The 2nd Annual Camillus House Institute of Homeless Studies Symposium:
Applying Research to End Homelessness
The best experts from around the country will be coming to Miami to present the latest research, findings, and trends on homelessness. Individuals working in the fields of homelessness, health care, and social services, community leaders and policy makers, and media are invited to join us as we learn about new ways to improve efforts to ending homelessness.
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Monday February 4, 2008 | 8:00 am – 5:00pm
Tuesday February 5, 2008 | 8:00 am – 5:00pm
Doubletree Grand Hotel Biscayne Bay, 1717 North Bayshore Drive, Miami, FL 33132
Directions:
Take I-95 and exit onto I-395 East. Exit on Biscayne Blvd/N.E. 2nd Avenue. Go through the 1st traffic light and turn left at the 2nd light which is Biscayne Blvd/US1. Make a right on N.E. 15th Street. Go one block and make a left on North Bayshore Drive. After the skywalk, on the right-hand side will be the Doubletree Grand Hotel.
Accommodations:
Special rate rooms are available for this event at the DoubleTree Grand Hotel, at $199 per night, plus applicable taxes. The special rate room block will be held until January 4, 2008. You can reserve your room using any of the following methods:
- Web Site:
Visit http://www.biscaynebay.doubletree.com; Enter date of arrival and departure; City: Miami click “Find It” Find our property and click “View Rates” Fill out room type preference and fill in Group/ Convention Code: CAM & click Continue to finish reservation procedures…. Your group rate will be associated with the reservation. - E-Mail or Fax:
Email or Fax the attached Reservations Request Form with all your information to Miguel.Hernandez2@hilton.com or (305) 523-3313 - Local Number:
Call 305-372-0313, ask for the Reservations Dept and inform the Reservations Specialist that you would like to reserve a room for the Camillus House Symposium Room Block give them your Group Code (CAM). - (800) Number:
Call (800) 853-0270. Inform the Reservations Specialist that you would like to reserve a room for the Camillus House Symposium Room Block or give them your GROUP CODE (CAM)
Should you need more information on the hotel or the local areas please visit our website at http://www.biscaynebay.doubletreegrand.com or call our Concierge at (305) 372-0313.
Registration fees cover both days of the event. Single day registrations are not available. Breakfast and lunch is included.
Regular Registration: $125 per person
Student Registration: $25 (must provide proof of current enrollment
in a related field)
Scholarships available for persons working in organizations with limited budgets. Please contact Karen Mahar at karen@camillus.org if you need more information on requesting scholarship assistance.
Much has been learned about homelessness in the past three decades. Research has helped us learn more and more about who is homeless, what causes homelessness, and, most importantly, what it takes to end homelessness. This symposium will focus on presenting the latest research to those persons working in the fields of homelessness, healthcare, social services, or other fields.
Our goal is to help translate all that research into practice, so that we can get on with this business of ending homelessness.
Some of the topics covered will include:
- Changing homeless and mainstream service systems: Essential approaches to ending homelessness
- Chronic homelessness (current trends, new housing approaches, and more)
- Family Homelessness (comparison of housing and services models)
- Direct access to housing: A health care based approach
- Foster care and homelessness
- Traumatic brain injury and cognitive impairment amongst persons experiencing homelessness
- Respite care (multi-site study results and program evaluations)
- HIV/AIDS prevention effectiveness
- Shelter utilization patterns
- Involving research in homeless programs: Perspectives from Tampa Bay
Some of the best and brightest minds who have been conducting research and thinking about ending homelessness will be coming to Miami to share what they know.
Key note speakers will include Kim Hopper and Martha Burt.
Other renowned experts will include Carol Caton, Sarah Ciambrone, William Darrow, Sondra Fogel, Jack Garrett, Stephanie Geller, Jennifer Highley, Stephen Hwang, Stefan Kertesz, Paul Koegel, Ken Kraybill, John Lozier, Jim O'Connell, Marc Trotz, Beth Weitzman, Kathy Wiggins, James D. Wright, Suzanne Zerger, Cheryl Zlotnick, and more!
Get more information and/or register online or by contacting Karen Mahar
This Symposium is funded in part by support from our partners:
