2025 Spring Development Day - Full Schedule
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| Time | Title | Description | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 - 8:45 AM | Check-In | Get checked in and pick up your nametag and agenda. | |
| 8:30 - 9:00 AM | Breakfast | Breakfast in the Blue Herron Ballroom | |
| 9:00 - 9:40 AM | Opening Plenary | A presentation on grit and resilience by Charlotte Westerhaus-Renfrow | |
| 9:50 - 10:40 AM | Uplifting Youth Voice in Housing Systems | Overview of Youth Advisory Board and the Youth Homelessness Systems Improvement Grant | Youth / Regional Leadership |
| Wasting Away Again...Introduction to Fraud, Waste, and Abuse | Introduction to and best practices for avoiding fraud, waste, and abuse | Agency Leadership / Compliance and Monitoring | |
| The Needle in the Haystack: Identifying Alternative Housing Solutions | Introduction into Housing Problem Solving and Diversion, including guidance and engaging in these discussions with clients | Case Management (Foundational) | |
| Grounded Resilience: Foundational Practices to Support CoC Network Partners | Mindfulness and meditation tips for agency partners | Mindfulness / Agency Leadership | |
| 10:50 - 11:40 AM | Fair Housing Project | A dive into ICRC and IHCDA's joint Fair Housing Project results | Data |
| Oops We Did It Again: Compliance Trends and How to Fix Them | Compliance trends that IHCDA's Community Services team has seen lately and how to remedy or avoid them | Compliance and Monitoring / Grants | |
| Mobile Advocacy: Meeting Domestic Violence Survivors Where They Are | Presentation on the emergent shift from shelter-based care to mobile advocacy among domestic violence providers | Case Management (Foundational) / Case Management (Advanced) / Regional Leadership | |
| People With Lived Experience: Bringing Their Voices to the Table | Panel discussion on how to involve PLE in decision making, policies, and practices, in authentic and dignity-focused ways | Youth / Agency Leadership / Regional Leadership / People With Lived Expertise | |
| 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM | LUNCH | IN BOS CoC Membership Meeting and Presentation of the 2025 R.I.P.P.L.E. Award | |
| 1:25 - 2:15 PM | IHCDA Program From Outside the Community Services Team | An overview of some of the other programs IHCDA is involved in such as TBRA and vouchers | Case Management (Foundational) / Grants |
| How to Access 988 and Tips for Crisis Response | Panel discussion on the use of 988 and crisis response throughout the state | Case Management (Advanced) / Agency Leadership | |
| Pieces of the Puzzle: How Data and Data Quality Impact CoC Funding | Presentation about CoC funding and common ways data and data quality can impact the funding our CoC receives | Data 1 / Agency Leadership / Grants / Compliance and Monitoring | |
| 2:25 - 3:15 PM | Building Your Reputation: How Your Agency Can Become Subject Matter Experts | Presentation on how your agency can become subject matter experts for your local government and build relationships with them | Agency Leadership / Regional Leadership |
| Money, Money, Money...the Confusing World of Client Income | Best practices for calculating client income | Case Management (Foundational) / Compliance and Monitoring | |
| A Feather in Your CAP | The benefits of involving your Community Action Program (CAP) agencies in your Regional Planning Council and as a partner agency | Case Management (Foundational) / Agency Leadership / Regional Leadership | |
| The Story of Data - IHCDA's Version |
Data-driven storytelling and how your region can use it to tell your tale. Note: this session requires some basic data knowledge. Please attend previous data session (Tag - Data 1) | Data 2 / Agency Leadership / Regional Leadership | |
| 3:25 - 4:00 PM | Closing Plenary | CS Team Q&A Session |
The Community Services Team will be hosting a Q&A Panel at the IN BoS CoC 2025 Spring Development Day. We have created a survey where you can give us your questions ahead of the day. Please feel free to send questions no later than April 1st.
Click HERE to access the survey
In an effort to continue to honor the impact of people with lived expertise, the IN BoS CoC will be awarding someone the R.I.P.P.L.E. (Recognizing the Incredible Power of People with Lived Expertise) award, again this year. If you would like to nominate someone as the recipient of this year’s R.I.P.P.L.E. award, please reach out to Andrea Ramirez with their name and a detailed description highlighting their impact in your community.
