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HOPE and HOUSING
Through Community Connections

September 19–21
Embassy Suites, Charleston, WV

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HOPE and HOUSING Building - September 19-21 Embassy Suites, Charleston, WV - WV Housing Conference
WELCOME                                     to the
West Virginia 2018                  Housing Conference
           The West Virginia Housing Conference is a vital forum and learning
           opportunity for housing leaders from across the region and nation.
           Advocates, lenders, developers, administrators and policy makers
           from the non-profit, public and private sectors are here to create
  opportunities and make certain that safe, affordable housing is an option
  for everyone in the Mountain State. This year, our theme is Building Hope
  and Housing Through Community Connections. Our event will feature 60+
  sessions and numerous opportunities to engage and network with local,
  state and national experts from across the housing spectrum. With topics
  ranging from housing’s role in the fight against drug addiction to how we
  use safe, secure housing to mitigate the long-term effects of poverty and
  economic insecurity to the latest in housing finance, we are certain every
  attendee will find a session or track that works for them.

  Please join us as we share thought-provoking ideas, best-practice models
  and have a little fun as we find new and innovative ways to unlock housing
  for all West Virginians.

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CONFERENCE
                                                                                       AT-A-GLANCE
             Wednesday, September 19, 2018
Wednesday, September 19, 2018
9:00 am –
4:00 pm
                                                                Registration (Coat Room)

                                                               Welcome (Salons D/E)
                     Eric Preston, United National Bank, President – CommunityWorks in West Virginia, Inc. Board of Directors
12:00 pm –
1:15 pm                         Luncheon & Opening Keynote: Innovation in Community Development Lending
                                           Jay Plum, Executive Vice President, Huntington Banks
                    Introduced by Ted Ranson, Senior Vice President, West Virginia Area Manager, Huntington National Bank

                                                                  Concurrent Sessions A
             A1                    A2                     A3                     A4                  A5                      A6
             Rental Development/   Revitalization –       Homeless – What is     Elderly/ Senior     Domestic Violence –     Drug & Alcohol – Drug
             Compliance – Rental   Introduction to        a Continuum of         Housing and         State of the State of   Trends and Awareness
1:30 pm –    Housing Management    Property Tax Lien      Care?                  Services – Elder    Domestic Violence in    (Salon B)
2:30 pm      Track – Part 1        Sales                  Understanding          Abuse: What Is It   WV (Room 227)
             (Salon C)             (Salon A)              What Is Available in   & What Can I Do?
                                                          My Community           (Room 230)
                                                          (Charleston Board
                                                          Room)

2:30 pm –
2:45 pm
                                                                   Break (Exhibit Area)

                                                                  Concurrent Sessions B
             B1                    B2                     B3                     B4                  B5                      B6
             Rental Development/   Revitalization – BAD   Homeless –             Elderly/ Senior     Domestic Violence –     Drug & Alcohol –
2:45 pm –    Compliance – Rental   Buildings: Balancing   Processes and          Housing and         Using Social            Remediation Process
3:45 pm      Housing Management    Demolition, New        Models for Ending      Services – Aging    Enterprise to Support   and Related Costs:
             Track – Part 2        Construction, and      Homelessness           at Home with        Housing and             Crime Scene, Needles,
             (Salon C)             Preservation           (Charleston Board      Support and         Programs, Part 1        Meth and Mold
                                   (Salon A)              Room)                  Services            (Room 227)              (Salon B)
                                                                                 (Room 230)
3:45 pm –
4:00 pm
                                                                   Break (Exhibit Area)

                                                                  Concurrent Sessions C
             C1                    C2                     C3                     C4                  C5                      C6
             Rental Development/   Revitalization –       Homeless – Home        Elderly/ Senior     Domestic Violence –     Drug & Alcohol –
4:00 pm –    Compliance – Rental   Addressing Vacant      Ownership Model        Housing and         Using Social            Housing for People
5:00 pm      Housing Management    and Dilapidated        (Veterans)             Services –          Enterprise to Support   with Behavioral Health
             Track – Part 3        Buildings through      (Charleston Board      Hoarding, Loss,     Housing and             Needs
             (Salon C)             Partnerships and       Room)                  and the Stuff of    Programs, Part 2        (Salon B)
                                   Legal Tools                                   Our Lives           (Room 227)
                                   (Salon A)                                     (Room 230)

                                                                    Dinner on your own

                                                                                 View presenter bios online at
                                                                                 WVHousingConference.com

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Thursday, September 20, 2018
7:30 am –
8:15 am
                                                  Continental Breakfast & Registration (Exhibit Area)

                                               Plenary: Rural Housing Policy & Trends (Salons D/E)
8:30 am –                              David Lipsetz, Chief Executive Officer, Housing Assistance Council
9:30 am                                  Introduced by Dave Clark, Woodlands Development Group,
                                 President Emeritus – CommunityWorks in West Virginia, Inc. Board of Directors
9:30 am –
                                                                  Break (Exhibit Area)
9:45 am

                                                                 Concurrent Sessions D
             D1               D2                   D3                  D4                 D5                  D6                  D7
             Rental           Revitalization –     Homeless – The      Elderly/ Senior    Domestic            Drug & Alcohol –    Housing Issues &
             Development/     Property Taxes,      Urban Legend of     Housing and        Violence –          Recovery Point –    Services – Housing
9:45 am –    Compliance –     Affordable           Urban               Services – Can     Economic            “Recovery IS a      Persons with
10:45 am     Rental Housing   Housing, and         Homelessness        Senior Housing     Empowerment         Process”            HIV/AIDS
             Management       Nonprofits           (Charleston Board   Assist with Your   Activities and      (Salon B)           (Room 226)
             Track – Part 4   (Salon A)            Room)               Economic           Impact on Self-
             (Salon C)                                                 Development        Sufficiency
                                                                       Strategy?          (Room 227)
                                                                       (Room 230)

10:45 am –
                                                                  Break (Exhibit Area)
11:00 am

                                                                 Concurrent Sessions E
             E1               E2                   E3                  E4                 E5                  E6                  E7
             Rental           Revitalization –     Homeless –          Elderly/ Senior    Domestic            Drugs & Alcohol     Housing Issues &
             Development/     Affordable           Homelessness and    Housing and        Violence –          – Rea of Hope       Services –
11:00 am –
             Compliance –     Housing Deals for    Healthcare          Services – The     Housing Stability   Fellowship Home     Winning Policy
11:50 am
             Rental Housing   Beginners            (Charleston Board   YWCA Shanklin      for Survivors of    (Salon B)           Changes: How to
             Management       (Salon A)            Room)               Center for         Domestic                                Be More Effective
             Track – Part 5                                            Senior             Violence -                              (Room 226)
             (Salon C)                                                 Enrichment         Rental Examples
                                                                       (Room 230)         (Room 227)

                                         Luncheon & Keynote: Planning for Aging (Salons D/E)
12:00 pm –
1:15 pm
                                Dana Johnson, Community Development Director, Cobb County, GA
              Introduced by Mandy Weirich, LSW, MSW, Healthy Home Program Manager, Randolph County Housing Authority

