Expanded Opportunities with Federal Funding for Housing and Services

July 6, 2022, Webinar | Office Hour Chat Record (unedited)

00:28:33 Molly French (USAging): Welcome! Thanks for joining us today for the 

webinar. We have a fantastic line up of federal leaders with information you can 

use.

00:28:43 Tisharra Albright: I can

00:28:50 Adriane Easte: Good day all and happy Monday from Chicago, IL; 

addictions professional.

00:28:52 Kristen Egan: We are all muted, right?

00:28:59 Gwen Smith: hello, I can see

00:29:00 Molly French (USAging): We'll begin in a minute.

00:29:08 Becky Sternadel: hello!

00:29:10 Darlene Sturgeon: muted with camera off?

00:29:15 Molly French (USAging): Everyone is muted for audio quality.

00:29:18 Molly French (USAging): Welcome! Thanks for joining us. Molly 

French, Director of Housing and Services Resource Center, USAging. USAging 

serves ACL as the administrator of the HSRC.

00:29:18 Andrea Kindseth: Good afternoon! Curious, where I can obtain a copy 

of this presentation?

00:29:20 ilma nalic: hi everyone!

00:29:23 Bridgett Johnson: Hello from CIL NWF in Pensacola,FL

00:29:32 Molly French (USAging): Please actively use the chat for your 

comments. We love hearing from you!

00:29:36 Tamara Wright: HI everyone, Tamara Wright, USICH joining from 

PHX 

00:29:37 ilma nalic: im NJ! pcil :)

00:29:44 Monica Rutherford:Afternoon from THDA!

00:29:55 Molly French (USAging): We have CART service for this event. You 

can access it with the Zoom menu bar: CC/Live Transcript.

00:30:05 Terri Morgan: Hi, all. Terri from Northwest Georgia.

00:30:14 Gabrielle Gallucci: Hi all from Gabrielle Gallucci at Spurwink in Maine
00:30:19 Lisa Fields: Lisa Fields Career Specialist, Goodwill Industries Arkansas

00:30:26 Jennifer Miller: Jennifer Miller / Abilene Recovery Council

00:30:28 Becky Sternadel: Hello from ARCIL in Austin, Texas.

00:30:31 Karen Waltermeyer: Hi all from Karen Waltermeyer in Delaware, 

OH.

00:30:34 Jody Hougentogler: Howdy from Middletown, Delaware - The 

Freedom Center

00:30:40 ilma nalic: oo were all so spread out! that's great

00:30:42 Lisa Jardin: Lisa Jardin Woodbridge CT

00:30:44 Katie Jo Armbrust: Housing Services

00:30:54 Katie Jo Armbrust: Grand Forks, North Dakota

00:31:01 Molly French (USAging): The poll is open – please add your response 

now!

00:31:06 Ashley Newell: Hello from Galveston County, TX. Ashley Newell, 

Transition Advocate at Mounting Horizons, Inc. Center for Independent Ling

00:31:08 Ashley Newell: Living.

00:31:08 Dan Curcio: Dan Curcio- Florida Division of Emergency Management

00:31:09 Greg Keeling: Hi! Greg Keeling, TDMHSAS Creating Homes 

Initiative Regional SUD Housing Facilitator, Manchester, TN

00:31:13 Molly French (USAging): Have a question for a presenter? Please use 

the Zoom Q&A feature.

00:31:17 Darlene Sturgeon: State of Delaware - Developmental Disabilities

00:31:17 Jean Goodnack: Hello Everyone This is Jean Goodnack from Perry 

County

00:31:17 Lisa Carter: Good Evening from Lisa Carter,

00:31:19 Ashley Reynolds: Hello everyone from the Ohio Department of 

Development

00:31:19 Shelby Lake: Hello, Shelby Lake with Senior Neighbors in Grand 

Rapids, MI

00:31:21 Michael Stacey: Hi all !! Mike Stacey St. Louis MO.

00:31:23 Isaac Bean: Greetings from Neighborhood Services Inc from 

Columbus, OH!
00:31:26 Adrienne Walnoha: Adrienne from Pittsburgh: we are in the housing 

arena from a variety of angles: home accessibility, affordable housing, built 

environment and its impact on health.

00:31:28 Amy Smetana: Amy Smetana Community Connection of Northeast 

Oregon. John Day, OR

00:31:31 Ryan Elza: Volunteers of America National Services. Washington, DC

00:31:32 Carolyn Rich: Carolyn Rich with HHS in Austin TX

00:31:33 Molly French (USAging): For the poll, you can also access it using the 

Zoom menu.

00:31:33 Bridget Engleman: Hello Bridget Engleman CoC 503 Lakeland Florida

00:31:36 Alesa Loftis: I am with Dynamic Independence. We are a CIL in 

Bartlesville Oklahoma

00:31:43 Wanda Miller: Hi! Attending from the York County Coalition of 

Homeless in PA. I live with a disability and am very happy to see this presentation.

00:31:44 Terry Reiser: I think there's an error on the poll - healthcare 

provider doesn not appear

00:31:46 Gwen Smith: Gwen Smith from NW Pa, SHARE Housing Program

00:31:46 Rod Sansom: Hi all!! Rod Sansom with Great Circle in St Louis

00:31:48 Annette Graham: Annette Graham, Central Plains Area Agency on 

Aging- Wichita, KS

00:31:48 Tiffany Nicolette: CHAI in Baltimore, MD

00:31:52 Donna DeStefano: Donna DeStefano Tennessee Disability Coalition 

Nashville, TN

00:31:53 James Linfield: Jim Linfield, Project Manager

00:32:00 Stephanie Birmingham: Stephanie Birmingham, Advocacy

Coordinator, Options for Independent Living (CIL) in Wisconsin

00:32:04 Stephanie Culhane: Stephanie Culhane, Director of Behavioral 

Health, Charlesgate Nursing Center, Providence, RI

00:32:04 Krystal Moyers: Hi! Krystal from Augusta Health; a health system in 

Fishersville, VA

00:32:09 Lisa Carter: Lisa Carter with FCDPH in Winston-Salem, NC

00:32:13 Peter Byer: Peter Byer from AgeOptions, AAA of suburban Cook 

County, IL
00:32:15 Maryrose Mensah: Maryrose Mensah with the state office of Housing 

and Community Development in Rhode Island

00:32:15 Wallace Revalee: Wallace Revalee - Northeast Texas - Community 

Healthcore - SSVF

00:32:18 Melody DHaillecourt: Hello All. Melody D'Haillecourt, Director of 

Resident Resources, Community Housing Development Association in Denver, CO.

00:32:26 Diane Gerry:Hi, Diane Gerry from Sanford Housing in Maine!

00:32:29 Jeremy Carter: Jeremy Carter, Manager of Housing Strategy for 

Community HealthChoices at UPMC Health Plan, Pittsburgh, PA

00:32:29 Scott Trudeau: Scott Trudeau, PhD, OTR/L with the American 

Occupational Therapy Association

00:32:30 Joell Austin: I am with Wyoming Independent Living, a Center for 

Independent Living serving eastern Wyoming.

00:32:31 Andrew Nogar: Andy Nogar - Resident Services Manager - Mercy 

Housing

00:32:32 Karan Kennedy: To IT person: I am getting a strong and distracting 

echo.

00:32:34 Wendy Byerly: Wendy Byerly Independent Living Center of NCO

00:32:34 Lyn Hakeem: Lyn Hakeem, Baton Rouge Louisiana, Prison 

Reentry, CAPARC.

00:32:35 Kelly Dull: LINC. A CIL center for Idaho.

