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Free HRC Webcast

The First Step Is an Open Mind: Best Practices for Working With LGBTQ Youth

May 27, 2009, 12 p.m.–1:30 p.m. ET

This Webcast will feature Richard Hooks-Wayman of the National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH) and Carl Siciliano of the Ali Forney Center, the Nation's largest and most comprehensive organization dedicated to youth who are homeless and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning (LGBTQ). Richard and Carl will provide an overview of the issues that these youth face. They will also discuss the best practice recommendations recently released by NAEH and implementation of these practices at the Ali Forney Center.

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Provider Content Network: Get Published on the HRC Web site!

Do you have a unique experience, innovation, or creative solution in homeless services that you want to share? HRC has launched the Provider Content Network to promote information sharing among service providers working in homeless services. HRC is asking providers who are writers to submit their ideas for feature stories, articles, and tips for publication on the Web site.

Email ideas to submitresource@center4si.com or visit the HRC Web site for more information.

Our first feature article, A 20-Year Journey Home: The Case of Ms. Z, by Danny Farrell, LMSW, of the Provider Content Network is available now on the site.

Read the Feature Article Now



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Upcoming Conference
 National Health Care for the Homeless Conference and Policy Symposium, Washington, DC, June 25–27

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Related Resources
 Who Are LGBTQI2-S Homeless Youth?
 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth: An Epidemic of Homelessness Executive Summary
 Archived Teleconference: Reducing Stigma and Discrimination Among People Who Are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT)



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