                                                                 Concurrent Sessions F
             F1               F2                   F3                  F4                 F5                  F6                  F7
             Rental           Revitalization –     Homeless –          Elderly/ Senior    Domestic            Drug & Alcohol –    Housing Issues &
             Development/     Downtown             “Good News”         Housing and        Violence –          Medication          Services – CRA a
1:30 pm –    Compliance –     Redevelopment:       Mountaineer         Services – How     Housing Stability   Assisted            Practical
2:30 pm      Rental Housing   Lessons from the     Garage Helping      to Do Palliative   for Survivors of    Treatment           Discussion for
             Management       Field                Families            Care               Domestic            (Salon B)           Banks and Non
             Track – Part 6   (Salon A)            throughout West     (Room 230)         Violence –                              Profits
             (Salon C)                             Virginia                               Homeownership                           (Room 226)
                                                   (Charleston Board                      Opportunities
                                                   Room)                                  (Room 227)

2:30 pm –
2:45 pm
                                                                  Break (Exhibit Area)

                                                                 Concurrent Sessions G
             G1               G2                   G3                  G4                 G5                  G6                  G7
             Rental           Revitalization –     Homeless –          Elderly/ Senior    Domestic            Drug & Alcohol –    Housing Issues &
             Development/     Opportunity          Housing             Housing and        Violence – Best     Panel Discussion:   Services – Making
2:45 pm –    Compliance –     Zones:               Accommodations      Services –         Practices for       Not All             the Dream of
3:45 pm      Rental Housing   Connecting           for the Homeless    Investing in WV    Property            Treatments Are      Homeownership
             Management       Capital, Assets,     (Charleston Board   and the            Management of       Alike               a Reality:
             Track – Part 7   and Stakeholders     Room)               Region: Policy     Domestic            (Salon B)           Partnerships for
             (Salon C)        in WV                                    and Messaging      Violence                                Progress
                              (Salon A)                                (Room 230)         Facilities                              (Room 226)
                                                                                          (Room 227)
3:45 pm –
4:30 pm
                                                         Networking Reception (Exhibit Area)

                                                                  Dinner on your own

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HOPE and HOUSING Building - September 19-21 Embassy Suites, Charleston, WV - WV Housing Conference
Friday, September 21, 2018
Friday, September 21, 2018
7:30 am –
                                                  Continental Breakfast & Registration (Exhibit Area)
8:15 am

                                     Plenary: Find Your Fit: Financing Your Housing Development (Salons D/E)
8:30 am –
9:30 am
                                             Moderator: Nathan Testman, Senior Division Manager –
                                               Multifamily Lending, WV Housing Development Fund
9:30 am –
9:45 am
                                                                  Break (Exhibit Area)

                                                                 Concurrent Sessions H
             H1                H2                  H3                   H4                H5                  H6                 H7
             Rental            Revitalization –    Homeless –           Elderly/ Senior   Domestic            Drug & Alcohol –   Housing Issues &
             Development/      Mortgage Loan       Home4Good            Housing and       Violence –          Building Blocks    Services – WV
             Compliance –      Origination and     Program              Services –        Building the        for Addressing     Olmstead Forum
             Rental Housing    Servicing –         (Charleston Board    Livable           Capacity of         Substance Use      (Room 226)
             Management        Considerations      Room)                Communities -     Your                Disorders
9:45 am –    Track – Part 8    and Common                               What Makes a      Organization to     (Salon B)
10:45 am     (Salon C)         Pitfalls                                 Town or City a    Begin a Housing
                               (Salon A)                                Great Place to    Development
                                                                        Live?             Program - How
                                                                        (Room 230)        to Become a
                                                                                          Community
                                                                                          Housing
                                                                                          Development
                                                                                          Organization
                                                                                          (Room 227)

10:45 am –
                                                                  Break (Exhibit Area)
11:00 am

                                                                 Concurrent Sessions I
             I1                I2                  I3                   I4                I5                  I6                 I7
             Rental            Revitalization –    Homeless – Best      Housing Issues    Domestic            Homelessness –     Elderly/ Senior
             Development/      WV                  Practices in         and Services –    Violence –          The Impact of      Housing and
             Compliance –      Redevelopment       Apartment            Temporary         Policy Discussion   Poverty on Brain   Services –
11:00 am –   Rental Housing    Policy Updates,     Management for       Assistance for    Related to          Development:       Greenville Senior
11:50 am     Management        Outlook, and        Formerly             Needy Families    Domestic            We Need Bigger     Living and
             Track – Part 9    Ways to Get         Homeless             (TANF) Program    Violence            Bootstraps         Community
             (Salon C)         Involved            Individuals and      (Room 230)        (Room 227)          (Salon B)          Center
                               (Salon A)           Families                                                                      (Room 226)
                                                   (Charleston Board
                                                   Room)

                                            Closing Luncheon and Awards Presentation (Salons D/E)
12:00 pm –                                   West Virginia Affordable Housing Hall of Fame Award
1:15 pm                                                  West Virginia Housing Awards
                              Introduced by Mary Skeens, Executive Director, CommunityWorks in West Virginia, Inc.

              EXHIBITORS

       AARP                                                            Red Stone Equity Partners
       BB&T                                                            Terzetto Creative
       Capital Real Estate Consultants                                 United Bank
       Fannie Mae                                                      West Virginia Housing Development Fund
       FHLBank Pittsburgh                                              Woodlands Development Group
       Huntington National Bank

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Guest Speaker Biographies

          Dana Johnson
          Community Development Director, Cobb County, GA

          Dana Johnson was appointed Director of the Cobb County Community
          Development Agency in 2015. In his time leading Community
          Development he has focused on the nuts and bolts of the agency to
          ensure that it is running smoothly and efficiently concentrating on the
          end user experience. In 2017, Mr. Johnson assisted with the reorganization
          of Economic Development within Cobb County into the Community
          Development Agency. His desire is to ensure that the agency’s customers
          and the public are able to engage and conduct their business with ease
          and transparency.

          Mr. Johnson has a B.A. in Marine Affairs from the University of Rhode Island
          and a Masters in City Planning from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
          He has a Certificate of Local Government Management from the
          University of Georgia Carl Vincent Institute. He has also completed
          Leadership Cobb and the Regional Leadership Institute. He has worked
          with the City of Marietta and Cobb County for over seventeen years. He
          is happily married and lives in East Cobb.

          David Lipsetz
          Chief Executive Officer, Housing Assistance Council

          David Lipsetz is the CEO at the Housing Assistance Council (HAC) and
          a leading expert in affordable housing and sustainable community
          development. David came to HAC after holding several White House-
          appointed positions, most recently serving as the Associate Administrator
          for Rural Housing and Community Facilities at the U.S. Department of
          Agriculture (USDA). His office oversaw policy development and program
          administration of more than $100 billion in direct lending, mortgage
          guarantees, grants and technical assistance for community and
          economic development in rural America.