00:32:37 Suzanne Williams: Suzanne Williams, Director of Recovery SupportsEmployment and Housing at the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and 

Substance Abuse Services

00:32:40 Lori Resnick:Lori Resnick ~ ONEgeneration

00:32:42 Sylvia Harkins: Sylvia Harkins, Southern Maine Agency on Aging

00:32:42 William F. Pickel: William Pickel, Brilliant Corners, CA

00:32:44 Molly French (USAging): The poll is open – please add your response 

now!

00:32:49 Alexandra Nassau-Brownstone: Alexandra Nassau- Brownstone

Stewards of Affordable Housing for the Future (SAHF)

Washington DC

00:32:50 Bea Saki: Bea Saki, East Bay Innovations
00:32:52 Kristen Egan: Hello from Kristen Egan, Kansas Statewide 

Homeless Coalition!

00:32:56 LISA BONIE:Lisa Bonie, Executive Director, Northern Nevada Center 

for Independent Living (NNCIL)

00:33:00 Alan Huntington: Alan Huntington Program Specialist CoC 508 

Batavia and surrounding counties New York State

00:33:02 Molly French (USAging): Learn more about the Housing and Services 

Resource Center at https://acl.gov/HousingAndServices

00:33:04 Janet Shouse: Janet Shouse with the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center 

in Nashville, UCEDD. But here primarily as a parent of a young adult with a 

significant disability relying on SSI.

00:33:04 Robert Malone: Rob Malone, The Arc Prince George's County

00:33:15 John Dinan: John Dinan Stanislaus County, CA Commission on Aging

00:33:20 Diana Clanton: Diana Clanton ILC, work For SKIL from Sedan, KS

00:33:22 Stephanie Meyer: Greetings and salutations from Pennsylvania! 

Thanks for hosting us today - Stephanie Meyer, Special Assistant to the Secretary, 

Pennsylvania Department of Human Services.

00:33:25 Derek Taylor: Derek Taylor-- Master Housing Navigator for 

Region 3 of NYS. Capital District, Mid-Hudson Valley and Taconic Regions.

00:33:29 Oscar Colon Jr: Oscar Colon Jr-Housing Nav, AARC LRGVDC, Texas

00:33:33 Jacki Brewster: Jacki Brewster, Community Partners Housing 

Bridge Subsidy Program, Rochester, NH

00:33:34 Juana Gonzalez: Hello, Juana Gonzalez, Riverside County Office on 

Aging in California

00:33:35 Janet Zander: Janet Zander, Advocacy & Public Policy 

Coordinator, Greater WI Agency on Aging Resources, Inc.

00:33:37 Joanne Lynn: Joanne Lynn, MD, advocate for long-term 

supportive services, Fellow in Cong Tom Suozzi's office and working on catastrophic 

long-term care insurance

00:33:38 Kelli Johnson: Kelli E. Johnson with the Franklin County Office on 

Aging in Columbus, Ohio

00:33:45 Lavonzell Moses-Scott: Lavonzell Moses-Scott, CountyCare 

Healthplan, Chicago, IL

00:33:48 Sharon Kramer: Amputee, looking for affordable and accessible 

housing
00:33:49 Rachel Leddy: Rachel Leddy, CHW, NyE Communitieis Coalition, 

Pahrump, NV

00:33:53 Dion Connelley: Dion Connelley

00:33:54 Catherine Gorman:Hello, Cathy Gorman - SAGE- RI

00:34:01 Mary Newton: Mary Newton, Atlanta regional Comm/Area Agency 

on aging

00:34:02 Lisa Gosiaco: Lisa Gosiaco - WA State Health Care Authority

00:34:03 Kim Croce: Kim Croce, Greenfield Housing Authority, Greenfield, MA

00:34:06 Daniela Ferrufino: Daniela Ferrufino, Community Liaison Specialist, 

Project UP START, Homeless Education Program, South Office

00:34:07 John Sorensen: John Sorensen - CMS MFP PO and Housing SME

00:34:08 Molly French (USAging): Thanks for using the chat today. If you have 

questions for the presenters, please use the Q&A feature.

00:34:08 Michelle Christensen: Michelle Christensen Montana's Money 

Follows the Person Program

00:34:10 Melanie Starns: Melanie Starns from Arizona

00:34:14 Chelsea Ordway: Hello, Chelsea Ordway with the Housing Bridge 

Subsidy Program for NH

00:34:15 Dion Connelley: Dion Connelley NACOG Area Agency on Aging

00:34:20 Andrea Platts: Thank you. The chemically intolerant need housing. 

(mcas, mcs, asthma, copd). Affordable or not affordable the community has no 

place to live.

00:34:21 Steven Freeman: Arizona Developmental Disabilities Planning Council

00:34:24 Tracy Bishop: Tracy Bishop, Program Manager of Maternal and 

Child Health, Butler County General Health District

00:34:31 Tamara Gaston: Hello from Tamara Gaston, Tribal Initiative Project 

Manager, Tribal Affairs, Aging and Long-Term Support Administration, Washington 

State.

00:34:32 Harriet Aronow: Harriet Udin Aronow, PhD. 

(harriet.aronow@cshs.org) Research Scientist in Nursing Research, Cedars-Sinai

00:34:35 Meghan Trowbridge: Good afternoon, everyone! I'm with the 

South Carolina UCEDD

00:34:42 Kristi Wick: Kristi Wick, UTC School of Nursing, Gerontology
00:34:50 Kristin Vandagriff: Kristin Vandagriff, Florida Developmental 

Disabilities Council

00:34:58 Enjoli Dixon:Enjoli Dixon, National Center for Mobility ManagementEasterseals

00:35:00 KRISTEN FARNHAM: Kristen Farnham from Spurwink in Portland, 

Maine

00:35:01 Leah Merritt: Hello, Leah Merritt here from YWCA Mahoning 

Valley OH

00:35:06 Senior Connections the Capital Area Agency on MBontly: Mary Bontly 

- Senior Connections - Richmond, Virginia

00:35:10 Kathy Trinkle: Hello from IN and a group of parents developing a 

neuro diverse community to support people with intellectual or developmental 

disabilities.

00:35:14 Quadrica Hogan: Quadrica Hogan, Viewpoint Health, Atlanta Ga

00:35:14 chaunci Hinton: Chaunci Hinton Director of Western New York 

Independent Living Center

00:35:15 Craig Barnett: Craig Barnett Community Health Navigator -

Children's Hospital of Wisconsin ( Milwaukee)

00:35:17 Jenny Jarvis: Jenny Jarvis, Area Agency on Aging 1-B in 

Southeast Michigan

00:35:29 Susan Engels: Susan Engels, State Unit on Aging, WA State

00:35:35 Harvey Brooks: Harvey Brooks, Suncoast Center for Independent 

Living, Sarasota FL.

00:35:36 Jessica Chow: Hello. Jessica Chow in Poland, Maine

00:35:38 Dana Franceschini: Dana Franceschini, Aging Care Connections, 

LaGrange, IL

00:35:43 Sandy Pendergraft:Hello from the Brain Injury Association of NC -

Raleigh

00:35:46 Lisa DaPonte: Hello Lisa DaPonte, Center for Southeast AsiansProvidence, RI

00:35:46 Shatiki Beatty: Shatiki Beatty, Housing Specialist; Independent 

Living Center; Troy, NY

00:35:47 Harriet Aronow: Oops ... Harriet Aronow again. Cedars-Sinai Health 

System is in Los Angeles, CA 
00:35:48 Molly French (USAging): Learn more about the Housing and Services 

Resource Center at https://acl.gov/HousingAndServices

00:35:48 Torri Poole: Hello! Torri Poole here from Pathways Mental Health Clinic 

out of Franklin Georgia.

