january 1 - june 30, 2021 orgcode online training...june 7, 1:00 eastern cost per registration: $120...

OrgCode Online TrainingJanuary 1 - June 30, 2021

Live Online TrainingSection 01

01 Live Online Training

We didn’t know what to expect when we launched the first round of online trainings. But the trainings appear to be successful. Not only have we had the opportunity to train hundreds of people in the sector, we have also seen many people returning for future training sessions. Whether this is all of us collectively making it work because of the pandemic, or if this is evidence that people prefer training in this way is unclear. However, we have enough proof points to know that making additional online training available online for at least the first half of 2021 is something we are collectively committed to doing at OrgCode. We will be offering some of our most popular training again, and have added some new offerings as well. Most of these are live trainings. Check out the Recorded Online Training section for details about some training offered at a reduced rate that are pre-recorded.

Book any Live Online Training before January 11 and take 20% off by using the discount code ORGCODE

If you have a group to train, reach out to [email protected] and we can give you a special discount code for everyone to register with one payment, and avoid transaction fees! Register before January 11 and take 10% off the cost.

Live Online Training Builds On 2020 Success!

Live 90-120 Minute Webinars Live 180 Minute Webinars Live Multi-part Webinars

Offerings January - June 2021

Prevention, Diversion and Rapid Resolution

Housing Based Case Management Service Prioritization Decision Assistance Tool (SPDAT)

Introduction to Harm Reduction in Homelessness and Housing Services

Housing Focused Shelter

Encampments: Understanding What they are and how to effectively engage

Impactful Outreach Service Prioritization Decision Assistance Tool Train the Trainer

Positive Youth Development in Transition Aged Youth Homelessness and Housing Services

Introduction to Trauma Informed Care

Conducting a System Check Up: A Session for Community Leaders, Agency Executives, and Funders

Introduction to Motivational Interviewing and Assertive Engagement

Leading and Managing Homelessness and Housing Services: Serving Teams to Maximize Results

Cost: $40 PER REGISTRATION $120 PER REGISTRATION SPDAT $750 PER ORGANIZATION

SPDAT TTT: $375 PER PERSON

Leading & Managing: $225 PER PERSON

Notes: Cost is in US $ per registration. A service charge of 0.30 is collected per transaction, and there is a 3% transaction fee. These are charged by Stripe, not OrgCode.

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01 Live Online Training - 90-120 Minutes

Dates offered & registration links

(click the one you want to register for):

January 11, 1:00 Eastern

March 5, 1:00 Eastern

May 7, 1:00 Eastern

Cost per registration: $40 US + 0.30 per transaction and 3% transaction fee (Note: $40 USD is equivalent to ~$53 CAD)

Spend 110 minutes examining how homelessness prevention, shelter diversion and rapid resolution strategies can reduce the inflow of households into the homelessness response system while promoting resiliency and self-sufficiency in ensuring if a person does become homeless, they do not remain homeless for long. Among the topics covered: crisis intervention mindset; flexible problem solving and financial supports; maximizing resiliency; setting up where and when to conduct diversion; how to focus on rapid resolution with those that cannot be safely and appropriately diverted; and, data that matters to diversion, prevention and rapid resolution.

While some of these topics are touched upon in the Housing-Focused Shelter training, it is provided in considerable more detail in this webinar.

Prevention, Diversion &

Rapid Resolution

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February 1, 2:00 Eastern

April 6, 2:00 Eastern

June 3, 2:00 Eastern


The basics of harm reduction in homelessness and housing services is covered in this fast-paced, and at times raw 90 minute webinar that looks at how to best support people who use alcohol or other drugs, as well as how to best support people who are homeless or precariously housed and involved in sex work. Topics covered include: 4 responses to substance use; defining harm reduction; continuum of responses; examples of harm reduction practice in homelessness and housing; why harm reduction is not enabling; understanding substances frequently used by people who are homeless; understanding sex work; promoting safety and reducing harm in sex work; and, supports to help people reduce or exit sex work.

Introduction Harm Reduction in Homelessness Programs and Housing

Services







May 6, 1:00 Eastern


This fast-paced 90 minute sessions provides all the core information needed to understand encampments, collect appropriate data and assess encampments, address risks within encampments, and how to remain focused on housing and service solutions during the planning, mitigation and closure phases when an enforcement body wants or needs to bring the encampment to an end.

Encampments: Understanding What They Are and How to Effectively Engage







May 10, 1:00 Eastern


Positive Youth Development is a policy perspective that emphasizes providing services and opportunities to support all young people in developing a sense of a competence, usefulness, belonging and empowerment. While individual programs can provide youth development activities, the youth development approach works best when entire communities including young people are involved in creating a continuum of services and opportunities that youth need to grow into happy and healthy adults. This training provides training on PYD and strategies that increase the ways in which youth are engaged and participating in program and system design.

