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Richard Townsell is a Chicago (North Lawndale) native and thought leader in community development. In Richard’s 20+ year career in community development, he has developed nearly 500 units of residential and commercial properties (which have totaled over $100 MM in total development cost) and helped to design comprehensive community plans for affordable housing, education and economic development initiatives. 
Richard is the Executive Director at the Lawndale Christian Development Corporation. Richard has taught community development courses at Northwestern University's Asset-Based Community Development Institute as well as with the Chicago Rehab Network’s Urban Developer’s Institute.  He holds a Bachelor of Science from Northwestern University in Mathematics Education and a Master of Science from Spertus College in Nonprofit Management. Richard has received many awards for the work including the Fellow of the Year at Leadership Greater Chicago’s 20th anniversary and a Leadership for a Changing World Award from the Ford Foundation.  
Richard has been married to his college sweetheart Stephanie for over 30 years.  They have two adult children, Lena and Gabriel.  Richard is currently enrolled and pursuing a Doctorate in Ministry at Northern Baptist Theological Seminary.  
 

COLONEL STEVE HOWARD, Chief Secretary
Colonel Steve Howard is Chief Secretary for the Central Territory. Steve and his wife, Janice, have been Salvation Army officers for more than 38 years during which time they have served primarily in the USA Eastern Territory but also have held appointments in England and Kenya. 

 After being commissioned as officers, Steve and Janice served as corps officers in Lancaster and Columbus, Ohio, and at the Brooklyn Bay Ridge Corps in New York. They also have had divisional headquarters appointments in the Eastern Pennsylvania and Delaware, Northern New England and Northeast Ohio divisions in the USA Eastern Territory.

Steve and Janice were privileged to be appointed in 2006 to the staff of the International College for Officers in London. In 2009 Steve was appointed as Chief Secretary of the Kenya East Territory and lived in Nairobi, Kenya. The Howards were appointed as the Divisional Leaders of the Northeast Ohio Division in July 2012. In July 2013 Steve was appointed as Secretary for Personnel in the USA Eastern Territory.  

Prior to officership, Steve received a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from The Ohio State University and then while an officer he completed a Master in Business Administration at the University of Southern Maine.

The Howards have one adult child, Philip, who lives near Cincinnati, Ohio, with his wife, Krystal. Steve and Janice are the proud grandparents of James Michael.

Steve loves the Lord, loves people and loves life.
 

Sam Tsemberis, Ph.D., is a clinical-community psychologist who originated the “Housing First” model, an evidence based program for effectively ending homelessness for individuals diagnosed with mental illness and addiction.  Housing First programs are successfully implemented across the US, Canada, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.  Dr. Tsemberis has decades of experience in program operations, training, consultation, and research.  He currently serves as CEO of the Pathways Housing First Institute, is on the faculty at UCLA Department of Psychiatry and serves as Executive Director of the UCLA-VA Center of Excellence for Training and Research on Veterans Homelessness and Recovery.   He has published widely on the topics of homelessness, mental illness, and addiction and received recognition for Independent Contribution to Practice from the American Psychological Association and awarded the Meritorious Service Cross from the Government of Canada.    

10:00 am to 5:00 pm

Registration 

Lunch on your own

12:45 pm to 1:45 pm

Workshop 1 (60 minutes)

1A Workshop – Emergency Homeless Assessment and Rapid Response to Families Experiencing Homelessness

Troy Colbert, Director, The Shield of Hope, Emergency Homeless Response and Assessment Center (NCI)

1B Workshop – Using TSA Evaluations to Develop Best Practices in Shelter and Housing Programs

Bryant Erickson, Program Evaluation, Development, and Training Coordinator; Joan Kurtz, Territorial Program Development and Evaluation Consultant; and Noëlle Cothern, Territorial Program Development and Evaluation Consultant (THQ) 

1C Workshop – The Housing First Model (Part 1 of 2)

Cody Andrews, Social Services Director and Torrie Kopp-Mueller, COC Coordinator (WUM)

1D Workshop – Resiliency from the Ground Up: Working Towards Housing When There Are No Solutions, A Discussion of Ideas and Solutions 

Lieutenant Karen Felton – Corps Officer, St. Charkes, MO Corps Community Center (MID)

2:00 pm to 3:15 pm

Plenary Session 1

Speaker: Richard Townsell, Executive Director,       Lawndale Christion Development Corporation

3:15 pm - 3:30 pm

Break

3:45 pm to 5:15 pm

Workshop 2 (90 Minutes)

2A Workshop – The Housing First Model-Housing First Case Management Skills (harm reduction, trauma-informed care, and motivational interviewing) (Part 2 of 2)

Cody Andrews, Social Services Director and Torrie Kopp-Mueller, COC Coordinator (WUM)

2B Workshop – Pathway of Hope Approach in Housing Programs: Enhancing Participant Services, Outcomes, and Funding Support