00:35:52 Leanne Oliveira, ADRC - Seniors Council of SBC & SCZ: Leanne 

Oliveira, ADRC, Hollister, CA :)

00:36:01 GAIL BERLINGER: Gail Berlinger, Preservation Management in Maine

00:36:11 Molly French (USAging): After the webinar, we’ll send everyone a 

reference set of slides and the webinar feedback form.

00:36:13 Laurel Folse:Hello Laurel from Center for Independent Living of The 

Keys. Key Largo, FL

00:36:18 R. Patrick Fitzgerald: R. Patrick Fitzgerald, Director Mifflin-Juniata 

Area Agency on Aging, Inc. Lewistown, Pennsylvania

00:36:22 john yopps: Greetings-John Yopps from JFS Milwaukee.

00:36:26 Olive Ashwell: Good afternoon - Olive Ashwell, Nye Communities 

Coalition in Pahrump, NV - Community Health Worker in the Deflection Program

00:36:33 Molly French (USAging): If you’re just joining us, please respond to 

the poll on the side of your screen.

00:36:37 Denise Wardle: Denise Wardle, Executive Director TARP Center for 

Independent Living Paris TN

00:36:38 Becky Himlin: Becky Himlin, Community Action Pioneer Valley, 

Greenfield, A

00:36:42 Vincent Cofield: Vincent Cofield, Henry O. Flipper Foundation Inc. 

(HOFF), Natchitoches, Louisiana

00:36:48 Stefani Hartsfield: Stefani Hartsfield, Vermont

00:36:50 Andrea Platts: I am with the Environmental Illness Disability 

Coalition.

We are addressing how the use of Fragranced products in housing and medical 

facilities makes those services unusable to a growing population of those who 

adversely react to those chemicals and also how using fragrance in products is 

creating homelessness.

00:36:51 helena kehne: Helena (Hel-eh-na) Kehne - Peer Advocate 

Counselor and Community Outreach Specialist with Vermont Center For 

Independent Living (VCIL), in Vermont.

00:36:57 Paula Basta: Paula Basta - Illinois Dept. on Aging
00:36:58 Olive Ashwell: Hello all! Marshall Jewell, Nye Communities 

Coalition in Pahrump NV, Community Health Worker in the Deflection program

00:37:06 Sheryl Larson: Sherri Larson U of MN UCEDD Institute on 

Community Integration

00:37:24 Rob Groenendaal: Rob Groenendaal, Administration for Community 

Living

00:37:39 Kimberly Dickinson: Kim Dickinson-Healthy Generations Area 

Agency on Aging

00:37:42 Catherine Mello: Caitlin Starr, Brain Injury Association of Maryland

00:37:43 Aiko Tan: Hello. Aiko Tan, Senior Director Homeless Strategy, 

SCAN Health Plan. Glad to be here.

00:37:49 Yvonne Cudney: Yvonne Cudney - Housing Bureau for Seniors -

Washtenaw County MI

00:38:00 Jill Erickson: Area Agency on Aging

00:38:01 Molly French (USAging): Have a question for a presenter? Please use 

the Zoom Q&A feature.

00:38:03 Jackie Kim: Hello All! Jacqueline Kim - Alaska Governor's Council on 

Disabilities and Special Education 

00:38:05 Mark Kelly: Mark Kelly - Wyoming Department of Health, Aging 

Division and a representative of WyHMAC (Wyoming Home Modifications Action 

Coalition)

00:38:08 Brenda Lambeth: LeAnn Daugherty

00:38:10 Stephanie Jones: Good Afternoon, Stephanie Jones, Maryland 

Department of health, DA

00:38:11 Molly French (USAging): Administration for Community Living (ACL): 

https://acl.gov

00:38:12 Brenda Lambeth: Brenda Lambeth, Program Supervisor of the 

ADvantage Waiver, Oklahoma.

00:38:19 Katrina Stirn: Katrina Stirn, Disability Empowerment Center 

Lancaster PA

00:38:30 Addie Duval:Good afternoon, Addie Duval Louisiana Balance of State 

Continuum of Care and Start Corporation

00:38:34 Kristi Craig: Housing instability can be a reason why children go into 

foster care, or cannot be reunited with their families.

00:38:39 Norbert De Anda: Other: CA Department of Aging
00:38:44 Sue Burgess: Sue Burgess - Area Agency on Aging/Atlanta 

Regional Commission

00:38:44 Molly French (USAging): Learn about the Aging and Disability 

Networks: https://acl.gov/help/aging-and-disability-advocates

00:38:51 Patrick Frere: Patrick Frere, Bay Aging, Urbanna, Virginia

00:39:02 Molly French (USAging): After the webinar, we’ll send everyone a 

reference set of slides and the webinar feedback form.

00:39:08 Ecaterina Henter: Ecaterina Henter, Suffolk Independent Living 

Organization, Medford, NY

00:39:14 Nili Ezekiel: Nili Ezekiel, National Association of State Mental Health 

Program Directors (NASMHPD)

00:39:20 Amy Atkinson: Amy Atkinson Kanawha Valley Senior Services, WV

00:39:31 Victoria Ogunbode:Good Afternoon, Victoria Ogunbode from PG 

County Health Department - Healthy Beginnings Program

00:40:08 Wanda Miller: There also need to be an easier way for people to 

transition out of programs that have become inappropriate for their disabilities. I'm 

going through this right now and it's really difficult to get providers to understand 

that although "housed", I'm not getting what I need. Being h

00:40:14 Cera Kim-Sunada: Aloha, from Honolulu, Hawaii. I am a doctorate 

nursing student from University of Hawaii at Hilo.

00:40:37 Wanda Miller: Being "housed" is not enough.

00:40:40 Molly French (USAging): Disability Information & Access Line. Call 

888-677-1199 or send an email to DIAL@usaginganddisability.org (Mon-Fri 9 am -

8 pm Eastern)

00:40:51 Molly French (USAging): Excellent comments being posted in the 

chat. THanks~

00:40:59 Molly French (USAging): Eldercare Locator: 

https://eldercare.acl.gov/Public/Index.aspx

00:41:05 Molly French (USAging): Assistive Technology Act Program: 

https://www.at3center.net/stateprogram

00:41:09 Kristi Craig: Housing instability and need for supportive services can 

also be an issue for kin who are taking care of children in foster care, or so they 

don't go into foster care.

00:41:13 Molly French (USAging): After the webinar, we’ll send everyone a 

reference set of slides and the webinar feedback form.
00:41:30 Debbie Carson: Hi Ya'll. Debbie Carson- Health Department/Covid19 Action Team. Columbia, SC

00:41:47 Molly French (USAging): After the webinar, we’ll send everyone a 

reference set of slides -- with embedded links -- and the webinar feedback form.

00:42:06 Quadrica Hogan: thanks Molly

00:42:06 Molly French (USAging): Find SAMHSA at https://samhsa.gov

00:42:23 Wendy Heaps: Wendy Heaps, Sr. Policy Analyst, Office of the 

Associate Director for Policy & Strategy, Office of the Director, Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention,

00:43:20 jerome Greathouse: Jerome G .....GA Medicaid (MFP Grant)

00:43:36 Zan Thornton: Zan Thornton, 2 Spirit Cherokee Disabled Veteran 

GA ADAPT and Native to Disabled Natives GEORGIA SE.

00:44:48 Doreen Eichele: Doreen Eichele Dacotah Foundation Bismarck ND

00:45:08 Molly French (USAging): I'll put the SAMHSA links in the chat.

