TRAININGS AND CERTIFICATIONS

Georgia Alliance trainings are designed to enhance service provision, provide organizational capacity and assist personnel that serve the homeless population. Comprehensive curriculums are delivered by a variety of experienced professionals and trainers from across the State of Georgia and the nation, each serving in an important capacity to end homelessness. If you are interested in a training for your organization, please contact us and our helpful staff will help you plan your next training.

Contact:

Tom Plamann
Program Director
Georgia Alliance to End Homelessness, Inc.
Phone: 770-575-5785
Fax: 770-575-5786
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HPRP Training & Technical Assistance?

• Homeless Prevention: Creating Programs That Work

This training prepared by the National Alliance To End Homelessness is intended to help communities and providers plan how they will expand or develop programs to prevent homelessness in their community. Topics covered include critical decision making, start-up decisions, interventions and program evolution.

• Rapid Re-Housing: Creating Programs That Work

This training prepared by the National Alliance To End Homelessness is intended to help communities and providers plan how they will expand or develop Rapid Re-Housing programs and to end homelessness in their community. Topics covered include community assessment, targeting populations, client screening and assessment, financial assistance, landlord recruitment, housing options and prevention of future homelessness.

FIRST AID / CPR / AED Series

This American Standard Red Cross Standard First Aid training series provides hands-on first aid and adult/child CPR and automated external defibrillation (AED) instruction. Upon completion of this 6.5 hour training, participants receive American Red Cross CPR / AED / First Aid Certification. Class Maximum: 10

 

Housing Development / Management Series

• Introduction to Supportive Housing Development
  This training helps participants understand the supportive housing development process and develop their skills in planning, analyzing, projecting and implementing the funding for supportive housing projects.

• Financial Management and HUD Compliance
  An overview of the key principles of financial management for non-profit organizations, with detailed information on budgeting and compliance issues for supportive housing projects.

• Coordinating Property Management and Social Services in Supportive Housing
  This training examines the elements of an effective working relationship between property management and supportive services, whether or not they are provided by one or two separate organizations.

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Services and Case Management Series

• Developing the Program
  A training program covering all aspects of developing a supportive housing program, including: program goals and philosophy; resident populations and tenancy mixes; services to promote independence and residential stability; tenant involvement in design; staffing patterns; program policies and procedures.

• Community Building in and Around Supportive Residences
  An overview designed to show that community building is an integral part of supportive housing services and an important aspect of the success of the residence.

• Services for People with Special Needs
  This training helps participants to understand the spectrum of special needs (such as substance use, mental illness or other chronic health conditions) and develop a positive, professional relationship with residents with special needs.

• Case Management Services
  An introduction to the clinical skills needed to help clients with special needs sustain themselves, including building trust, setting goals, motivating clients, using referral services and documentation.

• Crisis and Conflict
  Discussion and exercises to help participants respond to and manage incidents of crisis and conflict in housing, and to establish policies and procedures with a group comprised of building management.

• Issues in the First Year
  Strategies for managing the transition to supportive housing, including: understanding the stress individuals face when moving into permanent housing and the impact of the homeless experience on new clients; defining case management and establishing effective boundaries; developing basic policies, procedures and house rules; and developing a service philosophy and menu.

• Making the Transition to Permanent Housing
  This curriculum is aimed at direct service staff and managers who are helping people with histories of homelessness transition into permanent housing (including scattered site housing and congregate models).

• Employment Services in Supportive Housing
  This training presents career development services as an integral part of the services offered to clients. Trainees will explore major considerations in setting up a vocational program, understand a variety of approaches for services and be able to create a culture that promotes work.

 

Online Learning Opportunities

The Georgia Alliance To End Homelessness has partnered with the National Alliance To End Homelessness and the Homeless Resource Center and their interactive community of providers to provide state-of-the-art knowledge and promising practices to prevent and end homelessness through training, technical assistance, on-line learning opportunities and collaboration.

Webcast Presentations

Free Online Training With CEUs

NAEH Virtual Learning