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TRAINING AND MODEL ADVOCACY MATERIALS

Below you will find training documents from trainings conducted by NLCHP and other organizations. You will also find model advocacy letters and materials available for use by local advocates.

If you have materials that you would like to share, please email them to kzeisel@nlchp.org

Improving Housing and School Stability for Survivors of Domestic Violence

2005 VAWA provisions, the Fair Housing Act and the McKinney Vento provisions protecting educational rights for homeless children (NLCHP)

Working With Public Housing Authorities

Helping Advocates Work with Public Housing Authorities

Working with Your Public Housing Authority: The Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Experience, by Kay Moshier McDivitt
(National Alliance to End Homelessness)
Sample Advocacy Letter to PHA from ACLU (ACLU)
Sample Notice to Section 8 tenants from housing authority (courtesy of Legal Aid of Minnesota) 
Sample Notice to Public Housing tenants from housing authority (courtesy of Legal Aid of Minnesota)
Sample Notice to Section 8 Owners from Housing Authority (courtesy of Legal Aid of Minnesota) 
Sample Transfer Policy (courtesy of Legal Aid of Minnesota) 

Minn Community Education VAWA information (courtesy of Legal Aid of Minnesota) 
Sample VAWA Safety Plan (courtesy of Legal Aid of Minnesota) 

NAHRO sample certification form (can be used to adapt for housing authorities)
NAHRO Sample VAWA policy (can be adapted and expanded for housing authorities)



Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence:
Protecting Access to Public and Voucher Housing: An Advocacy Manual for Domestic Violence Centers (Part 1)
Protecting Access to Public and Voucher Housing: An Advocacy Manual for Domestic Violence Centers (Part 2)
 

                           
Trainings for Public Housing Authorities     

 Pine Tree Legal Aid Public Housing Authority Training materials

VAWA 2005 training Materials

NLCHP Presentation at the National Alliance to End Homelessness Family Homelessness Conference (for housing advocates)

NLCHP Materials for the Center for Survivor Agency and Justice Housing Institute, January, 2008 (for Domestic Violence attorneys)
NLCHP Materials for Expert Chat on Knowledgeplex, March, 2008 (for all audiences)
NLCHP Implementing the VAWA in Public and Section 8 Housing, Complete Knowledgeplex Chat (with presentations by Kathy Zeisel, NLCHP, Kate Walz, Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, and Gail Monahan, Alchoa County Housing Authority, audio training available for download.  Must complete free registration.) 
NLCHP

NLCHP CORT Training, June, 2008 (for Legal Services Attorneys)
NLCHP Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence Training, June, 2008 (for domestic violence advocates and attorneys)
NLCHP NCADV Conference: Advocating at a Local Level to Preserve Survivors' Housing Rights(July, 2008)
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence Conference (NLCHP, NHLP, Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law) 
NLCHP presentation for National Network to End Domestic Violence Transitional Housing Training (January 2008) 
Legal Aid of Minnesota VAWA 2005 powerpoint
Legal Aid of Minnesota VAWA glossary

Domestic Violence and Housing General Training Materials

NLCHP presentation to the Native American Indian Housing Council 2008 Conference and Trade Show
Alasek Institute presentation to the Native American Indian Housing Council 2008 Conference and Trade Show
Getting and Keeping Housing (training for advocates) (courtesy of Legal Aid of Minnesota) 

DC Training Materials


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This page was created by Kathy Zeisel on Nov 02, 2007 3:40 PM
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