00:45:10 Molly French (USAging): Community Mental Health Services Block 

Grant (MHBG): https://www.samhsa.gov/grants/block-grants/mhbgCommunity

Mental Health Services Block Grant (MHBG): 

https://www.samhsa.gov/grants/block-grants/mhbg

00:46:08 Hellen Smith: Hellen Smith, Program Coordinator- DIAL, USAging

00:47:02 Kwaku Agyeman: Kwaku Agyeman [he, him, his]

State Director

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00:48:25 Molly French (USAging): Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment 

Block Grant (SABG): https://www.samhsa.gov/grants/block-grants/sabg

00:50:50 Michael Grier: Mike Grier, Executive Director, Pennsylvania 

Council on Independent Living

00:51:14 Molly French (USAging): CSAT State Opioid Response (SOR) Program, 

SOR Profile (10/2020): https://www.samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/state-opioidresponse-sor-report.pdf

00:51:49 Wanda Miller: Agencies also need to be mindful of providing 

people with disabilities proper information. For example, Housing Authorities should 
make it clear that reasonable accommodations are available for people who need an 

extension on their voucher in order to search for housing.

00:52:02 Janet Dickinson: Janet Dickinson, Planner, ElderSource, the Area 

Agency on Aging Northeast FL

00:52:57 Molly French (USAging): For PATH: 

https://www.samhsa.gov/homelessness-programs-resources/grant-programsservices/path

00:53:23 Andrea Platts: Please include chemically intolerant to outreach 

funding. (PATH)

00:53:46 Sonam Willow: apologies for late log in. thank you for this training. 

00:54:38 Molly French (USAging): Thanks for making comments via chat. 

Please put your questions in the Q&A features.

00:55:27 Molly French (USAging): TIEH info is at 

https://www.samhsa.gov/homelessness-programs-resources/grant-programsservices/tieh-program

00:55:37 Katie Jo Armbrust: This is our grant :-)

00:56:23 Molly French (USAging): So you can have the info, after the webinar 

we’ll send everyone a reference set of slides and the webinar feedback form.

00:57:04 Molly French (USAging): GBHI info is at 

https://www.samhsa.gov/homelessness-programs-resources/grant-programsservices/gbhi-program

00:57:07 Andrea Platts: Thank you!

00:57:22 Cynthia LaCounte: Does the grant to the Grand Forks Housing 

Authority specify any work done with urban Indians? I would expect that AI/ANs 

would be their largest group of need. Just curious. Thank you!

00:58:18 Zan Thornton: Thank you for ASL and CART

00:58:57 Molly French (USAging): SAMHSA Practitioner Training: 

https://www.samhsa.gov/practitioner-training

00:59:04 Molly French (USAging): SOAR Works: https://soarworks.samhsa.gov

00:59:11 Molly French (USAging): Homeless and Housing Resource Center: 

https://hhrctraining.org /

00:59:23 Molly French (USAging): African American Behavioral Health Center of 

Excellence: http://africanamericanbehavioralhealth.org/

00:59:31 Molly French (USAging): Center of Excellence for Behavioral health 

Disparities in Aging: https://e4center.org/
00:59:38 Molly French (USAging): Center of Excellence for LGBTQ+ Behavioral 

Health Equity: https://lgbtqequity.org/

00:59:47 Molly French (USAging): SMI Adviser: https://smiadviser.org/

00:59:55 Molly French (USAging): Peer Recovery Center of Excellence: 

https://www.peerrecoverynow.org/

01:00:03 Molly French (USAging): Addiction Technology Transfer Centers 

(ATTC): https://attcnetwork.org

01:00:12 Molly French (USAging): Mental Health Technology Transfer Centers 

(MHTTC): https://nhttcnetwork.org

01:00:20 Molly French (USAging): Prevention Technology Transfer Centers 

(PTTC): https://pttcnetwork.org

01:00:29 Molly French (USAging): Evidence-Based Practices Resource Center: 

https://www.samhsa.gov/resource-search/ebp

01:00:49 Molly French (USAging): For your organization (name) what is 1 of 

your primary partners that is in a different sector?

Example: For Mytown Housing Authority, a key partner is our Mytown 

Independence Center.

01:00:58 Wendy Heaps: HUD and DOT

01:00:58 Wallace Revalee: Community Healthcore - VA

01:01:03 Katie White: Nonprofit behavioral health agency, also CAP agency

01:01:07 Karina Creswell: Housing Authority

01:01:08 Doreen Eichele: Burleigh County Housing Authority

01:01:09 Darlene Sturgeon: ARC OF DELAWARE

01:01:09 Hunter LeClair: Bay Aging- key partner is Virginia Housing, state 

housing finance agency

01:01:10 Wendy Trocchio: Cook County Dept of Health- key partner is 

RESPOND NOW

01:01:12 Olive Ashwell: NV Outreach Pahrump, NV

01:01:13 Sonam Willow: I am sonam ben willow and I work primarily with 

social security disability recipients. In office I work closely with NY connects ASHLY 

YOUNG

01:01:15 Noel Gill: Northwest Real Estate Capital Corp. Community Action 

Programs due to the availability in multiple state.
01:01:16 Darlene Watson: Bay Aging Housing, key partner is Bay Rivers 

Telehealth

01:01:17 Jean Goodnack: Cumberland and Perry County Housing Authority

01:01:18 Juana Gonzalez: HUD/Behavioral services/RUHS

01:01:18 Becky Himlin: Western Mass Coalition to End Homelessness

01:01:18 Vicky Hogan: Housing Authority

01:01:19 Mark Kelly: A key partner for the Aging Division is the Cheyenne 

Housing Authority.

01:01:19 Melisa Borgos-Colon: SCIL

01:01:21 Katie Jo Armbrust: Grand Forks Housing Authority, Key Partner is 

Spectra Health a FQHC

01:01:21 Lyn Hakeem: Capital Area United Way

01:01:24 Terry Reiser: Humana - Volunteers of America

01:01:24 Katrina Stirn: Tenfold-www.wearetenfold.org

01:01:26 Andrew Nogar: Catholic Charities

01:01:27 Kimberly Castle: Some of the best partners are CAP agencies as 

they hold many resources for housing providers

01:01:27 Lisa Jardin: Departments of Developmental Services, Dept. Of Mental 

Health, HUD

01:01:30 Liz Pazdral: For Agency on Aging\Area 4 a key partner is the Senior 

Safe House.

01:01:31 Keith Rucker: Community Action Victoria Texas

01:01:34 Melody DHaillecourt: One of CHDA's partners is All Health 

Network.

01:01:37 Sarah Swartz: For Union Community Care a key partner is the 

Community Health Council

01:01:38 Ralph Purkhiser: Southern Indiana Center for Independent Living--

we partner with Back Home Indiana to advocate for affordable, accessible housing.

01:01:42 Heidi Sandberg: The Minnesota Department of Human Servfices 

partners with the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency.

01:01:43 Jamie Austin: Family counseling, Section 8, HUD, catholic 

charities, Salvation army, Neighbor to neighbor, DSS
01:01:44 ilma nalic: Progressive center for independent living, we work with 

the state housing HUD

01:01:45 Andy Chan: A primary partner for Seattle Housing Authority is Aging & 

Disability Services (the regional AAA). 

