114 | Pets as Participants: Preventing Barriers to Housing Pets
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Workshop
| Tuesday, April 9, 2024 |
| 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM |
| Room 204-205 |
Session Overview
In an effort to keep pets and participants together in their shared journey toward housing, there are several preventative steps that can be taken from first engagement at outreach through interim housing placement and ultimately to permanent housing that ensure a pet can safely stay with their pet parent. This includes staff buy in, pet programming, pet care, and awareness of participant rights.
Description
In an effort to keep pets and participants together in their shared journey toward housing, there are several preventative steps that can be taken from first engagement at outreach through interim housing placement and ultimately to permanent housing that ensure a pet can safely stay with their pet parent. This includes staff buy in, pet programming, pet care, and awareness of participant rights.
Kelsey Madigan
Deputy Chief Programs Officer
LA Family Housing (No Longer Employed)
Presenter
Kelsey Madigan is the Deputy Chief Programs Officer of Unhoused Programs for LA Family Housing. Kelsey received her Master's degree in Social Work at University of Michigan and is licensed as a Clinical Social Worker in the state of California. She oversees the Outreach, Intake and Assessment, Interim Housing and Housing Navigation departments, including departmental innovation and strategic growth. Kelsey provides consultation in best practices for design and program implementation for interim housing sites nationwide. She also provides systems level advocacy on pet policy and is working with the state of California on championing safe substance use programming and legislation.
