From:                                         SSVF

Sent:                                           Friday, October 09, 2015 9:54 AM

Subject:                                     SSVF Program Updates October 9, 2015

 

Importance:                            High

 

Topics:

 

1.     SSVF National Webinar:  Thursday, October 15, 2015

2.     SOAR Voices blog

3.     Resource:  USICH releases Further Guidance for Communities on What it Means to End Veteran Homelessness ( see PDF Attachments)

 

1.     SSVF National Webinar:  October 15th  , 2015

 

This training will become part of the SSVF University’s required training for new staff under “Staff Development”.

 

Title:   VA’s Suicide Prevention Overview: The Power of 1

 

Date:  October 15, 2015

 

Time: 2:00 PM – 3:30 pm EDT

Description: This presentation will be divided into two parts:

Part 1: Overview of VA's efforts related to suicide prevention and the resources available to Veterans who may be in crisis or having thoughts of suicide to be presented by Dr. Caitlin Thompson, VA's Deputy Director for Suicide Prevention

Part 2: Overview of Critical Incidents received by SSVF and guidance for submitting Critical Incidents

Register now!

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6734893918902629889

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

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2.     SOAR Voices Blog

 

Last week, one of our SSVF grantees, Swords to Plowshares, was featured as a guest blogger in the SSI/SSDI Outreach, Access, and Recovery (SOAR) blog. Great work! This is the link

http://soarworks.prainc.com/content/learning-%E2%80%9Csoar%E2%80%9D-san-francisco-my-journey-discovery

or click on

http://soarworks.prainc.com/blog

The SOAR TA Center’s new SOAR Voices blog (http://soarworks.prainc.com/blog) is a collection of stories and experiences from SOAR providers across the nation, and they want your story! They will feature a different post each month by a member of the SOAR community – from Hawaii to Maine. The SOAR TA Center would love to feature SSVF grantees who are utilizing SOAR to help end Veteran homelessness.

Call for submissions: If you would like to write a post for the SOAR Voices blog, please e-mail your post to soar@prainc.com, with the subject line “SOAR Voices.” Posts are accepted on a rolling basis and should be between 250-500 words, and, if possible, include an image to go along with the post.

3.     Resource:  USICH releases Further Guidance for Communities on What it Means to End Veteran Homelessness

 

Earlier this year, USICH, VA, and HUD developed a set of criteria to help communities assess their progress toward achieving the goal of ending Veteran homelessness.

USICH heard from many communities that they would like the criteria to be clearer about some of the expectations and more measurable. In response, USICH further refined the criteria and added some benchmarks and specifications to clarify how we define ending Veteran homelessness.

Attached are two documents for your review:

·         ACHIEVING THE GOAL OF ENDING VETERAN HOMELESSNESS Criteria and Benchmarks

·          ACHIEVING THE GOAL OF ENDING VETERAN HOMELESSNESS Specifications

 

 

 

 

Thank you,

 

SSVF Program Office