01:01:45 Scott Trudeau: American Occupational Therapy Association 

partners with Rebuilding Together

01:01:45 Bea Saki: For East Bay Innovations and key partner is Health Care 

Services Agency in Alameda County

01:01:46 Derek Taylor: Warren/Saratoga County DSS

01:01:47 David Projansky: For Maine DHHS, MaineHousing Authority

01:01:50 Chesley Knowles: Local Housing Authority

01:01:51 traci Clark: A key partner to the MT Department of Public Health and 

Human Services is the MT Department of Commerce

01:01:52 Madeline Gilbert: Commonbond Communities - Minnesota

01:01:52 Chelsea Ordway: Hello, I cover Cheshire County and Hillsborough 

County in NH. My program is the Housing Bridge Subsidy Program and a partner I 

work with is South Western Community Services

01:01:53 Linda Coleman: HumanGood-our key partner is Inland Empire 

Health Plan in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties in CA.

01:01:56 Suzanne Williams: Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and 

Substance Abuse Services. One of our key partners is the Governor's Interagency 

Council on Homelessness

01:01:57 GAIL BERLINGER: Local community action agencies

01:01:58 Jacki Brewster: Community Action Partnership of Strafford County

01:02:02 Ashley Newell: Mounting Horizons, Inc. CIL for Galveston County. 

We've been working with one of our affordable 55+ apartment complexes, The 

Huntington of Kemah, to help individuals apply and understand the application 

process.

01:02:03 Annette Graham: Central Plains AAA- Independent Living Center

01:02:04 Valeria Vega: Shields for Families

01:02:09 Sandra Gerdes: Laura Baker Services Association; Three Rivers 

Community Action Center

01:02:11 Lauren Mountz: Lauren Mountz, Center for Accessible 

Living,Louisville,Ky, Housing Authority is who I partner with the most
01:02:12 John Skirven: Southeastern Virginia Housing Coalition has a 

partnership with Senior Services of Southeastern Virginia, the area agency on 

aging.

01:02:14 Teresa Bowling: Beattyville Housing- Beattyville Ky

01:02:15 Donna DeStefano: For Tennessee Disability Coalition, a new partner is 

the Nashville/Davidson County Continuum of Care Homelessness Planning Council

01:02:15 Shelly Wilcox: One of Family Counseling Service of the Finger 

Lakes key partners is Child Advocacy Center

01:02:18 Molly French (USAging): HUD: https://hud.gov

01:02:21 Chris Myers: Area 10 Agency on Aging - center for independent living

01:02:23 Joell Austin: Mayor's Councils for People with Disabilities in Cheyenne 

& Casper, WY.

01:02:35 Alesa Loftis: Dynamic Independence is a CIL, we often refer to Grand 

Lake Mental Health and the WRAP Around program or Elder care for Senior services

01:02:40 Diane Gerry:Sanford Housing Authority in Maine and York County 

Government that offers treatment at no costs (tax payer funded) and we are 

building supportive housing on the same campus for people re-entering from jail, 

treatment and/or experiencing homelessness

01:02:43 Aiko Tan: We have two strong collaborator/partner: LAHSA, Los 

Angeles Homeless Service Authority and CSH, Corporation of Supportive Housing. 

In Los Angeles, CA

01:02:52 Janet Zander: Greater WI Agency on Aging Resources (GWAAR) -

our go to for housing is the state assoc. of Community Action Agencies.

01:02:53 Karen Waltermeyer: SourcePoint Delaware, OH Bridges 

Community Action and Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging.

01:02:57 Teresa Bowling: Kentucky River Area Development District

01:02:59 Celina Bryan: WNY Independent Living partners with H.O.M.E.

01:03:07 Stephanie Culhane: Charlesgate Nursing Center partners with 

Community Care Alliance, a local CMHC

01:03:09 Jenna Bicondoa: For Independent Lifestyles, HRA, and Many county 

agencies.

01:03:14 Debora Morris: Red Cliff Chippewa Housing Authority works with 

the Red Cliff Health Center and Behavioral Health in partnership for Homeless and 

Substance and Mental Health wrap around services.
01:03:15 Gabrielle Gallucci: Spurwink partners with Community Housing of 

Maine

01:03:19 Teresa Bowling: Lee/Owsley County Senior Citizens

01:03:23 Harriet Aronow: From our Cedars-Sinai Health System, I am 

launching a research study on comparing in-home preventive nurse visits to on-site 

health promotion classes in low income independent older-adult housing buildings. 

We are partnering with 6 housing providers and 18 buildings.

01:03:31 Andrea (Angel) Melerine: From Angel: LABOSCOC, LHC, STBP Housing 

& Redevelopment

01:03:32 Alesa Loftis: Also strong support for and from DVIS

01:03:56 ilma nalic: very cool

01:04:04 Angela Woodard: Triangle J Area Agency on Aging; partnership with 

the NC Department of Health and Human Services

01:04:05 Molly French (USAging): HUD 202 

https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/housing/mfh/progdesc/eld202

01:04:11 Stephanie Culhane: We also have assisted living and 

independent HUD housing

01:04:27 Kwaku Agyeman: Virginia- Department of Behavioral Health and 

Developmental Services

01:04:50 Andrea Platts: HUD please recognize and hp the chemically 

intolerant. The community is ignored, isolated and live homeless with no support. 

Thank you for helping a growing community.

01:04:51 tia pruitt: HOCTIL Independent Living, we refer to MHMR and Area 

Agency on Aging

01:05:17 Diane Gerry:Sanford Housing in Maine also partners with an assisted 

living provider for services. We offer PBV and section8 eligibility

01:06:20 Kendra Garcia: Kendra Garcia, New Vistas CIL in New Mexico.

01:06:33 Michael Stacey: Adapt of Missouri partners with Compass Health

01:06:41 Molly French (USAging): https://www.hud.gov/hudprograms/rs8pbra

01:07:00 Molly French (USAging): Sec. 811 

https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/housing/mfh/progdesc/disab811

01:07:12 Becky Sternadel: There are no vacancies in section 811. It has been 

closed for any applications.
01:07:37 Molly French (USAging): Mainstream Vouchers 

https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/public_indian_housing/programs/hcv/mainst

ream

01:07:52 Becky Sternadel: People with disabilities stay on a wait list for years.

01:08:23 Becky Sternadel: Austin needs more vouchers to people with 

disabilities.

01:08:28 Jennifer Valenzuela: Here in Florida there are no vacancies in 

Section 811. Been closed for years.

01:08:48 Molly French (USAging): Continuum of Care: 

https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/comm_planning/coc

01:09:25 Becky Sternadel: Austin ,Texas as well....they cannot even submit an 

application.

01:09:27 Stephanie Birmingham: Housing vouchers are only beneficial if you 

find a landlord willing to accept them, or find a place that is truly accessible to a 

person's needs.

01:09:30 Ashley Newell: Galveston County and Harris county in TX- the 

waitlists for section 8 have been closed. Galveston's opened up briefly during the 

holiday and once a year prior, but otherwise ours tend to stay closed for several 

years at a time.

01:09:49 Alesa Loftis: In my area any Housing for low income or disabled, 

etc...are not available because most of the time there is a 2yr and up waiting list. 

What programs are available to help people who cannot find housing?

01:09:57 Diane Rosenbeck: Hi in Massachusetts we have an active 811 

program - just placed three people. Is the 811 different in different states? These 

are people with disability in facilities or homless.

01:10:01 Wanda Miller: Our Housing Authority won't grant extensions for 

the Emergency Housing Vouchers even though other states are doing so.

01:10:19 Maureen McCormick: In northern NJ, most section 202 buildings 

are shut tight to new applications, Housing Choice Voucher wait lists are closed for 

years, and Emergency Housing Vouchers in very short supply. Not enough help for 

those who need it

01:10:25 Sonam Willow: HUD is awesome thank you for links and info. My 

brother resides in a HUD apt in Ohio.

