4th Annual Cuyahoga County
Conference on Social Welfare
2014 Theme: Renewing Our Commitment
Building Partnerships Across Generations
Friday March 28, 2014
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Cleveland State University Student Center
Corner of Euclid Ave. & E. 22nd St.
Parking at South Garage (Enter on E. 21st St. Between Prospect and Carnegie)
Registration Opens at 7:30 a.m. on 3rd Floor of Student Center
Agency Fair 8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. on 1st Floor of Student Center
Limited On-Site Registration Available (No Lunch or Free Parking)
Sponsors:
Case Western Reserve University Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences
Cleveland State University School of Social Work • National Association of Social Workers Ohio Chapter
2014 Conference Title Sponsor:
Murtis Taylor Human Services System
2014 Co-Sponsors:
The Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging • The Center for Community Solutions • Friendly Inn • Hopewell
• The Murtis Taylor Human Services System • Neighborhood Leadership Institute • Nueva Luz Urban Resource Center
• Providence House • Reflections: Narratives of Professional Helping • Policy Matters Ohio • N.A.S.W. Student Club
• Ursuline College: Social Work Program • Western Reserve Area Agency on Aging
Conference Agenda
8:00 a.m.—2:00 p.m. Agency Fair (Please Visit!)
9:00 — 10:00 a.m. Plenary Session
Opening Announcements and Introductions
Andrea Foote, 2014 Annual Conference Committee Chair
Welcomes from the University and Greetings from the Sponsors
Deirdre M. Mageean, Provost, Cleveland State University
Julian Rogers, Director of Community Partnerships, Cleveland State University
David Crampton, Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, C.W.R.U.
Victoria Marion, National Association of Social Workers Ohio Chapter & 2014 Program Committee Co-Chair
Steve Slane, Interim Director, School of Social Work, Cleveland State University
Introduction of the 2014 CCCOSW Social Work Intern
Valerie Treisch-Chirdon, Field Education Coordinator, Cleveland State University School of Social Work
Renewing Our Commitment
Terry Milligan, BSW Student, Cleveland State University
Introduction of the Connections Health Advocacy Wellness Keynote Speaker
Joe Worthy, Children’s Defense Fund National Youth Organizer & 2014 Program Committee Co-Chair
The Connections Health Advocacy Wellness Keynote Address
The State of America’s Children 2014
MaryLee Allen, Director of Child Welfare and Mental Health, Children’s Defense Fund
10:15 — 11:45 a.m. Workshops
1. 40 Years Later: The State of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
Kathy Stoll, Moderator, Stoll and Associates
H. Bernard Smith, Planning Consultant, Mental Health Planning Committee & author of 44 Years of Progress
Kathleen Rexrode, BSW student, Cleveland State University School of Social Work
L. Douglas Lenkoski, Formerly ADAMHS Board Member &, C.W.R.U. Department of Psychiatry Chairperson
Valeria Harper, Chief Operating Officer, ADAHMS Board of Cuyahoga County
George Staursky, NAMI of Greater Cleveland
This presentation will cover the changes in public state hospitals that started in 1945 and resulted in deinstitutionalization
and will report on the local implementation of community mental health legislation, starting in 1961. Participants will learn
about the local planning, development, and funding of community services in the County; changes in laws and court rulings
that have impacted the changes both in hospitals and community mental health; and sources and uses of funds, services, and
people served in 2010. This presentation focuses on mental health services--not the parallel development of alcohol and
drug abuse services now part of the ADAMHS merger--and it will not provide details on all the changes in contract agencies
over the years.
2. An Integrated Care Delivery System - MyCare Ohio
Semanthie Brooks, Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging
This session will review the intent of Ohio's demonstration, define dually eligible populations in Ohio, and examine elements
of MyCare Ohio including structure, education of consumers, and enrollment process.
10:15 — 11:45 a.m. Workshops
3. Calling Social Work Advocacy to Account: New Advocacy Knowledge Needed for an Era of Privatized
Governance and Public-Private Partnerships
Alice Skirtz, author of Econocide: Elimination of the Urban Poor
Social workers seeking to advocate for clients and communities in this era of privatization of governance with policy decisions
transferred to private development corporations and quasi-government agencies, find our social work advocacy body of
knowledge obsolete. This workshop calls for examination of these current policy realities and exploration of ways social workers, social work faculty, students, and researchers are called to advance our bodies of knowledge of poverty and
advocacy.