          Prior to USDA, David was at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
          Development (HUD), where he served as a Deputy Assistant Secretary
          and Senior Advisor for Public and Indian Housing, and as an Acting Chief
          of Staff to the Deputy Secretary. Prior to HUD, David managed policy,
          large-scale initiatives and organizational development for housing
          agencies in New York City and Oakland, CA. He also worked for the

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Guest Speaker Biographies

San Francisco Bay Area’s regional planning authority; and Dresden,
Germany’s Institute for Ecological and Regional Development. His
career began as a Legislative Assistant for domestic policy issues in the
Office of U.S. Congressman John Dingell.

David was born and raised in Ohio. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in
Political Science from Michigan State University, and Master’s degrees in
Sociology and City and Regional Planning from the Ohio State University.
He currently resides in Washington, DC with his wife and kids.

Jay Plum
Executive Vice President of Home Lending and Card Products,
Huntington Bank

A 30-year veteran of the lending industry, Jay Plum is executive vice
president of home lending and card products for Huntington Bank,
a Columbus, Ohio-based regional bank with $105 billion of assets. In
his senior leadership role, Jay oversees all aspects of originations for
mortgage, home equity, credit card, debit card, unsecured and other
consumer lending loans.

Jay joined Huntington in 2009 as director of consumer lending. Two years
later, he took over the leadership of the bank’s home lending business,
which added mortgage originations and all of servicing to his responsibilities.
And this year, he assumed oversight of the bank’s card products. Under
Jay’s leadership, Huntington has become the top mortgage lender in
Ohio and the third largest in its eight-state region across the Midwest. The
bank is currently ranked eighth nationally for home equity and has been
honored by J.D. Power for customer satisfaction.

Before Huntington, Jay was president of Home Lending Solutions at RBS
Citizens. Focusing on credit and customer service, his team originated
more than $10 billion in total loans in 2009 during his final year at the bank.
He also has held leadership positions in consumer lending at Provident
Bank and Bank One.

Jay earned his bachelor’s degree from Colgate University and master’s
degree in business administration from Vanderbilt University. A native
New Yorker, he now resides in his adopted city of Cincinnati.

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HOPE and HOUSING Building - September 19-21 Embassy Suites, Charleston, WV - WV Housing Conference
SESSION DESCRIPTIONS
         Wednesday, September 19, 2018

     9:00 am – 4:00 pm                                 when the property is “sold to state”. Discussion
     Registration / Coat Room                          questions, based on audience interest, may
                                                       include opportunity for preferential bidding at
     12:00 pm – 1:15 pm                                tax sales by housing agencies (currently only
     Welcome (Salons D/E)                              allowed by land banks) and assistance locating
     Eric Preston, United National Bank, President -   a property owner when a tax sale has occurred.
     CommunityWorks in West Virginia, Inc., Board
     of Directors                                      A3: Homeless – What Is a Continuum of
                                                       Care? Understanding What Is Available in
     Luncheon & Opening Keynote: Innovation in         My Community (Charleston Board Room)
     Community Development Lending                     Traci Strickland, Director of Homeless Programs,
     Jay Plum, Executive Vice President,               Prestera Center for Mental Health Services
     Huntington Banks                                  What is a Continuum of Care? Many times
     Introduced by Ted Ranson, Senior Vice             homeless providers seem to live in a world
     President, West Virginia Area Manager,            of their own, and it is important for providers
     Huntington National Bank                          to have a basic knowledge of their local
                                                       Continuum of Care system. Over the past
     1:30 pm – 2:30 pm       Concurrent Sessions A     few years, housing crisis response systems
                                                       have gone through multiple changes. From
     A1: Rental Development- Compliance –              coordinated entry to system performance
     Rental Housing Management Track – Part 1          measures, communities are moving towards
     (Salon C)                                         operating as a system to make homelessness
     Evan S. Einhorn, President and Founder,           rare, brief, and one-time only for the people
     Affordable Housing Training & Consulting          they serve. This session will provide you with
     Services, LLC                                     basic knowledge of the community supports
     Evan Einhorn, with the Affordable Housing         available, what they do and how to access.
     Training and Consulting Services will provide     From street outreach to permanent housing
     workshops for Rental Housing Owners,              there are multiple programs with different
     management agents, and property staff. The        definitions and criteria and everyone needs
     workshops will include the Enterprise Income      to learn to speak the same language.
     Verification (EIV) system that functions within
     the Real Estate Assessment Center (REAC). The     A4: Elderly/ Senior Housing and Services
     Tenant Rental Assistance Certification System     – Elder Abuse: What Is It & What Can I Do?
     (TRACS 203.A) and Tenant File Management.         (Room 230)
                                                       Megan Mason, MSW, LGSW, GC-G, Adult
     A2: Revitalization – Introduction to Property     Services Program Specialist, Bureau for
     Tax Lien Sales (Salon A)                          Children and Families
     Nathan Fetty, Managing Attorney, WVU Land         Elder abuse is not just an issue within the
     Use and Sustainable Development Law Clinic        home; it is an issue within the community,
     Katherine (Kat) Garvey, Director, WVU Land        the state and the nation. No one particular
     Use and Sustainable Development Law Clinic        person is a target of elder abuse.
     When a property owner fails to pay property       Perpetrators do not discriminate on age,
     tax, the county will sell a tax lien at public    gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic
     auction subject to several procedural and         status, or religion. Elder abuse is a complex
     notice requirements. This process impacts         issue that intertwines with many disciplines,
     the availability of housing and the rights of     such as social work, medical providers,
     property owners. Property law attorneys           advocates, law enforcement, religious
     from the WVU College of Law will describe         leaders, and housing authorities. This
     the property tax lien sale process including      presentation will focus on defining elder
     the redemption period, ownership during           abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation,
     the redemption period and what happens            understanding mandated reporting

