Speakers:

• Amy L. Freeman, Director – Brooklyn Health & Housing Consortium
• Bonnie Mohan, Executive Director – The Health & Housing Consortium, Inc.

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Speaker: Peggy Bailey, VP of Housing Policy – Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

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Based on the premise that those most affected by issues have the most insight into how best to find solutions that benefit the community as a whole, Participatory Action Research (PAR) lifts up the lived experiences and intelligence of community members. During this presentation, Brooklyn students who have conducted the PAR projects in Brooklyn neighborhoods where health disparities are most evident, share their findings around health and housing issues.

• Lawrence Hasely, Participatory Planning Manager – Just Urban Economies, MIT CoLab
• Jeffannie O’Garro, Brooklyn student researcher
• Kei Yeung Chan, Brooklyn student researcher
• Mila Mirskandova, Brooklyn student researcher
• Crystal Gilbert, Brooklyn student researcher

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In this panel, we share examples of successful partnerships between hospitals and homeless outreach, identify challenges, and explore opportunities for these partnerships to be replicated and institutionalized citywide.

Panelists:

• Moderator: Patricia Hernandez, Associate Director – CSH
• Juan Rivera, Program Director – BronxWorks
• Casey Burke, Program Director – Breaking Ground
• Shane Cox, Assistant Commissioner – NYC Department of Homeless Services
• Yinan Lan, MD, Director – Bellevue Safety Net Clinic, NYC HHC

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In this panel, we hear from senior housing providers on how they are adapting to provide connection amidst the isolation, from a medical doctor who treats homeless and formerly homeless older adults, and from the NYC Department for the Aging on programs and services available to keep older adults safely at home. Panelists share insight on how anyone working with older adults can best support and care for this population. 

Panelists:

• Moderator: Tanisha Hines, Program Officer – Enterprise Community Partners
• Jocelyn Groden, Associate Commissioner – NYC Department for the Aging
• Kristine Montañez, Supportive Services Director – RiseBoro Community Partnership
• Amy Chalfy, Co-Chief Program Officer – Jewish Association Serving the Aging
• Mira Batra, MD, Physician – Community Medicine, Family Health Centers at NYU Langone-Brooklyn

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In this panel, we hear from the Department of Homeless Services, two nonprofit providers operating these isolation hotels, and a resident of the program. We discuss the challenges and successes of establishing these programs, identify lessons learned, and look to the future to improve the way we provide homeless services with a renewed focus on permanent housing.

Panelists:

• Moderator: Ted Houghton, President – Gateway Housing
• Molly Park, First Deputy Commissioner – NYC Department of Homeless Services
• Simone Thompson, Director of Shelter Services – Care for the Homeless
• EJ Bryant-Mazauskas, Resident – Susan’s Place
• Kandra Clark, Vice President of Policy & Strategy – Exodus Transitional Community

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Consortium board member, Pascale Leone, sums up the key takeaways from each session of the two-day event and leaves us with a powerful call to action: not to return to normal but rather seize this moment to fight for a better, more just future.

Speaker: Pascale Leone, Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the Corporation for Supportive Housing

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Event Program

Presentations:

• Consortium Updates and Progress
• HIV, Incarceration, and the Puerto Rico to NYC Air Bridge
• Housing & Health: 2017 + Beyond
• Bronx Respite Needs Assessment
  
• St. Barnabas 3rd Avenue Housing Development
  
• ​MRT Housing and VBP
  
• Supportive Housing in the Bronx
  
• CAPS Overview
  
• CAPS Demonstration