Registration for our 22nd Annual Conference on Ending Homelessness is now open!  You can register online or download and return the registration form here.

This year’s theme is The Changing Face of Homelessness.  There will be workshops on a variety of topics including youth and child welfare, veterans, employment, overcoming NIMBYism, the McKinney-Vento and HEARTH Acts, communications, and policy and advocacy workshops that will offer tools to build a movement to end homelessness. The conference will include the popular SOAR academy which helps service providers better assist people who are homeless to access disability income benefits.

In addition to skill-building workshops, we'll have keynote speakers--including Superintendent of Public Instruction Randy Dorn--who will engage you and address current trends, and opportunities to network and get to know your peers from around the state.

New this year, we're adding a special awards dinner and reception on May 17th from 6 to 8pm to bring together homelessness and housing advocates to celebrate the Coalition for the Homeless and the Housing Alliance joining forces and the progress we've made together so far.  We'll also recognize our legislative champions and some of the advocates who have insired us and made that progress possible. This event will take place Thursday evening at a nearby location.  You can purchase your ticket when registering for the conference. The event is a fundraiser to support our ongoing advocacy work, and guests will be invited to make a contribution. Dinner, wine, beer, and non-alcoholic beverages are included in your ticket price. We look forward to seeing you there!

Rates for the conference are shown below.  Limited scholarships will be available.  Applications are available on our website and are due back to the Housing Alliance by noon on April 9th.

I hope to see you in Yakima in May!  In the meantime, if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email me.

Sincerely,
Jon