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laws, identifying warning signs of adult               This session will provide attendees an overview
maltreatment, connecting with resources,               of models currently being used by service
and becoming an advocate.                              providers as we work to end homelessness.
                                                       Models will include : Permanent Housing,
A5: Domestic Violence – State of the State of          Permanent Supportive Housing, Rapid
Domestic Violence in WV (Room 227)                     Rehousing, Transitional Housing and more.
Tonia Thomas, MS, Team Coordinator, WV                 What can you do to help end homelessness
Coalition Against Domestic Violence                    and help serve the most vulnerable individuals
This overview session will introduce participants      and families in your area? The session will also
to housing and support services available to           look at ways housing providers and service
assist domestic violence survivors and learn the       providers can work together for outcomes
challenges in assisting survivors with their housing   that are a win for the housing provider, service
and social service needs. The group will be            provider and the resident.
updated on the work of the Housing Committee
of the WV Coalition Against Domestic Violence.         B4: Elderly/ Senior Housing and Services – Aging
                                                       at Home with Support and Services (Room 230)
A6: Drug & Alcohol – Drug Trends and                   Mandy Weirich, LSW, MSW, Healthy Home
Awareness (Salon B)                                    Program Manager, Randolph County
Chad Napier, Prevention & Education                    Housing Authority
Coordinator, Appalachia HIDTA                          This session will explore the importance of
The Drug Trends and Awareness presentation is          housing and supportive services working
designed to be an introduction to drug use and         together to improve the lives of seniors.
misuse, and aims to provide a basic knowledge          Better health for our aging population means
of drugs and other related substances and the          living longer, happier lives at home. Service
health issues surrounding them. The presentation       Coordination is an evidence based program
covers both legal and illegal substances and           that benefits tenants, landlords, and our health
looks at their effects and consequences of the         care system. This session will explore the success
drug epidemic. The presentation will cover the         of service coordination in senior housing with a
current drug trends in the Appalachia area and         particular focus on the Healthy Home Program.
the direction the drug trades appears to be
heading in the future.                                 B5: Domestic Violence – Using Social
                                                       Enterprise to Support Housing and Programs
2:30 pm – 2:45 pm        Break / Exhibit Area          Part 1 (Room 227)
                                                       Cheri Bever, CE, President/CEO, Goodwill
2:45 pm – 3:45 pm        Concurrent Sessions B         Industries of Kanawha Valley, Inc.
                                                       Debby Weinstein, CEO, YWCA Charleston, WV
B1: Rental Development- Compliance – Rental            David L. Michael, Executive Director/CEO,
Housing Management Track – Part 2 (Salon C)            Huntington WV Area Habitat for Humanity
See Session A1 for description                         A social enterprise is an organization or
                                                       venture (within an organization) that
B2: Revitalization – BAD Buildings: Balancing          advances a social mission through market-
Demolition, New Construction, and                      based strategies. These strategies include
Preservation (Salon A)                                 receiving earned income in direct exchange
Shae Strait, BAD Buildings Program Manager,            for a product, service, or privilege. In addition
WV BAD Buildings Program                               to providing an alternative revenue source,
Healthy cities hold a variety of people                social enterprises provide other benefits,
and functions across their landscape.                  including direct on-the-job (OTJ) training
Their buildings should be no different,                opportunities for targeted employees,
especially when it comes to the age of                 marketing advantages, and the integration
them. It is critical to find a balance between         of innovative business frameworks into
preservation and new construction within our           thinking and planning. Hear from our expert
communities. But where should the line be              panelists about several different social
drawn between the need for new and old?                enterprise models and lessons learned from
                                                       these ventures, including retail, contracts
B3: Homeless – Processes and Models for Ending         and production operations that generate
Homelessness (Charleston Board Room)                   resources to support mission activities.
Traci Strickland, Director of Homeless Programs,
Prestera Center for Mental Health Services

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B6: Drug & Alcohol – Remediation Process         Participants will have an opportunity to delve
     and Related Costs: Crime Scene, Needles,         into the model’s origination, methodology
     Meth and Mold (Salon B)                          for house design, choosing recipients, project
     Jennifer McQuerrey, Crime Scene, Needle,         financing, and additional applications for the
     Meth and Mold Remediator, Affordable             model in the housing market/continuum.
     Cleanup LLC
     Learn what to do when there’s a suicide and      C4: Elderly/ Senior Housing and Services – Hoarding,
     there are bodily fluids and blood everywhere.    Loss, and the Stuff of Our Lives (Room 230)
     When you find heroin needles, find out how       Sky Kershner, Executive Director, KPCC Counseling
     to handle and dispose of them. Learn about       Hoarding creates challenging situations for those
     state laws on meth labs and the steps you’ll     interested in safe and healthy housing. What is
     have to go through before renting the unit       going on with hoarding and with the people
     again. Learn about preventing mold and           who engage in it? And what can we do to help
     cleaning it up when it does occur.               people make decisions about their things that can
                                                      reduce the painful and frustrating situations they
     3:45 pm – 4:00 pm     Break / Exhibit Area       sometimes put themselves in.

     4:00 pm – 5:00 pm     Concurrent Sessions C      Sky Kershner appeared as a guest therapist
                                                      on the Discover Studios show “Hoarding:
     C1: Rental Development- Compliance – Rental      Buried Alive.” In this talk /workshop he will
     Housing Management Track – Part 3 (Salon C)      describe they ways hoarding gets started and
     See Session A1 for description                   the challenges of managing it. Sky is also a
                                                      popular trainer in Motivational Interviewing,
     C2: Revitalization – Addressing Vacant and       which is an evidenced based approach
     Dilapidated Buildings through Partnerships       to helping people deal with addiction and
     and Legal Tools (Salon A)                        behavior change.
     Katherine (Kat) Garvey, Director, WVU Land
     Use and Sustainable Development Law Clinic       C5: Domestic Violence – Using Social
     Many West Virginia communities face the          Enterprise to Support Housing and Programs
     daunting challenge of how to handle vacant       Part 2 (Room 227)
     and dilapidated buildings. These properties      Claudette Karr, Real Estate Coordinator,
     can be a blight and a safety hazard, and         Coalfield Development Corporation
     can discourage investment in a community.        Belinda Harness, Executive Director, Housing
     However, viewed differently, these properties    Authority of Mingo County/ The Lighthouse
     may present opportunities for community          Community Investment Agency
     redevelopment and renewed opportunity.           A social enterprise is an organization or venture
     This session will cover common legal tools       (within an organization) that advances a social
     used by local governments including              mission through market-based strategies. These
     ordinances as well as partnership models         strategies include receiving earned income
     used to address dilapidated properties.          in direct exchange for a product, service, or
     Session led by the WVU Land Use and              privilege. In addition to providing an alternative
     Sustainable Development Law Clinic.              revenue source, social enterprises provide
                                                      other benefits, including direct on-the-job (OTJ)
     C3: Homeless – Home Ownership Model              training opportunities for targeted employees,
     (Veterans) (Charleston Board Room)               marketing advantages, and the integration of
     David L. Michael, Executive Director/CEO,        innovative business frameworks into thinking and
     Huntington WV Area Habitat for Humanity          planning. Hear from our expert panelists about
     The Home Ownership Model (Veterans)              several different social enterprise models and
     Session will discuss an alternative model        lessons learned from these ventures.
     for serving the formerly homeless Veteran
     population in the City of Huntington.            C6: Drug & Alcohol – Housing for People with
     Huntington WV Area Habitat for Humanity’s        Behavioral Health Needs (Salon B)
     Veterans Housing Initiative (VHI) has received   Robert H. Hansen, Director of Addiction
     national (2015) and state (2016) awards for      Services, Marshall University Joan C. Edwards
     housing innovation. The VHI has also been a      School of Medicine and Marshall Health
     topic of workshops at numerous conferences,
     conference calls, and meetings discussing
     Veteran housing issues and house size.