4. Elder Abuse Risk Factors: Key to Problem Prevention
Carol Dayton, Consultant and educator in the field of aging
Georgia J. Anetzberger, Consultant; Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine, Case Western Reserve
University
This workshop addresses risk factors and protective factors in elder abuse. Risk factors are conditions found through research
to be closely linked to elder abuse occurrence. This workshop begins by presenting salient risk factors for elder abuse in domestic and residential care settings. Case examples will be used for risk factor identification and assessment as well as for the
development of strategies for effective intervention. Finally, the workshop will conclude with consideration of models that can
facilitate better elder abuse prevention, detection an d response, including increasing protective factors for the individual,
family, community, and society.
5. Giving Voice to Clients and Communities: Writing Narratives for the Journal "Reflections: Narratives of
Professional Helping”
Paul A. Abels, Moderator, Professor Emeritus, California State University Department of Social Work
Sonia Leib Abels, founding editor, Reflections: Narratives of Professional Helping
Michael A. Dover, Reflections: Narratives of Professional Helping
Participants in this workshop will learn about the many ways of narrative. They will discuss various ways in which we can draw
on our practice experience with clients and communities to write narratives for publication in the journal
Reflections: Narratives of Professional Helping, a peer-reviewed journal founded in 1995 at California State University Long
Beach and now published online at Cleveland State University School of Social Work. Contributions to this journal tell stories
about people and organizations within diverse cultures, include narratives showing the interactions involving micro and macro
practice, and provide reflections on the nature and lessons of our daily work.
6. If You Really Knew Me: Experiencing Our Social & Cultural Similarities & Differences
Victoria R. Winbush, Moderator, Cleveland State University School of Social Work
Lisa P. Gaynier, Diversity Management Program, Cleveland State University
How often do we walk across the Cleveland State University campus or travel throughout the city of Cleveland and think we
know a lot about the individuals whose paths we cross? Too often what we think we know is based primarily on our
assumptions about the group identities of the strangers we encounter. This session will offer participants a high energy, low
risk and novel opportunity to talk with others who are similar to, as well as culturally and socially different from themselves.
Participants will have a chance to learn more about how they are seen by "the other”, as well as have a rare opportunity to
test their working assumptions about who "the other” really is.
7. Out with the Old: Current Practices for Children with Developmental Disabilities
Jacquie Kasprisin, Lori Mago, & Celeste Bajorek, Cuyahoga County Board of Developmental Disabilities
This workshop will highlight the thriving partnership between the CCBDD and Help Me Grow serving children from birth
through 2 years of age in an evidence-based early intervention approach, within natural environments. Performance
measurement data and national benchmarks will be shared. CCBDD staff will describe its 20-year collaborative consultation
model within the local public school districts in providing specialized technical supports in the areas of Behavior/Curriculum,
Augmentative Communication, Assistive Technology and the MOVE program. The new Service Learning Program will be
explained. This is a partnership with CSU, as a community-based program developing graduate students skills in the area of
occupation based groups.
10:15 — 11:45 a.m. Workshops
8. Pay For Success: Using Social Impact Bonds to Transform Human Services in Cuyahoga County
Rob Fischer and David Crampton, CWRU: Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences
David Merriman, Office of Cuyahoga County Executive Ed Fitzgerald
Local governments often lack the resources to meaningfully invest in innovative models to address key community needs.
So-called "social impact bonds" offer a mechanism for attracting private sector funding for initiatives that are targeted to
particularly complex and high-cost social conditions. In December 2013, Cuyahoga County Executive Ed Fitzgerald announced
that Cuyahoga County would be the first county in the U.S. to undertake a social impact bond effort under the name "Pay For
Success". Cuyahoga County will pioneer an intensive effort to keep homeless families together by using private investor
funding. If the project succeeds, the county can save millions in foster care payments over the next five years. The workshop
will provide an overview of how social impact bonds work and what the experience with them has been in the U.K, New York
City, and elsewhere. In addition, the workshop will describe the development of the initiative in Cuyahoga County focused on
homeless families with children involved in the child welfare system. If the services are successful, the county pays back the
investors and foundations out of savings achieved from preventing the need for more costly services in the future.
9. Place Matters
Ramses Clements, Moderator, Bellefaire JCB: Street Outreach Program
Freddy Collier, Cleveland Planning Commission
In this workshop participants will learn how to develop strategic plans to connect communities and make resources available
for residents; empower residents for attaining something more than receiving assistance, but bettering themselves in having
the skill set and education to live better lives; connect communities by sharing resources for those who have and have not;
reduce the inequality of the educational and health status of families and individuals; and review models already implemented
in other cities.