Positive Youth Development in Transition Aged Youth Homelessness and Housing

Services: An Introduction





February 1, Noon Eastern

April 7, Noon Eastern

June 3, Noon Eastern


This session is designed for leaders of the homelessness response in a local community, executives of organizations that deliver homeless services, and funders. After outlining why a system check-up is so important, the session examines how shared principles govern the system, the roadmap to ending homelessness, a holistic view of system components, regular monitoring, when a deeper dive is needed for system performance, how to invest in change and spend on impact, and how to apply an equity lens in this part of the work.

Conducting a System Check Up: A Session for Community Leaders, Agency

Executives and Funders


01 Live Online Training - 180 Minutes





Cost per registration: $120 US + 0.30 per transaction and 3% transaction fee

(Note: $120 USD is equivalent to ~$160 CAD)

OrgCode’s most popular training, the focus of this three hour course is to learn critical skills to enhance housing stability. Aligned to evidence and built upon experience, this training is filled with practical knowledge for Rapid ReHousing, Permanent Supportive Housing and Intensive Case Management practitioners. Among the topics covered: foundations and principles of Housing First; steps and focus of support; strategies to secure housing and liaise effectively with landlords; goal setting; placemaking; building and community orientation; weekly case review structure; and, helping participants exit to independence when possible.

Housing-Based Case Management

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Pioneers in strategies and approaches that ensure shelter is a process rather than a destination, OrgCode’s three hour course focuses on how to ensure people only stay in shelter if there are no other safe and appropriate options, and if they do stay in shelter to ensure the stay is as supportive, but as brief as possible. Topics covered include: reimagining intake; diversion practices that work; enhanced engagement early in shelter stays; identifying and rejuvenating connections with longer-term stayers; examining staff roles across shifts; examining amenities and activities; appropriate rules and expectations; and, core service orientation.

Housing-Focused Shelter










The focus of this three hour course is how to have an impact in street outreach such that people can move from being unsheltered to having a place to call home. Among the topics covered: safe and respectful engagement; understanding unsheltered homelessness; distinguishing contact driven outreach from housing-focused outreach; clarifying the role of outreach; interface with law enforcement; the service orientation for effective outreach; assessing encampments; and, measuring outreach.

Impactful Street Outreach










Trauma and the basics of trauma-informed care in the context of homelessness and housing programs is covered in this three hour webinar, which is a must for all staff that have direct interaction with program participants. Topics covered include: defining and understanding trauma; principles of a trauma-informed approach; applications of a trauma-informed approach in program design and operations; and, implications to an organization when they become trauma-informed.

Introduction to Trauma-Informed Care in Homelessness and Housing Programs










Motivational interviewing can be a critical tool used to help inspire and support change. Assertive engagement, the cousin of MI, can be useful when/if change is not happening and there are concerns of harm. This three hour webinar covers the basics and practical applications of MI and AE. Topics covered include: an introduction to MI and AE; principles; application; simple tools; and, preparing and practicing the application.

Introduction to Motivational Interviewing and Assertive Engagement in

Homelessness and Housing Programs


01 Live Online Training - Multi Day Sessions

Dates of online modules (registrants must complete all three dates for the option they choose in order to be able to use the SPDAT):

February 23, 24 & 26 - Each session starts 1:00 Eastern

May 17, 19 & 21 - Each session starts at 1:00 Eastern

Cost: $750 US per organization + 0.30 per transaction and 3% transaction fee


Although most communities are familiar with the VI-SPDAT prescreen products, the SPDAT provides a fulsome assessment of housing and support needs to guide service prioritization, individualized service planning, homelessness proofing and tracking progress in the journey to housing stability. This training program involves 3 sessions of 90 minutes each and will incorporate a review of the SPDAT assessment products for Single Adults, Families and Youth. Beyond using the SPDAT in your Coordinated Entry/Access, the real “magic” of the tool exists when you incorporate the assessment to guide case management and engagement strategies.

Service Prioritization Decision Assistance Tool (SPDAT)



Dates of online modules (registrants must complete both dates for the option they choose in order to be able to train others on the SPDAT):

March 11 and 25 - both with 1:00 Eastern start time

June 14 and 18 - both with 1:00 Eastern start time

Cost: $375 US Per Person + 0.30 per transaction and 3% transaction fee


If you are already trained on the SPDAT and have used the tool in your work with participants for at least three months, you can apply to become an OrgCode approved trainer of SPDAT for your community. As an OrgCode approved trainer, you are welcome to train as many people in your community on the use of SPDAT or VI- SPDAT instrument.

Within the training we will cover: the underlying assumption of the SPDAT suite; how the tools are constructed; what testing and evaluation has taught us about the tools; how the tools are structured and why; and, how to use the tools to improve supports to people who are homeless or have moved into housing.

When registering for the session, you will need to commit to both days for the option you select.

