Field staff, intake staff, and others in home repair nonprofits can experience secondary trauma and compassion fatigue. Sometimes called vicarious trauma, it is emotional duress experienced as a result of prolonged exposure to the details of other people's traumatic experiences. Continue Reading
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Hear from three organizations that each have different ways of measuring, calculating, and reporting on healthy homes outcomes for their repair programs. Each presenter will speak for 20 minutes. Continue Reading
There are many different ways of incorporating spiritual practices into the experience of volunteers at home repair nonprofits. In this session, you'll hear case studies from four different ReFrame members. Continue Reading
Many health risks are linked with existing housing conditions. Discovering the links is an important step, but finding the problem is only the first step. Continue Reading
This session will be roundtable discussion to share best practices and lessons learned on conducting a home assessment and determining the scope of work to be done on the home. Continue Reading
The finalists for the Best Practices in Community Partnership award will share details about their outreach methods, successful partnership endeavors, and unique ways of respecting, engaging, and supporting the local community Continue Reading
In this session, ReFrame members will share about their experience with utilizing federal government funding and Federal Home Loan Bank fundings for home repair projects. Continue Reading
In this session, Harold Naylor will lead a panel of ReFrame Executive Directors in discussing how best to mobilize and engage board members. Panelists are Bob Beggs, Trent Davis, Chris Manley, and Don Taylor. Chris Manley will also moderate the session and host the Zoom livestream. Continue Reading
Matt Fuller, National Account Executive at Stanley Black & Decker will lead ths training. In this session, you'll learn everything you ever wanted to know about tools! Matt will talk about battery warranties, new products, tool trade-ins, simple fixes, and more. Continue Reading
Do you want to tackle the need for home repair in your community, but are not sure how to make a meaningful dent? Transformative change will not be achieved through business as usual. Continue Reading
Some words associated with poverty include uneducated, lazy, mental illness, homeless, hunger, dirty, fear, hardship, charity and violence. Abject is the lowest extreme imaginable and is associated with misery and humiliation. Therefore, abject poverty is the lowest, most hopeless form of poverty. Continue Reading
Keaton Graham, Social Impact Specialist with Procore.org, will lead this session. You'll see first-hand how home repair programs can benefit by using this free construction management tool that is valued at $667/month. Continue Reading