Maryland Community Action Partnership
2019 Human Services Conference
Navigating the High Road – Service, Action, Advocacy
May 6-9 in Hunt Valley, MD
Conference Overview
Join us to explore strategies to heighten and enhance service, action and advocacy. Pre-conference trainings and meetings will be held on May 6.
A Community Action Vision & Value Awards Breakfast and a Parent and Volunteer Awards Luncheon will be held during the conference.
Opening Session - Poverty Panel
Featuring Debbie Weinstein - Coalition on Human Needs, Michael J. Wilson-MD Hunger Solutions, Job Opportunity Task Force -- Guest Moderator: Denise Harlow - Nat'l Community Action Partnership - Special Guest: David Bradley, NCAF, Clarence Carter- Office of Family Assistance & Office of Community Services
Workshops
The conference will feature five workshop tracks – see the Conference Guide for presenters for each session as listed by track on the Conference Agenda.
Management & Administration
- Reducing Food Insecurity: Food Policy Council
- Connecting Money, Mission & Outcomes: A model for Nonprofit Accountability
s - Continuous Improvement Strategies: UPOs Use of Dashboards & Scorecards
- Harm Reduction Advocacy
- Hunger Is A Racial Equity Issue
- Situational Leadership
s - Crisis Communications: Strategies for Dealing with Crisis
- Lobbying & Political Activity: Playing by The Rules
- The Coach Approach in Supervision
Professional & Program Development
- General Ethical Considerations & Standards
- Understanding Autism Spectrum Disorders
s - Building Self Healing Communities: Understanding the Impact of ACEs
- Prosperity Now 2019 Scorecard: Data In Action
- Extrasensory Strategic Thinking (EST) to Transform & Become a High Impact CAA
- Strengthsfinder: Maximizing Your Full Potential
s - Supporting Undocumented Clients
- Solution Focused Casework
Direct Service Track
- Rethinking the American Safety Net
- Delmarva Community Services: Transportation Best Practices
s - Achieving Family Prosperity through Two-Generation Approaches
- Strategies to Prevent Recidivism
- Engaging Youth
- Empowering Your Clients through Financial Education
s - Working with Workforce Development
- Hidden in Plain Sight- Human Trafficking
Board Governance
- Confessions of an Executive Director Hooked on ROMA
- Implementing Innovative Practices: Collective Impact
s - Community Initiative: Defining Community Level Work
- How to Recruit Boards Ready To Serve!
- Successfully Competing for Funding
- Two-Generation Roundtable
s - Board Excellence
- Do The Right Thing : Cultivating A Culture of Compliance
Housing/Homelessness
- Building & Strengthening Partnerships with Your Continuum of Care (CoC)
- Housing & Urban Development (HUD) Opportunities
s - Housing First Initiatives
- Mental Health Basic & De-Escalation Training
- Harm Reduction & Naloxone/Narcan Training
- Rapid Rehousing
s - Working To Keep People Housed
- Local Solutions, Breakthrough Innovations