01:10:33 Darlene Sturgeon: no new 811 projects in Delaware

01:10:50 Becky Sternadel: Yes, HUD is great when it is available.
01:10:52 Bridgett Johnson: Yes here in Pensacola ZERO Availablity. You can 

call places these days and half them will not even answer the phone just to collect 

information. We need more resources to give our consumers.

01:10:53 Kimberly Castle: In Washington we have Foundational Community 

Supports (Medicaid Pays for SH and SE supportive services) and we encourage our 

FCS providers to partner with housing authorities to provide services to folks who 

are eligible for FCS

01:11:02 Darlene Sturgeon: I need new 811 projects

01:11:47 Jennifer Valenzuela: It would be great to have a resource guide 

by state/county to help navigate this information

01:12:59 Addie Duval:Start Corporation works with several different entities. In 

one partnership, we layer COC Permanent Supportive Housing funds with our 

Medicaid-funded Assertive Community Treatment project to provide permanent 

housing vouchers for eligible applicants in our ACT Program.

01:12:59 Alison Hernandez: This flow chart is great, I have been looking for 

one,

01:13:03 Becky Sternadel: A lot of the homeless only receive SSI and that is 

about $700

01:13:07 ilma nalic: we only work with people in NJ but we have resource 

books we get and also do a lot of google researching keeping an eye on new 

resources all the time

01:13:47 Wendy Heaps: Agreed. Flow chart is great.

01:14:11 Wendy Trocchio: Cook County is in dire need of Emergency Housing 

resources.

01:14:12 Molly French (USAging): Find links to Vermont SASH at 

https://acl.gov/HousingAndServices/Models

01:14:30 Wanda Miller: Honestly, as someone who lives with a disability, I 

often feel left behind. There are great programs out there, but if prices are too high 

and landlords won't accept vouchers and PHA's won't work with us or give us 

information about reasonable accommodations, then what good are the programs. 

I'm not trying to be disrespectful, but that's the reality that many of us in the 

disability community face.

01:15:39 Kendra Garcia: I am sorry but I was late in attending this 

training... Will the recording and slides be available afterwards?

01:16:08 ilma nalic: wanda miller where are you from?
01:16:21 Connie Jean Conklin: I need to move from here to find resources, 

but moving is expensive, I don't have the health or the money to go looking around 

the state for where to go.

01:16:30 Wanda Miller: Pennsylvania

01:16:31 Molly French (USAging): After the webinar, we’ll send everyone a 

reference set of slides and the webinar feedback form.

01:16:37 Stephanie Culhane: Kendra, yes they will

01:16:47 Lori Resnick:Our program is in the City of Los Angeles. Working with 

older adults that are 30% AMI (extremely low income). The City was allocated 

3,365 Emergency Housing Vouchers to be leveraged through the CES. The problem 

is that there are just not available units. To date, based on the Emergency Housing 

Voucher Data Dashboard only 51 units have been leased. How do we address this 

issue when he problem is systemic? According the Dashboard the city received 

close to 80 million dollars. 

https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/public_indian_housing/ehv/dashboard

01:16:53 ilma nalic: I can try and help you find some resources if youd like im 

in NJ but we might have connections in PA

01:16:54 Connie Jean Conklin: The slides will help.

01:17:00 Kendra Garcia: Thank you Stephanie C.

01:17:06 ilma nalic: Connie where are you from?

01:17:17 Wanda Miller: Wanda Miller wdmiller2010@yahoo.com

01:17:19 Samantha Moreno: Has there been discussion on medical marijuana 

cardholders?

01:17:37 ilma nalic: wanda im gonna email you a quick hello! so you have my 

email :)

01:17:55 Wanda Miller: Great! Thanks!

01:18:24 Connie Jean Conklin: I'm in Western North Carolina. I have CPTSD and we don't have resources here. I can't live in housing for elderly/disabled. 

Have applied for section 8, now that it's finally at fair market value, but it will be a 

year.

01:18:29 Molly French (USAging): The ARP funding that HUD has can be found 

under the "Explore new or recently modified programs" heading on 

https://acl.gov/HousingAndServices/Accessible-Housing

01:18:30 ilma nalic: sent and no Samantha there hasn't been any mention of 

marijuana cardholders yet ? do they not allow people with marijuana?

01:18:32 Lori Resnick:But the EHV do not help if there is not available housing.
01:19:12 ilma nalic: hm, If youd like you can shoot me and email and id be 

happy to look for some more resources for you ? ilma.nalic@pcil.org

01:19:24 Stephanie Culhane: Unfortunately, not all states have released 

these funds!

01:19:33 Katie White: The EHVs require affordable units with Fair Market Rents 

that reflect reality. And small states/rural communities struggle to get these funds 

out. The SLFR Funds are not just for housing. This is hard work to get the funds to 

organizations on the ground and the people they serve.

01:19:42 Wanda Miller: ilma nalic that would be great. I'm always looking 

to network and find resources for myself and others.

01:19:54 Stephanie Birmingham: How can we address the perpetual need for 

pwd and older adults to have to remain in (or spend down into) poverty in order to 

have access to HCBS? Pwd and older adults are often left to only be able to afford 

segregated and quasi-instutional publicly funded housing.

01:20:02 ilma nalic: let me know if you received my hi wanda!

01:20:08 Mark Kelly: Are there grants for Home Modification programs? We are 

hoping to look for funding for programs like CAPABLE so Older Adults can Age in 

Place. What examples are there in the mountain west region? Thank you.

01:20:18 Richard Cho:https://www.hud.gov/house_america

01:20:36 Molly French (USAging): https://www.hud.gov/house_america

01:20:43 Norbert De Anda: State Transportation Commission

01:21:10 Connie Jean Conklin: I'm also elderly, out lived my life expectancy 

by decades according my ACE score

01:21:15 Becky Himlin: CoC, hosted by our agency, is administering 

Emergency Housing Vouchers

01:21:17 Noel Gill: NWRECC, ERAP funds through 9 states

01:21:18 Wendy Trocchio: CCDPH needs a list of orgs that have received all 

this HUD funding in Cook County. There is a desperate need.

01:21:29 Beth Jackson: With ARPA funds, we added Housing Navigators 

under our 1915(c) Aging and Physically Disabled Waiver. Our Housing Navigators 

will focus on housing readiness and stability and work with partners like HUD, 

housing authorities, and more.

01:21:30 Andrew Nogar: Rental assistance

01:21:32 Katie White: Small towns and rural America are struggling to get the 

funding out. I serve on our city's ARPA/SLFRF committee and we have no expertise 

on this. My agency has been awarded $400,000 by the local municipality for RRH 
and Master Leasing, but haven't figured out the contracts or the disbursement. So, 

glass half full.

01:21:50 Andrea Platts: There are no funding opportunities for the 

chemically intolerant 

01:21:54 Molly French (USAging): In the chat, we'd like to hear How are you 

working with partners to use American Rescue Plan (ARP) or other funding to 

address local housing challenges? Provide your best example.

01:21:56 Jody Hougentogler: ARP funding will be utilized to kickstart a 

nursing home transition program

01:22:08 Karen Waltermeyer: rent assistance

01:22:31 Adrienne Walnoha: New housing intake and assessment models

01:22:54 Stephanie Jones: Maryland is developing a rental assistance 

program, as well as developing housing committees to assist with land lord 

outreach to increase inventory of homes

01:23:10 Ashley Newell: Our organization has been assisting individuals with

locating housing that is affordable, helping with housing applications, with applying 

and or locating for rent/utility assistance. We're constantly researching to see which 

affordable complexes in our immediate counties open up to be able to refer 

individuals to.

