Homelessness in Lowell is a serious and visible problem. The following press release is regarding a conference, the fifth in a series, that aims to address the challenges the homeless face.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Contact: Linda King
Title: Community Development Specialist
Phone: 978-674-4252
Email: lking@lowellma.gov
City of Lowell , Partnership to End Homelessness
Keys to Ending Homelessness Conference
Series - Conference 5: Criminal Justice Reentry Strategies
October 28, 2011 – Holiday Inn, Tewksbury , MA
Conference 5: Criminal Justice
Reentry Strategies is being held in partnership with the
Middlesex Sheriff’s Office, Lowell Police Department, University of Massachusetts Lowell , Massachusetts
Housing and Shelter Alliance and the Paul and Phyllis Fireman Foundation. The
MA Department of Corrections and the Hampden, Norfolk and Suffolk County Sheriffs'
Offices are also participating. Philip
Mangano, President and CEO of the American Round Table to Abolish Homelessness
and the former executive director of the U.S. Interagency Council on
Homelessness is the keynote speaker.
Background:
The City of Lowell 's
Keys
to Ending Homelessness Conference Series is a product of the City's
Partnership for Change Initiative to End Homelessness in 10 Years. Partners for the Series have included
University of Massachusetts Lowell, U.S. Department of Housing and Community
Development, MA Departments of Housing and Community Development and Public
Health, U.S. Social Security Administration, Massachusetts Housing and Shelter
Alliance, MA Executive Office of Community Colleges, Paul and Phyllis Fireman
Foundation and many others.
Its mission is to engage the community, partners, homeless housing
and services managers and front-line staff in a discussion of innovative
programs and key funding opportunities that may be available to address
homelessness; provide overviews of comprehensive local and national strategies,
and offer workshops and follow-up onsite training programs for local agencies on
the issues discussed at each of the 8 conferences.
Conferences in the Series include: Social Security, October 2009;
Education, Employment & Business Incentives, March 2010; Housing,
June 2010; Behavioral Health & Trauma Informed Care, October 2010;
Criminal Justice October 28, 2011;
Seniors, Veterans and Food Security (2012 TBD)