Targeting the Most Vulnerable: New Assessment Tools
Who is the most vulnerable to illness, mortality, and continued homelessness? Many communities are taking steps to identify people who experience chronic homelessness. Some are going further, developing tools to prioritize homeless people who are most at risk. Workshop speakers described a new Vulnerability Index for assessiong who is most at-risk of mortality and other tools to identify vulnerability and help target permanent supportive housing.

Analyzing HMIS Data: What Can it Tell you?
A Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) is a powerful tool for program administrators. HMIS can help you evaluate and understand the effectiveness of your program, ultimately leading to improved service delivery. Workshop speakers described how to use HMIS to answer important questions about the characteristics of homeless people, patterns of homelessness, and ways to allocate resources more effectively within a community.

Property Management and Permanent Supportive Housing
The movement to end chronic homelessness using permanent supportive housing has required many homeless assistance providers to also become property managers. This workshop covered the basics of sound property management for permanent supportive housing. Workshop speakers discussed how to overcome some of the biggest challenges, such as screening tenants for supportive housing, addressing disruptive behaviors, effectively coordinating with supportive services staff, and preventing evictions.

Nan Roman’s Keynote Address—Annual Conference 2008
National Alliance to End Homelessness President Nan Roman's keynote address from the National Conference on Ending Homelessness 2008 on July 28, 2008.

Targeting Interventions for Homeless Families and Individuals
Matching families and individuals with interventions that meet their needs and represent the most efficient use of scarce resources is challenging many communities. This interactive workshop included speakers with program and system level expertise in targeting and designing interventions. The workshop explored the data needed to improve targeting and the assessment tools and strategies communities are currently using to maximize their resources to end homelessness.

Annual Conference Program: July 2008
This conference program contains an schedule and descriptions of all preconference meetings and workshops. It also has biographies and contact information of speakers.

Preconference Meetings and Workshop Descriptions
This document contains the preconference meetings and workshop descriptions for the National Conference on Ending Family Homelessness, hosted by the National Alliance to End Homelessness, on July 28-30 in Washington, DC.

2008 National Conference on Ending Homelessness Brochure
The 2008 National Conference on Ending Homelessness, hosted by the National Alliance to End Homelessness, will be held on July 28-30, 2008 in Washington, DC.