01:23:12 Denise Britton: Workforce Development, Apprenticeship

01:23:31 Donna DeStefano: Our disability coalition includes members from the 

Centers for Independence Living, Council for Developmental Disabilities, University 

Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities to name a few; collaborate on 

policy and programming across age and disability

01:23:46 Stephanie Culhane: In, rental assistance for those affected by 

covid, up to 6 months

01:24:09 Stephanie Culhane: RI

01:25:25 Wanda Miller: Andrea Platts, you should be able to reasonable 

accommodations for chemical intolerance. Email me wdmiller2010@yahoo.com and 

I can try to help you. I know someone who knows a lot about disability law and 

housing.

01:25:51 Donna DeStefano: Our reality is that people who call our office and tell 

us they are moving to Tennessee from other states often have more HCBS services 

in their current state than would get in Tennessee, and the likelihood is they will be 

placed on a waiting list.

01:25:56 Harriet Aronow: Have to leave to attend a 1pm meeting. Will look 

forward to getting the slides. Thank you!
01:26:16 Wanda Miller: Andrea Platts there's usually a work around for 

most of these issues

01:26:51 Molly French (USAging): State Medicaid Director Letter: 

https://www.medicaid.gov/federal-policy-guidance/downloads/smd21003.pdf

01:27:28 Adriane Easte: many thanks for all the links.

01:27:36 Andrea Platts: Wanda Miller, please share resources for the 

chemically intolerant.

01:28:40 Samantha Moreno: ilma nalic HUD does not assist people with med 

marijuana cards because it isn't federally legal. They leave it up to the individual 

housing programs to establish their own policies about how/if to enforce this. Can 

be a legal way to discriminate against people with disabilities.

01:28:43 Jamee Vargas: Mark Kelly, Homeowner Assistance Funds.

01:28:51 Zan Thornton: Thanks for bring up Chemical/ Environmental 

issues. I served in USAR Chem Co and don't get anything ( im appealing) but point 

is a LOT of Veterans have chem sens/envir illness

01:29:15 Anitra Wetzel: 30% of us and growing have chemical 

sensitivities/allergies disabilities. We need to be accommodated in housing plans, 

rules and funding too. The majority of us are poor and can’t afford proper housing.

01:29:17 Joanne Lynn: HCBS is limited not only by state caps and funding 

but also by workforce availability. When direct care workers are hard to find (even 

with enhanced pay and benefits), we may have to enable congregate housing of 

elders living with disabilities, just to optimally employ that resource

01:30:17 Zan Thornton: Would like to connect with those Chem/Envir 

Issues ( adaptgazan@gmail.com VM 229-262-3424 ( ASL VM into ENG)

01:31:06 Lavonzell Moses-Scott: consider seeking assistance from an agency 

which provides advocacy/attorneys specializing in woking with people with 

disabilities and medical need for substance use

01:31:44 Connie Jean Conklin: I saw discussion of chemical sensitivities, 

I've had to give up moving into housing because they spray for bugs every month. 

And that is one of my chemical sensitivities. When legal aide was easier to contact,

it could be dealt with.

01:31:47 Lavonzell Moses-Scott: In Illinois, we have Equip For Equality

01:33:00 Molly French (USAging): Money Follows the Person: 

https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/long-term-services-supports/money-followsperson/index.html

01:33:35 Molly French (USAging): Strengthening and Investing in Home and 

Community Based Services for Medicaid Beneficiaries: American Rescue Plan Act of 
2021 Section 9817: https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/home-community-basedservices/guidance/strengthening-and-investing-home-and-community-basedservices-for-medicaid-beneficiaries-american-rescue-plan-act-of-2021-section9817-spending-plans-and-narratives/index.html

01:34:31 Alesa Loftis: I am curious, what types of accomadations do you need 

with chemical sensitibities? I ask because I am new to that issue.

01:34:40 Annette Graham: CPAAA- Minor Home repair and funding to assist 

with transtions from nursing homes back to the community

01:34:51 Wanda Miller: Zan Thorton and Andrea Platts, I don't have any 

resources at my fingertips. Will have to talk to my contact. But, I have PTSD and 

am very sound sensitive. Alone, being sound sensitive won't get me any reasonable 

accommodation, but since I can tie it to the PTSD, I then become covered under 

the ADA. That's where chemical intolerance is right now, unfortunately. That's why 

I'm saying you'll need to find a workaround for the time being. 

wdmiller2010@yahoo.com

01:35:46 Zan Thornton: Bug Spray is one item ( re: Chem Sensitive) 

perfumes, air freshners ( industrial bathroom fragrances to mask public bathrooms 

causes asthma attack) . Certain building materials, glues, adhesives...

01:36:46 Andrea Platts: no smoking, no vaping, non toxic cleaners

01:37:40 Zan Thornton: Thanks Andrea Platts, I forget there are so many. I 

cant even handle cig vape smoke outside or my neighbor next door smoking. I end 

up inside a lot

01:38:02 Molly French (USAging): CMS: https://cms.gov

01:38:16 Wanda Miller: Alesa Loftis, one big accommodation that I can 

think of is getting a unit without carpeting. Carpeting can give off chemicals, hold 

dust and dander, etc. Not good for people with chemical sensitivities or respiratory 

issues or allergies.

01:38:55 Andrea Platts: Pesticides in and outside of buildings, along with 

formaldehyde indoors in building materials, carpets, and other VOCs from laundry 

rooms, etc preclude safe housing for many of our 61 million disabled communities

01:38:57 Sharon Behn: Alesa, you may want to contact the people who 

wrote the information for the US Access Board, for chemical sensitivity as well as 

electrosensitivity. These rules haven't been updated, but those who wrote the rules 

are aware of the issues and needs

01:38:59 Molly French (USAging): We regret that our ASL service has not been 

able to continue for the full session.

01:39:19 Molly French (USAging): If it's helpful to you, CART is available.
01:39:54 Alesa Loftis: Thank you Wanda Miller. Is there a website where i can 

get more info. I work at aCIL and though i have not had a consumer with need 

connected to this disability, I would like to be prepared.

01:40:51 Sharon Behn: For information of Electromagnetic Sensitivity and 

Chemical Sensitivity you can contact go to the www.electrosensitivesociety.com The 

Director runs programs that helps those with housing issues and can give good 

information on needed accomodations.

01:41:14 Wanda Miller: Connie Jean Conklin, you can request a reasonable 

accommodation yourself. Don't need a lawyer. You just have to say you have a 

disability and be willing to provide documentation via a doctor letter.

01:41:47 Connie Jean Conklin: They denied that it was a disability that 

deserved accommodations.

01:41:57 Zan Thornton: I wondered where she went. Ok. CART is ok

01:41:58 Andrea Platts: ADA Accommodation requests are not always 

honored - illegal, yes, but what are the repercussions!??

01:42:21 Connie Jean Conklin: Cigarettes are always a problem, too, but it 

was never accepted.

01:42:24 Sharon Behn: Wanda, it would be wonderful is there an easily 

available document that people can use as a template to know how to ask for an 

ADA accommadtion very simply

01:42:25 Anitra Wetzel: Regarding Chemical sensitivities/allergies 

disabilities accommodations...We need no pesticides used inside or outsides our 

homes/apartments. We need more clear advanced waring of painting and 

“cleaning” synthetic chemicals used and proper accommodations given to negate 

being or living in vicinity of them. 