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Thursday, September 20, 2018
7:30 am – 8:15 am                                     housing. People who are experiencing
Continental Breakfast & Registration (Exhibit Area)   homelessness do not want to go to the shelter
                                                      because there are rules. Statements like these
8:30 am – 9:30 am                                     are uttered in every community. What are the
Plenary: Rural Housing Policy & Trends                realities? This session will look at the trends in
David Lipsetz, Chief Executive Officer,               Point in Time counts across the state over the
Housing Assistance Council (Salons D/E)               past 5 years, including the number of people
Introduced by Dave Clark, Woodlands                   living in unsheltered situations. Performance
Development Group, President Emeritus –               outcomes from around the state will be
CommunityWorks in West Virginia, Inc. Board           discussed. The results of two needs assessment
of Directors                                          surveys will be reviewed and we will answer
Please join the CEO of Housing Assistance             some of the tough questions.
Council, David Lipsetz, as he provides an
overview of recent policies and of funding            D4: Elderly/ Senior Housing and Services – Can
and investment trends that affect rural               Senior Housing Assist with Your Economic
housing organizations and their communities.          Development Strategy? (Room 230)
David is a leading expert in affordable housing       Dana Johnson, Community Development
and sustainable community development.                Director, Cobb County, GA
                                                      There are a multitude of ways to increase jobs
9:30 am – 9:45 am        Break (Exhibit Area)         and expand prosperity for local governments.
                                                      Should our local governments be encouraging
9:45 am – 10:45 am       Concurrent Sessions D        the retention or increasing the quantity of
                                                      senior populations in your community? How
D1: Rental Development- Compliance – Rental           would you go about doing this? What benefits
Housing Management Track – Part 4 (Salon C)           can be gained? Are there any potential pitfalls
See Session A1 for Description                        we should be cautious of? Let’s explore the
                                                      linkages between economic growth, increased
D2: Revitalization – Property Taxes,                  investment, and seniors in your communities to
Affordable Housing, and Nonprofits (Salon A)          find mechanisms for how local governments
David Stiles, Staff Attorney, West Virginia           and housing authorities can work together to
State Tax Department                                  increase opportunity for all.
In devising affordable housing and
other community development projects,                 D5: Domestic Violence – Economic
advocates must consider how real estate               Empowerment Activities and Impact on Self-
taxes affect a project’s viability. There             Sufficiency (Room 227)
are key factors to determine whether real             Andrea Miller, Director, Economic
estate taxes will be assessed and how                 Empowerment Programs, KY Coalition
much they will be. Learn from the West                Against Domestic Violence
Virginia State Tax Department about the               Kenosha Davenport, Executive Director,
property tax appraisal and assessment                 Family Refuge Center
process. Also learn about the procedure               Panelists will share best practices and
for requesting exemptions from real estate            innovative programs to empower survivors
taxes, particularly as to property belonging          of domestic violence to regain control
to entities such as local development                 and rebuild their lives. Topics will include
authorities and affordable housing providers.         economic empowerment activities and
                                                      social service assistance programs.
D3: Homeless – The Urban Legend of Urban
Homelessness (Charleston Board Room)                  D6: Drug & Alcohol – Recovery Point –
Traci Strickland, Director of Homeless Programs,      “Recovery IS a Process”(Salon B)
Prestera Center for Mental Health Services            J. Matt Boggs, Executive Director, Recovery
Is homelessness increasing? Are people                Point West Virginia
really coming to my community for our                 Attendees will learn about the recovery
homeless services? People who are                     process through personal experience and
experiencing homelessness don’t want                  the Recovery Point program.

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D7: Housing Issues & Services – Housing               E3: Homeless – Homelessness and Health
     Persons with HIV/AIDS (Room 226)                      Care (Charleston Board Room)
     Michael Vincent, LSW, M.Div., Residential             Ellen Allen, MBA, Executive Director,
     and Resource Program Coordinator,                     Covenant House
     Covenant House                                        Homeless people are three to six times more
     Low income persons living with HIV/AIDS               likely to become ill than housed people
     deal with both their chronic health condition         (National Health Care for the Homeless
     and the stigma our society places upon                Council, 2008). Homelessness precludes good
     them. That combination can often make                 nutrition, good personal hygiene, and basic
     finding and maintaining decent housing                first aid, adding to the complex health needs
     a challenge. Some of the most vulnerable              of homeless people. Additionally, conditions
     amongst us often face the toughest barriers.          which require regular, uninterrupted
     But housing for persons living with HIV/AIDS          treatment, such as tuberculosis and HIV/
     is health care. Having safe, sanitary, and            AIDS, are extremely difficult to treat or control
     secure housing has been shown to improve              among those without adequate housing.
     health outcomes for persons with HIV/AIDS
     and reduces the risk of transmission of the           E4: Elderly/ Senior Housing and Services – The
     disease. This session will first address the stigma   YWCA Shanklin Center for Senior Enrichment
     around HIV (including the fears and concerns          (Room 230)
     housing providers may have) through a HIV             Kyla Nichols, BSW, Program Director - YWCA
     101 review: how the disease is (and isn’t)            Shanklin Center, YWCA Charleston
     transmitted, what socioeconomic groups                Debby Weinstein, Chief Executive Officer,
     are most vulnerable, the effects on personal          YWCA Charleston
     relationships, how the disease is treated, and        Jennifer Goddard, Chief Program Officer,
     how persons living with the disease deal with         YWCA Charleston
     its social implications. Time will then be given      The YWCA Shanklin Center is a small community
     to specific issues around housing, including a        of independent-living, handicap-accessible
     review of specific assistance that is available       apartments, which provide permanent housing
     in West Virginia for persons living with HIV and      for elder abuse victims who became homeless
     the agencies that provide such services.              as a result of that abuse. Living costs are
                                                           subsidized, and residents contribute one-third of
     10:45 am – 11:00 am Break / Exhibit Area              their income to cover a portion of maintaining
                                                           the apartments. The first facility of its kind in
     11:00 am – 11:50 am Concurrent Sessions E             West Virginia, the YWCA Shanklin Center also
                                                           provides comprehensive case management
     E1: Rental Development- Compliance – Rental           and support services to help seniors navigate
     Housing Management Track – Part 5 (Salon C)           the difficult physical, emotional and financial
     See Session A1 for Description                        challenges that come with age and to help
                                                           them live in peace and with dignity.
     E2: Revitalization – Affordable Housing Deals
     for Beginners (Salon A)                               E5: Domestic Violence – Housing Stability
     Michelle Yarbrough Korb, Counsel, Buchanan            for Survivors of Domestic Violence – Rental
     Ingersoll & Rooney PC                                 Examples (Room 227)
     While many in the affordable housing industry         Mary O’Doherty, Deputy Director, Kentucky
     have become familiar with the common                  Coalition Against Domestic Violence
     methodologies pursuant to which affordable            Nikki Thomas, Advancement Director,
     housing revitalization and development take           Golden Girl Group Home
     place (e.g., a 9% low-income housing tax              Participants will be provided an overview
     credit financed transaction), there are many          of how the Kentucky Coalition Against
     organizations that either haven’t participated        Domestic Violence constructed and
     or are ready to go from the sidelines to the          financed 71 rental units as a solution to
     driver’s seat by serving as the developer. This       finding stable, affordable housing for survivors
     session aims to move beyond the conceptual            when emergency shelter or group home
     and dig into the process, the decisions to be         settings are no longer a viable option. This
     made, and what staff will be expected to              session will also focus on how to create
     do throughout the process in either scenario.         partnerships that provide resources, including
     There will be ample time for questions.               a FHLB Affordable Housing Program grant,

