Webinar for Vera’s Opening Doors to Public Housing Initiative
The Vera Institute of Justice (Vera) is offering a webinar that promises to inform potential applicants about the goals of the Opening Doors to Public Housing Initiative. The Opening Doors to Public Housing Initiative seeks to provide technical assistance to PHAs that wish to plan and implement reentry programs or change their admissions policies for people with conviction histories. Additionally, the webinar will provide an overview of the application requirements, allow time for questions from interested applicants, and present applicants from past Opening Doors sites who will share their experiences implementing reentry programs and changing their housing policies.
Housing authorities and their justice system partners are strongly encouraged to participate in the webinar, though it is open to all.
Opening Doors to Public Housing (Friday, January 17, 2020 at 1 pm ET)
- Presenters include the following:
- Andre Bethea, Policy Advisor, Corrections, Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice;
- Laura Gregory, Resident Services Manager, Oklahoma City Housing Authority; and
- Julio Sanchez, Senior Probation & Parole Officer, Delaware Correctional Reentry Commission (DCRC) In-reach Coordinator, Georgetown Probation & Parole.
The webinar registration can be found here.