Linda Brinker, Pathway of Hope Director (THQ)

2C Workshop- Using SSVF Case Management to Prevent Veterans from Losing Housing, Identifying more Sustainable Housing Options or Rapidly Rehousing Veterans and their Families

Matthew Thom Director, Supportive Services for Veteran Families (KWM) and Jennifer Valade, Director of Veteran Services (NCI)

2D Workshop – Community Housing Development and Centering Dignity in Low-Income Housing

Richard Townsell, Executive Director of Lawndale Christian Development Center

6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

7:30 pm – 9:00 pm

Dinner-Plenary Session 2

Speaker-TBD

Snack Bar

Art Space 

Table Games

7:45 am

Morning Worship and Praise

8:30 am – 10:00 am

Workshop 3 (90 Minutes)

3A Workshop – Rural Homelessness and Service Extension Housing Programs
Rachel Fjellman, Executive Director of Social Services; Ken Tregellas, Divisional Service Extension Director; Duana Bremer, Social Services Director at Salvation Army Grace Place; Jennifer Salaba, Lead Case Manager/Shelter Manager; and Stephena Smith, Contract Administrator (WUM)  

3B Workshop – Low-Income Senior Housing – A Formula for Successful Aging in Place

Sarah Jakubowski, Program Manager (WUM) 

3C Workshop – Zero KC: Kansas City's Collaborative Effort to End Houselessness in the Metro

Michelle McCoy, Kansas City Director of Social Ministries (KWM)

3D Workshop – Recognizing and Responding to Human Trafficking within Shelter and Housing Services

Elyse Dobney, Social Justice and City Mission Director, Anti-Trafficking Territorial Contact Person (THQ) 

10:10 am -10:30 am

Break

10:30 am – 11:45 am

Plenary Session-3 Implementing the Housing First Model 

Dr. Sam Tsemberis, Founder/CEO

Pathways Housing First

11:45 am – 12:45 pm

Lunch

12:45 pm – 2:15 pm

Workshop 4 (90 minutes)

4A Workshop – Housing First Model 

Dr. Sam Tsemberis, Founder/CEO

Pathways Housing First

4B Workshop - Implicit Bias & Cultural Humility: Introduction to Key Principles (Part 1 of 2)
Dr. Erri Hewitt, Clinical Assistant Professor and Vice-Chair of Equity and Anti-Racism, Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin-Madison

4C Workshop -Community Collaboration and Funding Sources for Housing Programs

Lt Colonel Richardson, Assistant Chief Secretary (THQ)and John Wuest, Advisory Board Member

4D Workshop – Pastoral Care in Housing programs

Captain Leonita Schweigert, Twin Cities Chaplain and Administrator, Booth Manor Residence, Social Services; Envoy Tonya Carlson, Correctional Services Chaplain; Charles Barry, Correctional Services Director; and Envoy Laura Moore, Assistant Twin Cities Chaplain (NOR)

2:15 pm -2:45 pm

Break

2:45 pm -4:00 pm

Workshops (75 minutes)

5A Workshop – 5A Workshop – Implicit Bias & Cultural Humility: Integrating Principles into Clinical Practice (Part 2 of 2)
Dr. Erri Hewitt, Clinical Assistant Professor and Vice-Chair of Equity and Anti-Racism, Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin-Madison

5B Workshop – Response to the Migrant Population

DHQ Staff (NCI) – Shield of Hope and NCI’s 

5C Workshop – Understanding the Impact Trauma has on Us

Gaynette Hoskins, Residential Services Director, and Gaby Bontea, Director, The Salvation Army Safe Harbor Shelter-Bloomington, IL  (NCI) 

5D Workshop – Pathway of Hope Case Management Model and Survivors: Development and Implementation of Services for Survivors of Domestic Violence

Dena Simpson, Divisional Social Services Director (IND) 

5E Workshop- Impacts of Trauma in Shelter and Housing Programs

Karen Thomson, Regional Program Planner (MID)

4:30 pm – 5:30 pm

7:00-8:30 pm

Shuttle Buses depart for Madison Housing

Tours and onsite presentation for pre-registered delegates

Drop off at Madison central restaurant area. 

Dinner on your own

 Shuttles buses return to Sheraton.

Art space open

7:45 am

Morning Worship and Praise

8:30 am – 10:00 am

Plenary Session – Panel Presentation – 4

Jerry Burka, Old Orchard Consulting, Inc. 

Bramwell Higgins, 

Jenni Lippitt, The Alexander Group

Melissa Sorensen

10:00 am-10:15 am

Break

10:30 am – 12:00 am

Brunch & Closing Plenary Session – 5
Colonel Steven Howard
Chief Secretary
 

1:00 pm

Dedication and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

The Shield Apartments

22 N. Blount Street

Madison, WI