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for special housing projects. We will look at
the model of the Golden Heart Apartment              Healthy Home Program Manager, Randolph
Complex that provides affordable housing             County Housing Authority
for girls aging out of the Golden Girl Group         America, much like the rest of the world, is
Home program and are transitioning to                rapidly aging. There are many factors that
independent living.                                  are contributing to a sea change for how
                                                     and how long we age in America. As Baby
E6: Drug & Alcohol – Rea of Hope Fellowship          Boomers age and reach the new normal
Home (Salon B)                                       for retirement, how will we prepare our
Marie Beaver, Executive Director, Rea of             communities to assist in their transitions? Can
Hope Fellowship Home                                 we assist them in remaining engaged in their
This session will address the challenges,            communities? These are large questions that
highlights and lessons learned from a West           every local government must address in order
Virginia housing professional with a different       to prepare for these demographic shifts. This
perspective than the everyday developer.             phenomenon will have a profound impact
This session will focus on the struggles and         on how we work, live, and recreate together
successes of females dealing with addiction.         as a community. What societal changes are
Learn about the mission of Rea of Hope               we experiencing and what do we expect to
which is to provide safe affordable housing          occur next? Are our communities prepared
for West Virginia women in a positive                for this change? What can we do to make
homelike environment that fosters recovery           it easier for people to age in place? How
from alcohol and/or drug addiction and               do you assist in making this change without
promotes self-sufficiency. Rea of Hope has           alienating the people you are trying to
also successfully implemented a program              help? I will be happy to share with you our
that allows children to be reintroduced into         experiences from Mableton, GA. A small
the homelike environment.                            suburban town in Metro Atlanta that has tried
                                                     to tackle these issues.
E7: Housing Issues & Services – Winning Policy
Changes: How to Be More Effective (Room 226)
Allison Karakis, Government Relations                1:30 pm – 2:30 pm      Concurrent Sessions F
Manager, Federal Home Loan Bank of
Pittsburgh (Moderator)                               F1: Rental Development- Compliance – Rental
Mary Elisabeth Eckerson, State Director, Office      Housing Management Track – Part 6 (Salon C)
of U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (Panelist)      See Session A1 for Description
Kimberly Good, Deputy State Director for
Constituent Services, Office of U.S. Senator Joe     F2: Revitalization – Downtown Redevelopment:
Manchin (Panelist)                                   Lessons from the Field (Salon A)
Policy changes are happening at the state            Dustin Smith, Project Manager, Woodlands
and federal level that impact every industry.        Development Group
Is your voice being heard? Join us to learn the      In this session Dustin Smith, a Project Manager
“how’s” and “why’s” of building relationships        for Woodlands Development Group,
with your members of Congress so that you            examines the role that housing organizations
can be an effective advocate for your industry.      can take when it comes to revitalizing West
Panelists Mary Elisabeth Eckerson, State             Virginia’s downtowns. Dustin will discuss how
Director for U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito       WDG is addressing downtown revitalization
and Kimberly Good, Deputy State Director             throughout Barbour, Randolph, and Tucker
for Constituent Services for U.S. Senator Joe        Counties, and lessons that have been
Manchin will provide insight on the structure of a   learned along the way.
congressional office and discuss best practices
for meeting with an elected official.                F3: Homeless – “Good News” Mountaineer
                                                     Garage Helping Families throughout West
12:00 pm – 1:15 pm                                   Virginia (Charleston Board Room)
Luncheon & Keynote: Planning for Aging               Jennifer Thacker, MBA, Executive Director,
(Salons D/E)                                         Good News Mountaineer Garage
Dana Johnson, Community Development                  Good News Mountaineer Garage is a non-profit
Director, Cobb County, GA                            organization dedicated to providing reliable
Introduced by Mandy Weirich, LSW, MSW,               transportation to West Virginia families working

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toward their goal of financial independence.             Learn about available affordable mortgage
     In many parts of West Virginia, with limited or          options and down payment assistance
     no options for public transportation, a person           programs. Also, discover the advantages of
     without a vehicle can’t keep a job. Lack of              financial education and the use of Individual
     transportation also limits access to safe and            Development Accounts and tax refunds as a
     affordable housing, medical care, educational            source of down payment.
     opportunities and even groceries. Through
     generous vehicle donations, Good News                    F6: Drug & Alcohol – Medication Assisted
     Mountaineer Garage has been able to repair,              Treatment (Salon B)
     retitle and repurpose still useful cars - truly giving   Lois Vance, CACC, CRC, MAT Care
     recipients a vehicle for success.                        Manager, Cabin Creek Health Systems
                                                              It is obvious that one form of treatment does
     Currently, Good News Mountaineer Garage                  not work for all individuals that are battling
     works with the West Virginia Department of               addiction. Attend this session to find out
     Health and Human Resources Temporary                     about treatment with medication.
     Assistance to Needy Families to provide
     vehicles to qualified recipients, throughout             F7: Housing Issues & Services – CRA a
     the state, annually. Good News accepts                   Practical Discussion for Banks and Non Profits
     donated vehicles, makes necessary repairs,               (Room 226)
     and coordinates with caseworkers to the                  Theodore C. Ted Ranson, Senior Vice
     find the best car fit for the receiving family.          President, West Virginia Area Manager,
     Since our inception in 2001, we have given               Huntington National Bank
     out approximately 2,500 vehicles to West                 Marlo Long, Senior VP & Community
     Virginia families.                                       Development Specialist, BB&T

