Canal Street Housing for Homeless Veterans – Webinar Materials

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Power Point Presentation | Webinar Recording

The Housing Assistance Council (HAC) is pleased to invite you to participate in a webinar on a model program for housing homeless veterans. More than 250,000 veterans experience homelessness each year. Veterans in rural areas are more likely to be homeless for longer periods of time and have serious medical problems. Nonprofits in rural communities are addressing the challenges for housing homeless veterans.

Several years of planning and hard work by veteran advocates and two nonprofit housing agencies led to the January 2011 opening of Canal Street Apartments in Winooski, Vermont. Housing Vermont was the developer of the six-story building and the Committee on Temporary Shelter (COTS) is the service provider for its tenants. The project features two-year transitional housing for homeless veterans on the first four floors, plus permanent affordable housing on the top two floors. Canal Street offers safe and decent housing to veterans in need.

Rural homeless veterans face a lack of opportunities for safe shelter compared to urban or suburban veterans. Join the Housing Assistance Council’s webinar on July 23rd to learn more about these challenges and the impact of a successful model for serving rural veterans.

This webinar is supported by The Home Depot Foundation. For more information, please email Janice Clark at Janice@ruralhome.org.

Nonprofit Board Membership: Webinar – Materials Posted

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Nonprofit Board Membership: From Basics to Beyond – Materials Available

Power Point Presentation | Webinar Recording (~1.25 hours) | #npboards

In Nonprofit Board Membership: From Basics to Beyond we will present manageable changes any nonprofit board can implement to improve their performance, make sound decisions, and further the mission of their organization.

From Service to Shelter: Housing Veterans in Rural America – Webinar

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Power Point Presentation | Webinar Recording

As two wars overseas wind down, more veterans will be coming home, while at the same time the demographic changes associated with the baby boom generation and the overall greying of America will also impact veteran’s needs in rural America. In the next ten years, over 70 percent of all veterans in rural America will be over the age of 65 placing increased pressure on the housing and health needs of rural veterans.

On the opposite end of the age spectrum, younger veterans, returning from Iraq or Afghanistan, are more diverse and face different economic and housing challenges. Although these veterans comprise just 7.6 percent of the total rural veteran population, they are more diverse and face different economic and housing challenges than their older counterparts. Minority and female veterans are a much larger segment of this population as well and maintain differing needs than older veterans. Beyond this, younger veterans face higher unemployment and poverty rates than older veterans. Approximately 10 percent of veterans between the ages of 18 to 34 are unemployed and 12 percent have incomes below the poverty line.

For their sacrifice, it is imperative that all veterans have access to safe, affordable, and secure housing. This can be particularly challenging in rural America due to vast geographies, limited resources, and less social service infrastructure. Join the Housing Assistance Council’s webinar on June 25th to learn more about these challenges as well as the demographic shifts reported on in HAC’s new publication From Service to Shelter and the implications that these realities will have on providing affordable and appropriate housing to rural veterans.

This webinar is supported by The Home Depot Foundation. For more information, please email Janice Clark at janice@ruralhome.org.

Register Now! https://ruralhome.adobeconnect.com/e7t536khd3s/event/event_info.html.

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Managing the Numbers to Grow your Business

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To have an event posted on our calendar*, please e-mail Dan Stern. Or send event description or brochure to:

Housing Assistance Council
Attn: Dan Stern
1025 Vermont Avenue, NW
Suite 606
Washington, DC 20005

Or fax to (202) 347-3441
Attn: Dan Stern

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*Calendar Posting Guidelines:

HAC’s calendar posts announcements about periodic conferences, training sessions, audioconferences, and the like. Topics must be relevant to professionals in the rural housing and community development arena. HAC reserves the right to accept or decline any request to post an item. We do not include sessions provided by entities (for-profit or nonprofit) that offer numerous regularly scheduled training events; links to such entities are provided below.

Community Connections
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HUD Calendar
NeighborWorks
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Managing the Numbers to Grow your Business

Date: January 10, 2014
Time: 3:00 PM EDT
Register: https://cc.readytalk.com/r/5unry53unbzg&eom

Rural Development Leadership Network (RDLN) in partnership with the Housing Assistance Council (HAC) invites you to participate in “Managing the Numbers to Grow Your Business”; the third webinar of the three-part series on Entrepreneurship for Community Leaders.

