CMHS Consumer Affairs E-News
November 4, 2003, Vol. 03-104

AUDIO & WEB-BASED CONFERENCE ON PREVENTING HOMELESSNESS AMONG FAMILIES

This month's Leadership to End Homelessness Audio Conference on Preventing Homelessness Among Families, will take place 3-4 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, November 13. Linda Gibbs, New York City's commissioner of homeless services, will be joining to share details about her city's innovative new prevention strategy that uses homeless services data to target increased intervention efforts within a specific number of communities. This call will be especially helpful for those communities who are planning to implement community-based prevention efforts in their plans to end homelessness.

The audio conference will include a brief presentation and a discussion period, in which questions will be accepted from participants. Thanks to the cooperation of the PATH program at HHS, those with Internet audio capability can participate in this conference call via the web -- free of charge. For complete information on how to listen to the call through the webcast and submit questions by email, please see http://www.endhomelessness.org/audio/webcast.htm

For those wishing to participate by phone, the cost of the call will be approximately $30 and registration is required beforehand.

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