     F4: Elderly/ Senior Housing and Services –               2:30 pm – 2:45 pm      Break / Exhibit Area
     How to Do Palliative Care (Room 230)
     Amy Wirts, MD                                            2:45 pm – 3:45 pm      Concurrent Sessions G
     Palliative care is an essential part of aging
     and everyone’s lives. It is even more so in              G1: Rental Development- Compliance – Rental
     people suffering with chronic, life limiting             Housing Management Track – Part 7 (Salon C)
     disease, which is a growing part of modern               See Session A1 for Description
     society and families. In this interactive
     workshop we will explore how to prepare for              G2: Revitalization – Opportunity Zones:
     a good end of life, discuss trending models              Connecting Capital, Assets, and Stakeholders
     of today’s medicine and palliative care,                 in WV (Salon A)
     review advanced directives and the value of              Michelle Yarbrough Korb, Counsel, Buchanan
     palliative care in the aging community.                  Ingersoll & Rooney PC
                                                              Wesley White Esq., General Counsel, West
     F5: Domestic Violence – Housing Stability                Virginia Department of Commerce
     for Survivors of Domestic Violence –                     Aaron Sporck, Director of Economic
     Homeownership Opportunities (Room 227)                   Development for U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito
     Debra A Payne, Executive Director, Religious             The Opportunity Zone tax incentive program
     Coalition for Community Renewal                          is designed to spur economic resurgence, job
     Andrea Miller, Director, Economic                        creation, and wealth building in low income
     Empowerment Programs, KY Coalition                       and distressed communities. How can
     Against Domestic Violence                                Opportunity Zones help the WV communities
     Jon M. Rogers, Senior Division Manager,                  we serve? How could they integrate with
     Single Family Lending, West Virginia Housing             our work in communities? Join Michelle
     Development Fund                                         Yarbrough Korb, an attorney from Pittsburgh,
     Patti Shamblin, Division Manager, Single                 Wesley White from the WV Department of
     Family Lending, West Virginia Housing                    Commerce, and Aaron Sporck with U.S.
     Development Fund                                         Senator Capito’s Office, to help us better
     Molly Savilla, AVP, Mortgage Loan Officer,               understand this new tax incentive, provide
     Huntington Bank                                          an overview, and explain how Opportunity
     Come learn about Community Housing                       Zones might benefit WV communities.
     Development Organization’s (CHDO’s) and
     their role in developing affordable homes.

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G3: Homeless – Housing Accommodations for           life of an addict and although the issues
the Homeless (Charleston Board Room)                seem so similar, some available West Virginia
Debra A Payne, Executive Director, Religious        programs are very different.
Coalition for Community Renewal
David Bennett, Assistant Director, Covenant House   G7: Housing Issues & Services – Making
John Thompson, CEO, Roark-Sullivan Lifeway Center   the Dream of Homeownership a Reality:
This presentation will share information on         Partnerships for Progress (Room 226)
how the Kanawha Valley Collective, the              Kris Warner, State Director, USDA Rural
Continuum of Care of Central West Virginia          Development in West Virginia
(COC), works with the homeless population           Kris Warner, State Director of USDA Rural
to help them move from homelessness to              Development in West Virginia, will provide
permanent housing. Information will be              an overview of agency programs. Mr.
shared about our Centralized Assessment             Warner will discuss the single-family direct
Team, which is where we have homeless               loan and grant programs as well as the
families and individuals start. The presenters      single-family guaranteed loan program. He
will then share the part that each of their         will also highlight the recently formalized
organizations plays in the process.                 partnership expected to be approved
                                                    with CommunityWorks, who will serve as
G4: Elderly/ Senior Housing and Services –          a packager for USDA housing programs.
Investing in WV and the Region: Policy and          The presentation will explore additional
Messaging (Room 230)                                opportunities for partnership while describing
Alex Dadok, Director of Advocacy, Fahe              the agency’s commitment to promoting
During this session we will look at major           prosperity in West Virginia’s rural communities.
community development investments coming
to the Appalachian region and West Virginia,        3:45 pm – 4:30 pm      Networking Reception
and consider how housing contributes to             (Exhibit Area)
community development in the context of
those major investments. We will also discuss
how proposed policy changes impact those
investments, and why good narrative framing
is critical to long term improvements in
housing and communities more broadly.

G5: Domestic Violence – Best Practices for
Property Management of Domestic Violence
Facilities (Room 227)
Kenosha Davenport, Executive Director,
Family Refuge Center
Discover best practices for the management
of domestic violence facilities. Discussion will
focus on safety, rapid re-housing, and other
management and maintenance protocols.

G6: Drug & Alcohol – Panel: Not All
Treatments Are Alike (Salon B)
J. Matt Boggs, Executive Director, Recovery
Point West Virginia
Marie Beaver, Executive Director, Rea of
Hope Fellowship Home
Lois Vance, CACC, CRC, MAT Care
Manager, Cabin Creek Health Systems
This session will focus on programs that are
available for individuals that have made the
decision to get control of their addiction.
We will learn about common Drug and
Alcohol issues that arise in the day to day

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Friday, September 21, 2018
                                                        Bren Pomponio, Co-Director, Mountain State
     7:30 am – 8:15 am (Exhibit Area)
                                                        Justice
     Continental Breakfast & Registration
                                                        Affordable housing agencies should aim
                                                        to make mortgage loans with terms that
     8:30 am – 9:30 am
                                                        are manageable for borrowers. And when
     Plenary: Find Your Fit: Financing Your Housing
                                                        servicing such loans, these agencies must
     Development (Salons D/E)
                                                        take care in its treatment of those borrowers.
     Moderator: Nathan Testman, Senior Division
                                                        Consumer protection laws can provide
     Manager - Multifamily Lending, WV Housing
                                                        remedies for borrowers in these situations.
     Development Fund
                                                        Learn about the most common ways that
     Panelists:
                                                        mortgage lenders run afoul of consumer
        • Marlo Long, Senior Vice President,
                                                        protection laws, and hear about missteps that
           Community Development Specialist, BB&T
                                                        mortgage loan servicers often take. Gather
        • Donna Martino, Multifamily
                                                        ideas of how to make responsible mortgage
           Development Officer, West Virginia
                                                        loans and implement best practices for
           Housing Development Fund
                                                        collecting payments under those loans.
        • Nadine Liggett, Vice President,
                                                        Session led by Mountain State Justice.
           Community Development Lending,
           Huntington Banks
                                                        H3: Homeless – Home4Good Program
        • Megan Krider, Manager, Affordable
                                                        (Charleston Board Room)
           Housing and Community Development,
                                                        Donna Martino, Multifamily Development Officer,
           FHLBank Pittsburgh
                                                        West Virginia Housing Development Fund
        • Cathy Colby – Senior Manager – HOME
                                                        Katherine Swanson, Manager, Economic
           & HTF Programs, West Virginia Housing
                                                        Development and Special Initiatives, Federal
           Development Fund
                                                        Home Loan Bank Pittsburgh
        • Mary Skeens, Executive Director,
                                                        Home4Good is a newly-created program
           CommunityWorks in West Virginia, Inc.
                                                        developed by the Federal Home Loan Bank
        • Penny Thaxton, Multifamily Housing
                                                        Pittsburgh and the West Virginia Housing
           Specialist, USDA
                                                        Development Fund to address unmet and
     This session will provide a broad overview of
                                                        critical needs in the existing Continuums of
     financing products and services available
                                                        Care across the state.
     for the development of affordable housing.
     Conference attendees will hear from
                                                        Session attendees will learn about this new
     several financing providers and will have the
                                                        initiative that will provide a flexible source of
     opportunity for open dialogue through Q&A
                                                        funding for organizations working to address
     and group discussion. This session is intended
                                                        homelessness in West Virginia with the primary
     for all tracks (Homelessness, Domestic Violence,
                                                        objective of ensuring that if an individual is
     Drug & Alcohol, Elderly/Senior, Revitalization/
                                                        faced with homelessness it is rare, brief and
     Stabilization and Rental Development)
                                                        non-recurring.
     9:30 am – 9:45 am      Break (Exhibit Area)
                                                        H4: Elderly/ Senior Housing and Services –
                                                        Livable Communities - What Makes a Town or
     9:45 am – 10:45 am     Concurrent Sessions H
                                                        City a Great Place to Live? (Room 230)
     H1: Rental Development- Compliance –               Linda Bunn, Associate State Director, AARP
                                                        West Virginia
     Rental Housing Management Track – Part 8
                                                        Livable towns, cities and neighborhoods have
     (Salon C)
     See Session A1 for Description                     a sense of place. They are destinations, not
                                                        sprawl. They are communities for spending time
     H2: Revitalization – Mortgage Loan Origination     in, not passing through. They are communities
     and Servicing – Considerations and Common          with housing options that enable people to live
     Pitfalls (Salon A)                                 safely, comfortably and independently. They
     Jennifer Wagner, Co-Director, Mountain             are places where people of all ages can live,
     State Justice                                      work, learn, play, relax and gather.

