Presentations

Upcoming Webinars

• TBA

Selected Presentations

• National Sheriffs’ Association Winter Conference – Washington, D.C., February 2024
  • The Sheriffs Guide to Navigating the Politics of Homelessness, Addictions & Mental Illness
• National Sheriffs’ Association Annual Conference – Kansas City, MO, June 2022
  • The Top-10 Reasons to Start a Police Homeless Outreach Team (and How)
• Center for Court Innovation & U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) – November 17,2020
  • Law Enforcement and Homelessness: Understanding our Past and Reforming our Future
• Justice Clearinghouse – Webinar for the National Sheriff’s Association
  • How to Start a Police Homeless Outreach Team in 3 Easy Steps – Tuesday, January 21st, 2020 – 3 PM ET / 12 PM PT
    • As police agencies continue to struggle with more questions than answers about homelessness, many are starting homeless outreach teams (HOTs) to permanently address the problem rather than the symptoms. In the sequel to “The Top 10 Reasons to Start a Police Homeless Outreach Team”, attendees will learn how to develop their own team, from the ground up, covering topics such as:
      • The building blocks of police homeless outreach
      • How to start small and think big
      • Making the leap from enforcement to outreach (it’s easier than you think)
      • Integrating your team into Coordinated Entry and your local Continuum of Care
      • Leveraging community partnerships to end homelessness
        
• • How to get a Florida ID Card in Three Easy Steps
• Justice Clearinghouse – Webinar for the National Sheriff’s Association
• • The Top-10 Reasons to Start a Police Homeless Outreach Team (and How)
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• CIT International Conference – Kansas City, MO, August 16, 2018
  • The Top-10 Reasons to Start a Police Homeless Outreach Team (and How)
• CIT International Conference – Chicago, IL, April 26, 2016
  • Innovations in CIT and Homeless Outreach: An Inter-Agency, Multi-Disciplinary Approach in Florida
• City of Zephyrhills, Florida, January 24, 2017
  • Zephyrhills (FL) Community Forum on Homelessness
• Remarks to the Municipal Association of Pasco (MAP), August 3, 2017
  • Why Should We End Homelessness, And Why Now?
• Housing and Idea Exchange, Manchester, UK, December 7, 2017
  • Ending the Criminalisation of Homelessness