Specifically designed for community leaders or novice entrepreneurs who are starting a new business or looking to grow and or further expand an existing business. This webinar will focus on:

  • Market Research: The Foundation for Profitability
  • Growing your Business by Effective Marketing (Numbers)
  • key Production Factors – The Business Engine
  • Capitalization Requirements to Get Started
  • Financial Pro Formas: Building on The Market Analysis
  • The Balance Sheet: A Snapshot of What You Have
  • The Cash Flow Statement: Enough to Pay the Bills?
  • Break-Even Analysis: When Profit Begins
  • Managing Numbers: Daily Choices & Opportunities

About Rural Development Leadership Network (RDLN)

RDLN is a national multicultural social change organization that supports community-based development in poor rural areas through hands-on projects, education and skills building, leadership development and networking. Through RDLN, emerging leaders from poor rural areas spearhead development projects and design related study through which they may earn a certificate or academic credential. Participants attend RDLN’s month-long Rural Development Institute at the University of California, lead development projects in their communities under the umbrella of a Sponsoring Organization, engage in ongoing peer support and exchange, and have the option of earning an accredited academic degree.

RDLN’s webinars on Entrepreneurship are being provided as part of a Commitment-to-Action with the Clinton Global Initiative. RDLN is currently accepting applications for its month-long Institute at UCDavis this spring and for its master’s degree program with Antioch University Midwest.

Rural Development Leadership Network
P.O. Box 98
Prince St. Station
New York, NY 10012

Phone: (212)777-9137
Fax: (212)477-0367
Email: rdln@ruraldevelopment.org
Web: www.ruraldevelopment.org

About the Presenter
G. David Singleton, Program Analyst
California Native American Heritage Commission

Dave is the founder of Native Entrepreneur Opportunity Fund and organizes and offers native entrepreneurship training with the California Indian Manpower Consortium and the Rural Development Leadership Network, among others. David has more than thirty years of experience with, planning, implementation and evaluation of rural development projects; including tribal, small city economic development, small farm, cultural and education projects, with a strong focus on Native American projects.

David currently serves as Program Analyst for the State of California Native American Heritage Commission and has worked directly with many tribes on business development. He is a founding Board member of the Rural Development Leadership Network.

Using Social Media for Entrepreneurship

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To have an event posted on our calendar*, please e-mail Dan Stern. Or send event description or brochure to:

Housing Assistance Council
Attn: Dan Stern
1025 Vermont Avenue, NW
Suite 606
Washington, DC 20005

Or fax to (202) 347-3441
Attn: Dan Stern

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*Calendar Posting Guidelines:

HAC’s calendar posts announcements about periodic conferences, training sessions, audioconferences, and the like. Topics must be relevant to professionals in the rural housing and community development arena. HAC reserves the right to accept or decline any request to post an item. We do not include sessions provided by entities (for-profit or nonprofit) that offer numerous regularly scheduled training events; links to such entities are provided below.

Community Connections
IPED
HUD Calendar
NeighborWorks
Novogradac and Compan

Back to Trainings

Using Social Media for Entrepreneurship

Date: December 13, 2013
Time: 3:00 PM EDT
Registration: https://cc.readytalk.com/r/tgpbsrc9a50e&eom

Rural Development Leadership Network (RDLN) in partnership with the Housing Assistance Council (HAC) invites you to participate in “Using Social Media for Entrepreneurship”; the second webinar of the two-part series on Entrepreneurship for Community Leaders.

Social Media, including Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, are great new tools that can help in many aspects of Entrepreneurship. Specifically, this webinar will focus on using social media for three important activities to start and sustain your enterprise:

  • Research
  • Marketing, and
  • Growing your Business

About Rural Development Leadership Network (RDLN)

RDLN is a national multicultural social change organization that supports community-based development in poor rural areas through hands-on projects, education and skills building, leadership development and networking. Through RDLN, emerging leaders from poor rural areas spearhead development projects and design related study through which they may earn a certificate or academic credential. Participants attend RDLN’s month-long Rural Development Institute at the University of California, lead development projects in their communities under the umbrella of a Sponsoring Organization, engage in ongoing peer support and exchange, and have the option of earning an accredited academic degree.

RDLN’s webinars on Entrepreneurship are being provided as part of a Commitment-to-Action with the Clinton Global Initiative. RDLN is currently accepting applications for its month-long Institute at UCDavis this spring and for its master’s degree program with Antioch University Midwest.