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A Livable Community is safe and secure, has        Virginia’s Olmstead Plan, and solicit
affordable and appropriate housing, diverse        stakeholder input and feedback for updating
transportation options, and supportive             the goals, objectives and action steps of
community features and services. Once in           West Virginia’s Olmstead Plan.
place, these resources enhance personal
independence and health, and engage                10:45 am – 11:00 am Break / Exhibit Area
residents in an area’s civic, economic and
social life. Well-designed, livable communities    11:00 am – 11:50 am Concurrent Sessions I
promote well-being and sustain economic
growth, and they make for happier, healthier       I1: Rental Development- Compliance – Rental
residents - of all ages.                           Housing Management Track – Part 9 (Salon C)
                                                   See Session A1 for description
Learn how hundreds of communities across
the country are working towards becoming           I2: Revitalization – WV Redevelopment Policy
more livable, and more age-friendly. Get           Updates, Outlook, and Ways to Get Involved
resources, tips and ideas to help you make         (Salon A)
your community more livable.                       Taylor Bennett, Policy Coordinator, West
                                                   Virginia Community Development HUB
H5: Domestic Violence – Building the               Abandoned and dilapidated buildings
Capacity of Your Organization to Begin a           present a huge challenge for communities in
Housing Development Program - How to               WV, as do other downtown redevelopment
Become a Community Housing Development             challenges, and figuring out the best way
Organization (Room 227)                            to tackle the issue can be difficult. Come
Cathy Colby, Senior Manager-HOME                   discuss how to identify policy solutions for
& HTF Programs, West Virginia Housing              vacant, abandoned, and dilapidated
Development Fund                                   properties; learn about initiatives that are
If your domestic violence nonprofit is             already taking place across the state; and
interested in learning how to become               make a plan for how you can take action
a Community Housing Development                    in your community. Presented by the Policy
Organization (CHDO) to construct                   Coordinator from the WV Community
permanent housing options for domestic             Development HUB.
violence program, then this session is for
you! Learn what a CHDO is and what they            I3: Homeless – Best Practices in Apartment
do. Learn about the benefits of becoming a         Management for Formerly Homeless Individuals
CHDO including special funding available to        and Families (Charleston Board Room)
support CHDO project. And finally, discover        Amanda Coleman, Ph.D., Executive Director,
the process for becoming a certified CHDO          Cabell-Huntington Coalition for the Homeless
and next steps to take.                            Using the Cabell-Huntington Coalition for the
                                                   Homeless’ affordable housing program as a
H6: Drug & Alcohol – Building Blocks for           model, this session will explore best practices
Addressing Substance Use Disorders (Salon B)       in managing apartments occupied by those
Nancy J. Sullivan, MAJ, Assistant to the           who have been homeless. Special issues
Secretary, West Virginia Department of             often need to be taken into consideration
Health and Human Resources Office of the           in order to remove barriers to housing for
Secretary                                          this population. The presenter will discuss
Session will provide attendees with an overview    issues including hygiene, substance use,
of the current state of the Drug Epidemic          nonpayment of rent, and the adjustment to
in West Virginia and an overview of existing       living in permanent housing and will provide
programs and opportunities for serving those       specific examples of how these potential
with Substance Use Disorders.                      barriers have been addressed.

H7: Housing Issues & Services – Housing Issues     I4: Housing Issues and Services – Temporary
& Services – WV Olmstead Forum (Room 226)          Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
Vanessa VanGilder, Olmstead Coordinator,           Program (Room 230)
WV DHHR                                            April Saunders, Senior Policy Specialist, WVDHHR
The goal of this session is to share information   Provide information on Temporary Assistance
about the Olmstead decision and West               for Needy Families (TANF) program, otherwise

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known as WV WORKS. Introduce Mobility                I7: Elderly/ Senior Housing and Services –
     Coaching as an additional tool to assist low         Greenville Senior Living and Community
     income participants in achieving self-sufficiency.   Center (Room 226)
                                                          Russell “Skip” Heath, Monroe County Council
     I5: Domestic Violence – Policy Discussion            on Aging
     Related to Domestic Violence (Room 227)              In this session, we will provide an update on
     Tonia Thomas, MS, Team Coordinator, WV               a project to provide low-income housing
     Coalition Against Domestic Violence                  to seniors in Monroe County. Four years
     Kenosha Davenport, Executive Director,               ago, The Monroe County Council on Aging
     Family Refuge Center                                 (MCCOA) developed plans to expand their
     Hear panelists discuss pressing national             senior services program to include housing.
     and state policy issues related to domestic          We will discuss the latest status on this project,
     violence, support services and housing.              which includes the recent completion of the
                                                          “Greenville Senior Manor” and MCCOA’s
     I6: Homeless – The Impact of Poverty on Brain        approach to begin renting these units in 2018.
     Development: We Need Bigger Bootstraps
     (Salon B)                                            12:00 pm – 1:15 pm
     Marianna Footo Linz, Ph.D., Marshall University      Closing Luncheon and Awards Presentation
     This session will focus on understanding             West Virginia Affordable Housing Hall of Fame
     how growing up in poverty can impact                 Award
     the neurodevelopmental system. Risk and              West Virginia Housing Awards (Salons D/E)
     resilience factors will be considered and            Introduced by Mary Skeens, Executive Director,
     implications for educational and social policy       CommunityWorks In West Virginia, Inc.
     will be discussed.

            2018 West Virginia Housing
              Planning Committee
                                                                 S.H.E.D., Inc. of West Virginia
                                                                         Kathy Gentry

            CommunityWorks in West Virginia, Inc.
                      Mary Skeens
                      Kristina Elliott                        Woodlands Development Group
                     Denise Cosby                                      Dave Clark
                                                                  Emily Wilson-Haugher

          West Virginia Housing Development Fund                   Coalfield Development
                        Crystal Toney                                 Claudette Karr
                       Nathan Testman

                                                             Randolph County Housing Authority
                           BB&T                                       Mandy Weirich
                         Marlo Long

                  Huntington National Bank                                 SunTrust
                     Theodore Ranson                                    Scott Horchler

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