Educational Opportunities

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Thanks to all who made the January 30th TBI & Housing Webcast a success. Here are the other information links mentioned in the broadcast:

Handouts:  Finding the Key [Word 74KB]and Key Maps [Word 77KB] and the PowerPoint Presentation [PDF 541KB]

If you want Continuing Education Credits, email nashia@nashia.org include your name, address, time and place you viewed the webcast, and comments about the program.

Here is the promised list of TBI-Housing Resource Links:

The National Council of State Housing Agencies
www.ncsha.org
This website provides information and access to each states’ housing agency.

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
www.hud.gov
The HUD web page provides the most current information about its funding priorities and initiatives. Also has pages which provide information specific to each state.

The Report on Housing: Crisis and Opportunity
A TBI and Disability Perspective
Ohio Legal Rights Service
614-466-7264
800-282-9181
800-858-3542 (TDD/TTY)
www.state.oh.us/olrs
This report reviews the reasons behind America’s affordable housing crisis with particular reference to the needs of people with disability. Some information is specific to Ohio, but a very useful document.

The Traumatic Brain Injury Technical Assistance Center
www.tbitac.org
Resources and links to resources specific to individuals with TBI. Also has a search engine for finding information on various TBI topics.

Section 8 Made Simple
Available from: The Technical Assistance Collaborative
Boston, MA
www.tacinc.org
An excellent summary of how to access rental housing subsidies and the various subsidies available.

Moving On: A personal futures planning workbook for individuals with TBI. Dr. Beth Mount
Available from The Research and Training Center on Community Integration of Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury
www.mssn.edu/tbinet 
This planning guide and accompanying facilitator guide are designed to assist a person to gather together a group of allies and assist him or her as they plan for and implement a future that makes sense for them. The guide has adapted personal futures planning process in a way that incorporates issues of individuals with TBI.

Piecing it all together in your community: Playing the Housing Game
The Technical Assistance Collaborative, Inc.
Boston, MA
www.tacinc.org 
Summarizes how the consolidated planning process works and provides guidance and suggestions for participating in the process.

Going It Alone: The Struggle to Expand Housing Opportunities for People with Disabilities
A publication of the Technical Assistance Collaborative, Inc &The Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities Housing Task Force
www.tacinc.org 
A comprehensive summary on the current state of housing for people with disabilities. Identifies barriers and potential solutions derived from a national survey on the housing needs of people with disability.

The National Home of Your Own Alliance
www.alliance.unh.edu
Provides information, publications and links to further information regarding financing, legal issues, planning strategies, accessibility, and so forth. Also has contact information for state housing teams, which have worked on homeownership in their states.

Fannie Mae
www.fanniemae.com  or www.homepath.com 
Has much valuable information and publications available to research and learn about homeownership. Has current information about the Homechoice loan, which was designed to accommodate some of the requirements, which people with disability may have in pursuing a home of their own.

For questions about the above sources or for further information, you may contact Michael McCarthy at mccarthym@umkc.edu