208 | Recipe for Success: Tenant Leadership in the Flexible Housing Pool
Tracks
Workshop
Wednesday, April 10, 2024 |
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM |
Room 309-310 |
Session Overview
The Chicago and Cook County Flexible Housing Pool (FHP) is a supportive housing project funded through public/private partnerships between government, managed care, health systems, and philanthropy. FHP goals: reduce crisis system use and increase housing stability. To achieve success, the FHP centers tenant leadership to inform services and program outcomes.
Description
The Chicago and Cook County Flexible Housing Pool (FHP) is a supportive housing project funded through public/private partnerships between government, managed care, health systems, and philanthropy. FHP goals: reduce crisis system use and increase housing stability. To achieve success, the FHP centers tenant leadership to inform services and program outcomes.
Julie Nelson
Associate Director
CSH
Presenter
Julie Nelson worked in healthcare, housing, and services for 20+ years. She currently works on health and housing initiatives. Prior to CSH, Julie worked in supportive housing, healthcare, public benefits, and managed care. Julie has a MPH from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Brittany Johnson
Sr. Program Manager of Permanent Supportive Housing
The Center for Housing and Health
Presenter
Brittany Johnson serves as the Senior Program Manager of Permanent Supportive Housing(PSH) at The Center for Housing & Health. With over a decade of housing & health experience through the lens of therapeutic crisis intervention and trauma informed care she empowers innovative and equitable approaches to engage clients served, direct care teams and program management in critical time interventions and programming for various populations experiencing homelessness throughout the Chicagoland and Cook County areas. Brittany's team of managers oversee over 20 partnering agencies under PSH also across the Chicagoland and Cook County areas.
Keisha Wallace
Governance Chair
Flexible Housing Pool
Presenter
Keisha Wallace was born in St. Louis, MO. A music lover, she attended Columbia College, then became a licensed massage therapist. After several traumatic events, she couch hopped, slept on trains and shelter. After her FHP “lottery ticket”, she’s grateful for her own place and wants to give back and help others.