Ways Out of Homelessness – Partners Meeting in Warsaw 17-19.02.2016

Social workers, managers, advocates, researchers and peer experts from Bukarest, Budapest, Prague, Brno, Ostrava, Warsaw, Pomiechówek, Łódź and Radom will meet on 17th to 19th of February to learn and discuss housing led practices in homelessness policy in Poland.

Hosted by the Ius Medicinae Fundation with support of The Open Door Association, Habitat for Humanity Poland, Caritas Żytnia and Association for Social Support and Integration they will listen to presentations by Polish stakeholders who are actively working to scale out the use of housing to effectively finish homelessness. The ideas grew from needs assessemnt of our clients, international inspirations and last but not least were curbed by neccessity to adjust to our local context. We are proud to share our experience.

The meeting is planned for up to 20 people, however if you are very interested you are welcome to contact us and we will organize a seat for you :-).

The meeting takes part within The “Ways out of Homelessness” Strategic Partnership funded through Erasmus+ Framework. More information about the project here.

Agenda (as planned):

17th of February, 15.00 – 18.00

• Site visit at Caritas AW “Only the Gifts of Mercy” Centre at Żytnia Street guided by Olga Sztejter and hosted by Andrzej Czarnocki
• Coordinators meeting at Żytnia Caffee.

18th of February, 9.00 – 17.00

Seminar at Habitat for Humanity Poland, Mokotowska Street 55, third floor. 9.00 – 13.00

• Homelessness Policy in Poland and Warsaw by Julia Wygnańska
• Local Housing Policy and Access to Housing for People Exiting Homelessness by representative of the Mokotow District of Warsaw
• “We can do it” Supported Housing Program by Caritas Poland presented by Janusz Sukiennik
• Individual Program for Pesonal Growth – an Alternative to Individual Program of Exiting Homelessness (Social Welfare Act) by Agata Piertas
• Evaluation of Individual Program for Pesonal Growth by Peer Expert Piotr Busz

Lunch and Red Bike Kitchen – Social Economy Enterprice, 14.00 – 15.00

Site Visits 15.00 – 17.00

• Targowa Centre of the Open Door Assocciation hosted by Anna Machalica Pułtorak and guided by Aleksandra Kupczyk
• Supported Housing Program by Habitat for Humanity Poland

19th of february

Conference “Housing and Support – Sustainable way out of Homelessness” – register now!

• Key principles of Housing First in Central European Context, Maria Jose Aldanias FEANTSA, Keynote Speaker
  
• Social Rental Agencies in Poland – Using Privately Owned Housing for Social Housing Goals, Prof. Ryszard Szarfenberg, University of Warsaw and EAPN Poland
• Chronic Homelessness in Poland, Julia Wygnańska, The Ius Medicinae Foundation,
• “We’ll make it” Supported Housing Program of Caritas Poland, Janusz Sukiennik, Coordinator and Therapist
• Scattered Training Apartments Program vs Homeless Hostel – Comparative Evaluation, dr Jerzy Radziwiłł
• The costs of lawsuits in case studies of institutional pathways of chronically homeless people, Sylwia Gregorczyk Abram, Clifford Chance (in Polish)
• Access to housing stock for Housing First Programs in Poland, Aleksandra Różycka, expert of the “Housing First – Evidence Based Advocacy” Project (only in Polish)
• Specialist Support for Potential Housing First Clients in Poland – Feasibility Study, dr. Katarzyna Lech, expert of the “Housing First – Evidence Based Advocacy” Project (only in Polish)
• Homelessness and Human Rights, dr Adam Ploszka, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights,