Rural Homelessness Capacity Building Program

Funded by the Department of Health and Human Services Compassion Capital Fund

Training Opportunities

Audio-web trainings will focus on issues targeted to rural homeless providers, as well as opportunities for these organizations to network with the broader rural housing development and homelessness communities. Topics will range from general capacity building to specific homeless service provision issues produced by HAC and NAEH. Trainings will be conducted online and over the phone and will be open to anyone wishing to participate.

Have an idea for a training? Email RHCB to share your ideas.

Course Descriptions

AudioWeb Training: USING THE RURAL HOUSING DATA PORTAL
June 27, 2008

Participants learned how to access the Housing Assistance Council's Rural Housing Data Portal, which contains county-level social, economic, and housing data that organizations can quickly access to illustrate local conditions. Lance George, senior research associate with the Housing Assistance Council, provided an overview of various federal data sources, the definition of rural, and a brief tutorial on using the data portal. To access the powerpoint presention, click below. Visit HAC's dataportal at http://www.ruralhome.org/dataportal/.

Powerpoint Presentation

APPLYING FOR HUD RURAL HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (RHED) IN 2008
May 12, 2008

HAC hosted the audioweb conference: Applying for HUD RHED in 2008 from 3:00 - 4:00 pm EST. The conference provided local practitioners with the information they need to successfully apply for RHED program funds. HAC presented information on Application Criteria, Eligible Applicants and Activities, Rating Factors, and Leveraging. For more information, please see materials below.

Resources for RHED 2008 Applications

~These trainings are sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services Compassion Capital Fund as part of the Rural Homelessness Capacity Building Project.

Audio-Web Training: Guide to applying for RHCB Capacity Building Grant - Audio Web Conference
Date: March 12, 2008 at 2 pm ET.

This training walked organizations through the application and answered questions. See materials below.

US Department of Health and Human Resources Compassion Capital Fund Resources

Upcoming Trainings

Audio Conference: Rural Counts
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm on Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Since 2003, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Continuum of Care (CoC) Application has required communities to do point-in-time counts of the people who are homeless (sheltered and unsheltered) every two years in the last 10 days of January. The next count will be held in January 2009. Communities have, over time, developed strategies to improve data quality to get more accurate counts, and they have also attempted to get more substantive data to inform their larger planning efforts to end homelessness. Rural communities encounter unique challenges in planning and implementing point-in-time counts, particularly with regard to the unsheltered portion of the count. In an effort to help rural communities improve the data gleaned from the upcoming count, this audio conference will explore specific challenges to rural point-in-time counts, including geography, transportation, inclement weather, resources, outreach training, data and statistical capacity, as well as other obstacles unique to rural communities. Please join us on this call as we offer practical strategies and lessons learned from both local and national perspectives.

On the day of the call, click here to listen. This link will become active at 2:45 pm on September 17.

This call is sponsored by the Housing Assistance Council in partnership with the Center for Capacity Building at the National Alliance to End Homelessness.