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HUD Job Opportunities: CPD Specialist - DRGR - Atlanta, Fort Worth, and New York

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Resources and assistance to support HUD's community partners Home Programs Resources Training HUD Job Opportunities: CPD Specialist - DRGR - Atlanta, Fort Worth, and New York HUD has announced job opportunities for CPD Specialist-Disaster Recovery Grant Reporting (DRGR) in the Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD), Disaster Recovery

SNAPS In Focus: Moving On Strategies to Support Stable Transitions from Permanent Supportive Housing

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Resources and assistance to support HUD's community partners Home Programs Resources Training SNAPS In Focus: Moving On Strategies to Support Stable Transitions from Permanent Supportive Housing Individuals and families with complex needs that become homeless, are often best served by Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH), a housing and service-ric

FY 2019 HOME Match Reductions List Updated

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Resources and assistance to support HUD's community partners Home Programs Resources Training FY 2019 HOME Match Reductions List Updated Updates to the FY 2019 HOME Match Reductions list have been posted on the HUD Exchange. This list includes match reductions granted for FY 2019 due to fiscal distress, severe fiscal distress, and Presidential

SOARing Over Lunch Call - August

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Join us for our August SOARing Over Lunch Call! Reminder: SOARing Over Lunch! Tuesday, August 6, 2019 1:00 p.m. ET Our next SOARing Over Lunch  call is scheduled for Tuesday, August 6, at 1:00 p.m. ET . Please join us for this informal call to have your SOAR questions answered directly by the SAMHSA SOAR TA Center! While there is no agenda set in advance for these calls, we do want your ideas! Please e-mail us at soar@prainc.com to submit any questions and/or topics that you would like us to discuss. These are listen-only calls. Participants will ask questions via chat box. Log-in: http://prainc.adobeconnect.com/soaringoverlunch/ Choose Listen Only on the bottom right of the Join Audio Conference box.* *If you don't have computer speakers, or can't log-in

Community Services and Qlik Sense - Updated Product Roadmap

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Community Services and Qlik Sense Product Roadmap Update The Community Services and Qlik Sense product roadmap has been updated to reflect objectives for the next two quarters. The updated roadmap reflects organizational goals, required compliance changes, and our commitment to improving the product based on customer feedback. Major items include HUD 2020 HMIS Data Standards updates, API support, Qlik Sense functionality and library reports, Unit Manager availability (formerly known as ShelterPoint), and other items. You can find a copy of the updated roadmap in the Libraries area of the WellSky Customer Community, in the "HACS Community Services Roadmap" category. Please do not hesitate to reach out to your WellSky account manager with any questions or concerns. If you do not know your account manager, please contact our Director of Account Management, Nathan Wright ( nathan.wright@wellsky.

THURSDAY: Balancing compliance and excellence [webinar]

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Change management strategies to create a culture of excellence Known Unknowns: Compliance, Risk Aversion, & Change Thursday, August 1 | 2 pm ET / 11 am PT  Your agency strives to achieve the best possible outcomes for your clients — but as you face strict regulation from government, payors, or funders, those requirements can often lead to a risk-averse culture where compliance becomes the overwhelming focus. This webinar will help you use regulations to develop a consistent operations framework that leads to excellence. What you will learn Understand the difference between compliance and quality See examples of how risk elimination does not equal excellence Use regulations as a launching point for outstanding client service Discover the change management principles that can help you transform a risk averse culture to go beyond compliance and aim for excell

Affordable Housing is Hiding in Plain Sight

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In This Issue: HUD Finally Puts a Landlord on Notice ● Vouchers Approved for Housing After Foster Care ● Opinion: Affordable Housing is Hiding in Plain Sight ● Shelter Shorts ● Also: Jobs ● Shelter Shorts ● Events + Week of Monday, July 29 In This Issue: HUD Finally Puts a Landlord on Notice ● Vouchers Approved for Housing After Foster Care ● Opinion: Affordable Housing is Hiding in Plain Sight ● Shelter Shorts ● Also: Jobs ● Shelter Shorts ● Events + Opinion: Affordable Housing is Hiding in Plain Sight Paul Brophy, Brophy and Reilly LLC; Carey Shea, Home by Hand Inc. Two former HUD secretaries recently wrote about the need for states and municipalities to increase production of affordab