SPDAT Train the Trainer



Dates of online modules (registrants should plan on attending all four sessions of the cohort chosen):

Feb 8, 11, 22 & 25 - each session begins at 1:00 Eastern

May 18, 20, 25 & 27 - each session begins at 1:00 Eastern

Cost: $225 US Per Person + 0.30 per transaction and 3% transaction fee


This is a four part series (4 sessions @ 90 minutes each) perfect for directors, managers, supervisors and team leads in homelessness and housing services. Making distinctions between leadership and management, the focus is on building and supporting teams of staff and volunteers to serve people who are experiencing homelessness. The main themes covered are:

1. Finding your voice and natural leadership style and how that helps form

your vision

2. Creating and supporting high-performing teams while taking care of

regular management functions

3. The toughest parts of the job (e.g., lack of buy-in, being thrown under the

bus, when one or more staff or partner organizations go rogue, etc.)

4. Making progress in ending homelessness - celebrating successes,

overcoming challenges, and using data and information to make improvements

Leading and Managing Homelessness and Housing Services: Serving Teams to

Maximize Results


Recorded Online Training

Section 02

02 Recorded Online Training

In our first online training calendar, we offered one recorded training - Onboarding Essentials. We are continuing with those, as well as adding to the training that is pre-recorded. These trainings come at a reduced cost.

Book any Recorded Online Training before January 11 and take 20% off using code ORGCODE

If you have a group to train, reach out to [email protected] and we can give you a special discount code for everyone to register with one payment, and avoid transaction fees! Register before January 11 and take 10% off the cost.

Expanding Recorded Online Training!

Recorded Webinars

Offerings January - June 2021

Onboarding Essentials (US and Canadian Versions)

Housing: Ideas on How to Secure it and Work Well with Landlords

Improving Goal Setting

Being Strength-Based in Service Encounters, Case Planning, Policy Development and Evaluation

Cost: $25

Notes: Cost is in US $ per registration. A service charge of 0.30 is collected per transaction, and there is a 3% transaction fee. These are charged by Stripe, not OrgCode.

mailto:[email protected]


Dates offered & registration links (click):


Got new staff, volunteers or board members that you need to get up to speed on the basics? We’ve designed this two hour training to include: homelessness 101; Housing First 101; the privilege of service; the most common types of services in a system of care, and who leads/manages the system of care; where funding comes from and how funding decisions are made; data and measuring outputs and outcomes; boundaries; why privacy and confidentiality is important; why racial equity and inclusion matter; an introduction to the service orientation of working with people who are homeless or marginally housed; and, the basics of self-care. Content is customized for an American audience and a Canadian audience.

Onboarding Essentials

AMERICAN DATES AND TIMES CANADIAN DATES AND TIMES

January 4, 1pm Eastern January 5, 1pm Eastern

February 4, 1pm Eastern February 5, 1pm Eastern

March 1, 1pm Eastern March 2, 1pm Eastern

April 1, 1pm Eastern April 2, 1pm Eastern

May 3, 1pm Eastern May 4, 1pm Eastern

June 1, 1pm Eastern June 2, 1pm Eastern


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January 7, Noon Eastern

March 3, Noon Eastern

May 5, Noon Eastern



Rapid ReHousing and other Housing First programming struggles without the availability of housing. In this one hour recorded webinar, innovative ideas on how to secure housing for housing programs are covered, as are strategies that can be used to cultivate landlord relationships that yield more housing units in the future. It builds upon approaches that have proven to be successful during COVID-19, highlighting techniques used by organizations that have housed hundreds of people during the pandemic, as well as tried and true approaches regardless of whether or not there is a pandemic.

Housing: Ideas on How to Secure it and Work Well with Landlords






May 5, 1:30 Eastern



Goals that are meaningful and achievable are the blueprint for future action with program participants. But it can be a struggle. There is a sense of urgency to deal with immediate needs rather than looking ahead. Tasks and goals get confused. Sometimes it feels more like a dream than a plan. Meanwhile, there can be pressure to prove that goals are being reached. This one hour recorded webinar examines the importance of goal setting and how to support goal realization, introduces several tools that can be used in the goal-setting process to assist the program participant and worker, and presents several common dilemmas and potential strategies to overcome them and continue developing and realizing goals.

Improving Goal Setting




January 7, 3pm Eastern

March 3, 3pm Eastern

May 5, 3pm Eastern



Being strength-based is essential in maximizing the resiliency of the people supported, and reorients supports away from a deficit orientation to one that builds on unique talents, assets, attributes, knowledge, characteristics, traits and dreams. In this one hour recorded webinar, “being strength-based” is defined, pragmatically demonstrates how to maintain a strength-based approach to engaging people who experience homelessness, articulates what a strength-based case plan aims to accomplish, how being strength-based should inform policy development, and how a strength-based orientation informs how to conduct evaluation and what to do with results from evaluation.

Being Strength-Based in Service Encounters, Case Planning, Policy

Development, and Evaluation


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