We need all synthetic fragranced products in community spaces like apartments 

and disability housing banned and replaced with food grade organic white vinegar 

and baking soda or other safe cleaning products. “Even the CDC N -list “seventh 

generation” is safer than bleach , lysol or other carcinogenic “cleaning” chemicals . 

Full list of ingredients disclosed too, not just “net contents” which is listed in the 

“Fair Packaging and Labeling Act”. Etc. 

For more starters...How about a webinar specifically addressed to the 30% and 

growing of Chemical sensitivities/allergies disabilities folks?

01:42:41 Wanda Miller: Under ADA law, a landlord has to grant a 

reasonable accommodation unless it would be a financial hardship.

01:43:09 Stephanie Birmingham: The Fair Housing Act covers reasonable 

accommodation in housing
01:43:15 Colette Wagoner: There is a need to separate out the ADA and the 

Fair Housing regulations!

01:43:18 Wanda Miller: Andrea Platts go to HUD they enforce the Fair 

Housing Act

01:43:29 Molly French (USAging): You've sent us so many questions! We will 

develop FAQs to address those issues that we cannot get to live. Thank you for 

your questions!

01:43:39 Andrea Platts: Anitra - great idea a webinar focused on 

fragrance/petrochemical disabled and housing access barriers

01:43:46 Stephanie Birmingham: ADA doesn't actually deal a ton with housing 

- not as much as people assume it does

01:44:01 Alesa Loftis: Anitra, I would be interested in learning more.

01:44:28 Connie Jean Conklin: I couldn't have my windows open and had to 

hold my breath to and from my car, which wasn't always easy.

01:44:43 Michelle Daly: National Network to Eliminate Disparities in 

Behavioral Health (NNED) (https://nned.net/) that also coordinates the NNEDshare 

collaborative space (https://share.nned.net/)

01:45:49 Connie Jean Conklin: It has also been impossible to get mental 

health care now that Medicare is exempt from Mental Health Parity

01:47:20 Adriane Easte: Very insightful information from all the 

speakers...many thanks to all.

01:49:38 Michelle Daly: State contacts for SAMHSA MHBG and SABG, 

https://www.samhsa.gov/grants/block-grants/contacts. SAMHSA CMHS PATH state 

and provider contacts, 

https://pathpdx.samhsa.gov/public?tab=stateandprovidercontacts. SAMHSA list of 

State Opioid Treatment Authorities, https://www.samhsa.gov/medication-assistedtreatment/sota

01:50:07 Lavonzell Moses-Scott: is there a website which identifies which local 

agencies in each state offer housing programs to people can apply to/request 

assistance from independently as an individual?

01:50:08 Wanda Miller: Colette Wagoner good point. The ADA covers 

people with disability. The Fair Housing Act covers reasonable accommodations by 

people with disabilities. That's really simplified but that's the basic difference. If 

anyone is refused a reasonable accommodation, they should contact HUD and file a 

complaint. Again, anyone who wants to continue this discussion, please contact me 

wdmiller2010@yahoo.com
01:51:26 Molly French (USAging): Voucher dashboard 

https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/public_indian_housing/programs/hcv/dashb

oard

01:52:37 Wendy Heaps: The CCAM will have a 2023 -2026 strategic 

planhttps://www.transit.dot.gov/coordinating-council-access-and-mobility HHS 

agencies such as CDC, CMS and ACL and other Federal agencies such as DOJ and 

DOL are members of the CCAM planning process.

01:53:05 Donna DeStefano: Recorded webinar Complex Issues in Fair Housing 

and Individuals with Disabilities

From November 11th, 2021

Description: 

This legal webinar focused on some of the more complex issues under the Fair 

Housing Act (FHA) and related ADA/504 laws. Topics included Service Animals and 

Emotional Assistance Animals, tenant release from a lease due to disability, 

elevators in disrepair, student dormitory issues, accessible parking, and other topics 

as time permits. Reviewed and discussed will include any significant FHA-related 

case law and HUD/DOJ Settlement Agreements and Conciliations.

Link to Archived Recording: 

https://www.accessibilityonline.org/ada-legal/archives/110976

01:53:19 Mark Kelly: Thank you Martha, Lori and the entire panel

01:53:46 Richard Cho:Also, HUD's Emergency Housing Vouchers (American 

Rescue Plan) can be found at: https://www.hud.gov/ehv

01:54:00 Derek Taylor: If they are in the OPWDD system, pair up with a 

provider agency to apply for an EMOD

01:54:06 Derek Taylor: Environmental modifications.

01:54:37 Sonam Willow: thank you

01:55:10 Derek Taylor: Feel free to reach out to me as I am the Emod 

Project Manager for Aim Services-- dtaylor@aimservicesinc.org

01:55:40 Ralph Purkhiser: The USDA/Rural Housing has a grant/loan program 

that we use a lot for paying for home modifications and repairs. for people over 62 

and who are low-income.

01:55:56 Shatiki Beatty: How is HUD addressing specific barriers like credit 

scores, background checks and increased rental application fees

01:56:47 Molly French (USAging): After the webinar, we’ll send everyone a 

reference set of slides and the webinar feedback form. Once the recording, 

transcript and FAQs are posted online, we’ll notify you.
01:56:47 Adrienne Walnoha: Allegheny County is definitely focused on incentives 

for landlords for using lease programs and also preserving natural affordability.

01:57:08 Stephanie Birmingham: WI doesn't count housing vouchers as a 

source of income. :-(

01:57:13 Hellen Smith: Thank you Martha, Lori, and everyone on the 

panel!

01:58:19 Shatiki Beatty: Is HUD tracking landlords and court evictions

01:58:44 Adrienne Walnoha: Thanks to HSRC and the presenters

01:58:50 Wanda Miller: Our Housing Authority isn't doing much with the 

Emergency Housing Vouchers. We had 56 and not one has been used yet. They also 

won't offer extensions for these vouchers while other PHA's will. We do have a 

Landlord Risk Mitigation Program started.

01:59:19 Connie Jean Conklin: wow, lots of info here. I live in a place that 

won't pass inspection for section 8, and my landlord can't afford repairs. that last 

link, is that where I can find grant for landlord to make repairs?

01:59:19 Molly French (USAging): Find some of the models shown during the 

webinar at acl.gov/HousingAndServices/Models

01:59:23 Sonam Willow: hi are we getting copies of this amazing training?

01:59:32 Connie Jean Conklin: I didn't get it written down

01:59:34 Molly French (USAging): Register for our next webinar on March 15: 

01:59:38 Stephanie Culhane: Thank you ll

01:59:47 Molly French (USAging): The ARP funding that HUD has can be found 

under the "Explore new or recently modified programs" heading on 

https://acl.gov/HousingAndServices/Accessible-Housing

01:59:52 Michelle Daly: Landlord Mitigation Programs, 

https://www.commerce.wa.gov/serving-communities/homelessness/landlord-fundprograms/

02:00:08 Molly French (USAging): You can find some of the models featured 

today at: http://acl.gov/HousingAndServices/Models

02:00:13 Layokat Rasulova: Thank you so much everyone!

02:00:17 Molly French (USAging): Have ideas? Questions? Please send an email 

to HSRC@ACL.HHS.GOV

02:00:27 Melanie Starns: Will all the links in the chat be in what will be sent 

to us?

02:00:27 Molly French (USAging): Thank you everyone for participating today! 
02:00:35 Molly French (USAging): USAging is proud to be the administrator for 

the HSRC.

02:00:37 Shatiki Beatty: Thank you so much! Valuable information shared 

by all

02:00:38 Ashelba Brown: thaks

02:00:39 Enjoli Dixon:Thank you.

02:00:43 Molly French (USAging): Thank you everyone for participating today!