Transportation is a critical component of housing stability and access to healthcare, employment, and other essential services. This regional training series introduces Connecticut's Mobility Management network and helps providers understand the transportation resources available within their service area. Each session will focus on one of Connecticut's Mobility Management regions and is designed for providers serving the corresponding Coordinated Access Network (CAN).

Participants are encouraged to register for the session that aligns with the region in which they work. Regional Mobility Managers will provide an overview of local transportation resources, eligibility requirements, available services, and referral processes specific to their area. Please use this regional map as a guide, and register for multiple sessions if needed based on your area.

Learning Objectives:
By the end of the applicable regional session, participants will be able to:

• Describe the role of their regional Mobility Manager and the services available within their area.
• Identify transportation resources available to participants in their CAN region.
• Recognize general eligibility requirements and understand how they vary by transportation program and region.
• Connect participants with the appropriate transportation resources to reduce barriers to housing, healthcare, employment, and other essential services.

Each presentation will include regional maps, contact information, and local resources to help providers confidently connect participants with transportation services. Time will be reserved at the end of each session for participants to ask questions and engage directly with their regional Mobility Manager.

Presenter: Gina Petri-Morillo, Mediator | Trainer | Facilitator | Conflict Coach at Middle Ground DRS LLC

We don't just have an eviction problem—we have a conflict management problem. Eviction is rarely the result of unpaid rent alone; it is often the outcome of unresolved disputes, miscommunication, and systemic breakdowns. When housing systems respond to conflict only after it reaches the crisis point, opportunities for early intervention and housing stabilization are often missed.

This interactive virtual workshop reframes conflict management as a critical homelessness prevention strategy. Designed for frontline housing prevention staff and supervisors, the workshop recognizes that practitioners are often supporting one party. As a result, conflict management skills are often more practical and immediately applicable.

Through real-world case scenarios, discussion, and practical frameworks, participants will examine the distinction between conflict management and conflict resolution, identify when each approach is appropriate, and develop strategies for de-escalating conflict, improving communication, and supporting housing stability. Participants will leave with practical tools they can use to reduce the immediate risk of eviction, strengthen communication skills, and intervene earlier to prevent displacement.

Presenter: Margaret LeFever, Housing for All Project Director, Centers for Housing Opportunity (CHO), The Housing Collective

Shared housing is a practical, housing-focused strategy that can increase access to affordable housing, expand client choice, and help households experiencing homelessness achieve stable housing more quickly. While many providers recognize its potential, successfully implementing shared housing requires thoughtful planning, effective communication, and strong partnerships with participants, landlords, and community providers.

This workshop is designed to provide tangible solutions to implement shared housing into programs that serve households experiencing homelessness. Participants will review the benefits of shared housing and learn how to have the shared housing conversation, structure shared housing, talk with landlords about shared housing, and more!

Presenters: SSgt Brook-Lynn Velez, Drug Demand Reduction Outreach, CT National Guard Counter Drugs Operations, Southeastern Regional Action Council (SERAC)
Deborah Walker, Regional Prevention Manager, Southeastern Regional Action Council (SERAC)

This training will help participants understand who drug endangered children are along with the risks and long-term impacts that are associated with parental and caregiver substance misuse and drug activity. Trainers will discuss the importance of and opportunities for early identification and intervention and the need for multidisciplinary collaborative efforts to identify and help these children.

Trainers will provide examples that all disciplines can relate to and activities to assist in understanding this challenging topic. Trainers will help attendees understand that they have opportunities to change the trajectories of the lives of drug endangered children and break multigenerational cycles.

Learning Objectives:

1. Understand the risks and long-term impacts associated with parental and caregiver substance misuse and drug activity.
2. Understand the many opportunities (often missed) to identify drug endangered children and the benefits of early intervention.
3. Learn what multidisciplinary collaborative efforts look like and how it incorporates the unique and often limited resources within a community and applies them in a manner that provides better care for drug endangered children.