Rural Development Leadership Network
P.O. Box 98
Prince St. Station
New York, NY 10012

Phone: (212)777-9137
Fax: (212)477-0367
Email: rdln@ruraldevelopment.org
Web: www.ruraldevelopment.org

About the Presenter
G. David Singleton, Program Analyst
California Native American Heritage Commission

Dave is the founder of Native Entrepreneur Opportunity Fund and organizes and offers native entrepreneurship training with the California Indian Manpower Consortium and the Rural Development Leadership Network, among others. David has more than thirty years of experience with, planning, implementation and evaluation of rural development projects; including tribal, small city economic development, small farm, cultural and education projects, with a strong focus on Native American projects.

David currently serves as Program Analyst for the State of California Native American Heritage Commission and has worked directly with many tribes on business development. He is a founding Board member of the Rural Development Leadership Network.

An Introduction to Entrepreneurship – Webinar

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To have an event posted on our calendar*, please e-mail Dan Stern. Or send event description or brochure to:

Housing Assistance Council
Attn: Dan Stern
1025 Vermont Avenue, NW
Suite 606
Washington, DC 20005

Or fax to (202) 347-3441
Attn: Dan Stern

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*Calendar Posting Guidelines:

HAC’s calendar posts announcements about periodic conferences, training sessions, audioconferences, and the like. Topics must be relevant to professionals in the rural housing and community development arena. HAC reserves the right to accept or decline any request to post an item. We do not include sessions provided by entities (for-profit or nonprofit) that offer numerous regularly scheduled training events; links to such entities are provided below.

Community Connections
IPED
HUD Calendar
NeighborWorks
Novogradac and Compan

Back to Trainings

An Introduction to Entrepreneurship

Date: November 8, 2013
Time: 3:00 PM EDT
Materials: Webinar Recording, Presentation, About RDLN

Rural Development Leadership Network (RDLN) in partnership with the Housing Assistance Council (HAC) invites you to participate in “An Introduction to Entrepreneurship”; the first webinar of a two-part series on Entrepreneurship for Community Leaders.

Specifically designed for community leaders or novice entrepreneurs who are starting a new business or looking to grow and or further expand an existing business. This webinar will focus on:

  • Why Entrepreneurship is an Attractive Option
  • How to decide if you have a good idea for a Business
  • Building a Team
  • Legal considerations


About Rural Development Leadership Network (RDLN)

RDLN is a national multicultural social change organization that supports community-based development in poor rural areas through hands-on projects, education and skills building, leadership development and networking. Through RDLN, emerging leaders from poor rural areas spearhead development projects and design related study through which they may earn a certificate or academic credential. Participants attend RDLN’s month-long Rural Development Institute at the University of California, lead development projects in their communities under the umbrella of a Sponsoring Organization, engage in ongoing peer support and exchange, and have the option of earning an accredited academic degree.

RDLN’s webinars on Entrepreneurship are being provided as part of a Commitment-to-Action with the Clinton Global Initiative. RDLN is currently accepting applications for its month-long Institute at UCDavis this spring and for its master’s degree program with Antioch University Midwest.

Rural Development Leadership Network
P.O. Box 98
Prince St. Station
New York, NY 10012

Accessing Capital for Tribal Communities – A Roundtable Discussion

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To have an event posted on our calendar*, please e-mail Dan Stern. Or send event description or brochure to:

Housing Assistance Council
Attn: Dan Stern
1025 Vermont Avenue, NW
Suite 606
Washington, DC 20005

Or fax to (202) 347-3441
Attn: Dan Stern

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*Calendar Posting Guidelines:

HAC’s calendar posts announcements about periodic conferences, training sessions, audioconferences, and the like. Topics must be relevant to professionals in the rural housing and community development arena. HAC reserves the right to accept or decline any request to post an item. We do not include sessions provided by entities (for-profit or nonprofit) that offer numerous regularly scheduled training events; links to such entities are provided below.

Community Connections
IPED
HUD Calendar
NeighborWorks
Novogradac and Compan

Back to Trainings

Accessing Capital for Tribal Communities – A Roundtable Discussion

Date: November 4, 2013
Registration: https://www.regonline.com/TribalFundingRT
Location:
Sheraton Albuquerque Uptown
2600 Louisiana Boulevard, NE
Albuquerque, NM 87110

Join the Housing Assistance Council for Accessing Capital for Tribal Communities – A Roundtable Discussion; a half-day discussion with various private, state and federal funding sources available to Tribal Housing Development entities.

Represented agencies include the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development (USDA-RD), New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority (NMFA), Native Community Finance (NCF), The Loan Fund (TLF) and the Housing Assistance Council (HAC). This roundtable discussion aims to assist Tribal organizations with understanding, accessing and navigating the complexities of various funding agency requirements. The roundtable discussion will also feature Zuni Pueblo, who will discuss their Self-Help Program, which utilized Rural Development 502 Direct Loans.

This roundtable discussion is FREE; however advance registration is requested.

Register Now! https://www.regonline.com/TribalFundingRT

Questions? Contact Shonterria Charleston at (404) 892-4824 or shonterria@ruralhome.org.

RDLN Webinars

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The Rural Development Leadership Network (RDLN), in partnership with HAC, is conducting a two-part series on Entrepreneurship for Community Leaders. For more information, click on the following links:


Rental Housing Preservation for Rural Seniors – Webinar

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To have an event posted on our calendar*, please e-mail Dan Stern. Or send event description or brochure to:

Housing Assistance Council
Attn: Dan Stern
1025 Vermont Avenue, NW
Suite 606
Washington, DC 20005

Or fax to (202) 347-3441
Attn: Dan Stern

*Calendar Posting Guidelines:

HAC’s calendar posts announcements about periodic conferences, training sessions, audioconferences, and the like. Topics must be relevant to professionals in the rural housing and community development arena. HAC reserves the right to accept or decline any request to post an item. We do not include sessions provided by entities (for-profit or nonprofit) that offer numerous regularly scheduled training events; links to such entities are provided below.

Community Connections
IPED
HUD Calendar
NeighborWorks
Novogradac and Compan

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Rental Housing Preservation for Rural Seniors – Webinar

Date: October 2, 2013
Time: 2:00 – 3:00 pm Eastern Time
REGISTER NOW

The Housing Assistance Council (HAC) is pleased to invite you to participate in a webinar on rental housing for rural seniors. With a rapidly aging population, the development and preservation of affordable apartment buildings plays an important role in the continuum of housing options for seniors. Apartments allow older residents to remain in their home communities, close to family and friends. Resources exist that support this housing option.

Join us for this webinar to learn more about the resources that support multi-family affordable housing for seniors. The agenda will feature discussions on using USDA’s Section 515 Rental Housing Loans, Section 521 Rental Assistance, Multi-family Preservation and Revitalization (MPR), and Section 542 Vouchers; and HAC’s Preservation Revolving Loan Fund.

This webinar is supported by The Atlantic Philanthropies. For more information, please email Janice Clark at Janice@ruralhome.org.

Register Now!

Presenters include:
Obediah Baker, Housing Assistance Council, Washington DC
Leslie Strauss, Housing Assistance Council, Washington DC

Introduction to the Rural Data Portal

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To have an event posted on our calendar*, please e-mail Dan Stern. Or send event description or brochure to:

Housing Assistance Council
Attn: Dan Stern
1025 Vermont Avenue, NW
Suite 606
Washington, DC 20005

Or fax to (202) 347-3441
Attn: Dan Stern

*Calendar Posting Guidelines:

HAC’s calendar posts announcements about periodic conferences, training sessions, audioconferences, and the like. Topics must be relevant to professionals in the rural housing and community development arena. HAC reserves the right to accept or decline any request to post an item. We do not include sessions provided by entities (for-profit or nonprofit) that offer numerous regularly scheduled training events; links to such entities are provided below.

Community Connections
IPED
HUD Calendar
NeighborWorks
Novogradac and Compan

Back to Trainings

Introducing the New RURAL DATA PORTAL

Date: September 18, 2013
Time: 2:00 – 3:00 pm Eastern Time
REGISTER NOW

Join HAC for an overview and explanation of the newly redesigned and improved RURAL DATA PORTAL. The RURAL DATA PORTAL is a simple, easy to use, on-line resource that provides essential information on the social, economic, and housing characteristics of communities in the United States.

The RURAL DATA PORTAL provides over 350 data indictors for your community. Most of the information provided in the RURAL DATA PORTAL comes from HAC tabulations of the 2010 Census of Population and Housing, the American Community Survey (ACS) and Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Data. Learn how you can use this resource to improve your understanding of housing and demographic conditions in rural communities. We invite you to visit www.ruraldataportal.org and start “Taking Stock” of you community.

Register Now!

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