2.4: Growing Resources: Connecting Families to Benefits and Services

The process of accessing public benefits and services can be a challenge for both caseworkers and families. Presenters in this workshop will discuss ways to better advocate for families experiencing homelessness, including ways to implement the SSI/SSDI Outreach, Access and Recovery Initiative (SOAR), leverage TANF benefits, and more.

Speakers:

• Yvonne Perret, Advocacy and Training Center, Cumberland, MD.
• Rachel Natelson, National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, Washington, DC.
• Sharon McDonald, National Alliance to End Homelessness, Washington, D.C.