions we received during the summit. All community focused to assist in achieving a sustainable solution for our unhoused neighbors. Thank you again!

04/01/2021

Morning! We are still working on all the data. We have some great information from everyone! Thank you for your patience we will get something out soon!!

03/22/2021

What an event! Thank you again to those who participated! We will send some information out as soon as we get it completed. We hope this is the first of many collaborative efforts!

03/20/2021

Today is the day! Please join us to discuss this important issue!

Session 3: March 20, 9:00 am-12:00 pm All Convene: Public InvitedDay 3https://zoom.us/j/91384570004?pwd=UHpDazR4SjhrVnA2TUFGWWxsMjgrQT09Meeting

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Passcode: 593186

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03/19/2021

Tune in tomorrow morning for the culmination. This is looking very promising for beginning new and more impactful approaches to address the aspects of homelessness