10. Answering President Obama's Call: Action Steps for Renewing Our Commitment to Opportunities for Young
African-American Males
Joshua Kirven, Moderator, Cleveland State University School of Social Work
Janice Felton-Williams, Licensed Independent Social Worker
Al Grimes, Cuyahoga County Fatherhood Initiative
Brian Moore, Passages Connecting Fathers and Families
Are we doing all we can to meet the promise of our African American males? For decades we have been talking about the
challenges, obstacles and conditions of being a Black male in America. There is no longer time for excuses and blame. It is
time for expectations to be raised and solutions to be reached. It starts with our community. The Call has been made by President Obama. The question is: Are we prepared to answer? In this session community experts will share their stories, services,
and solutions in stimulating dialogue and engaging the audience towards action plan steps that can implemented in servicing
African American males.
11. See You at the Crossroads: Class, Income, and the Constitution
Melissa Bilancini and Adrienne Gavula, The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio
Living in poverty is not a violation of the Constitution, but a Clevelander's income can make it more (or less) likely that his or
her rights will be violated. Because of targeted enforcement, where we can afford to live impacts our interactions with the
police. Where we live also influences the schools our children can attend and our children's potential to interact with police at
school and possibly whether our children get an education or a rap sheet. Learn more about the intersection of class, income
and the Constitution in this workshop, and what important steps you can take to combat social policies that
disproportionately impact low-income individuals.
12. State of America's Children and Ending the Cradle to Prison Pipeline
Joe Worthy, Moderator, Children's Defense Fund of Ohio
MaryLee Allen, Children’s Defense Fund (Washington D.C.)
Thank You Neighborhood Leadership Institute
For Hosting the Pre-Conference Intergenerational Mixer
On Thursday March 27, 6:00-9:00 p.m. at Elements Bistro
10:15 — 11:45 a.m. Workshops
13. The Battle Against Infant Mortality: The Role of Social Workers in Reducing Infant Deaths in Cuyahoga
County
Rose Frech and Emily Campbell, Center for Community Solutions
Karen Mintzer, Cuyahoga County Help Me Grow
Sandy Hoch, Metrohealth
Carrie Edelstein, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital
Lori Considine, Cuyahoga County Board of Health
This workshop will include a brief presentation on infant mortality data in Cuyahoga County and would follow with a panel
discussion addressing the following topics: race, income, and infant deaths; the importance of early pregnancy care and the
role of social workers; pre and postnatal parent education and home visiting in reducing infant mortality rates; promising
practices in reducing infant deaths; and supporting grieving parents.
14. When Legal Problems Show Up in Social Service Settings
Anne Sweeney, Legal Aid Society of Cleveland
Cullen Sweeney, Cuyahoga County Public Defenders Office
This workshop will use common social service scenarios to provide non-lawyer advocates (social workers, counselors, case
managers) with knowledge about how to effectively intervene and advocate for clients involved with the civil and criminal
legal systems related to different substantive legal problems (e.g. child support, criminal records, public housing, bankruptcy,
arrest warrants, etc.) as well as addressing litigants procedural rights (e.g. right to an attorney, right to interpreter, right to a
hearing). Presenters will also explain the different types of courts and agencies that handle civil, criminal, and administrative
proceedings. The format will be interactive.
15. Yearning to Be Free: Immigrants without Papers
Elizabeth Perez, Moderator and Presenter, BSW Student, CSU School of Social Work Student
Veronica Dahlberg, HOLA
Max Rodas, Nueva Luz Urban Resources Center
There is a humanitarian crisis occurring in our community and nation. The US will hit the 2 million mark for people deported-families shredded--in the upcoming days. More people have been deported than live in the entire state of West Virginia or
Nebraska, among twelve others. Almost a quarter of them leave behind their US citizen children with no avenue to come back
legally. If they decide to come back by any means necessary, they risk death in the desert and federal prosecution for reentry. Hundreds of thousands of children, many living here in NE Ohio, are permanently separated from their parents. They
are trapped in a vicious cycle. Attend this workshop to become informed about the trials of this population and how to best
understand their needs and suffering.
2014 Cuyahoga County Conference on Social Welfare Conference
Leadership Team
Andrea Foote
Annual Conference Committee
Chair
Apryl Morris and Todd Simmons
Volunteer Committee Co-Chairs
Cheryl Mays
Annual Conference Committee
Secretary
David Crampton
Research/Advocacy Committee
Co-Chair & CWRU Sponsor
Representative
Victoria Marion Program
Committee Co-Chair & NASW
Sponsor Co-Representative
Michael Dover
Coordinator & CSU Sponsor
Representative
Joe Worthy, Program Committee
Co-Chair
Jason Eugene-Boarde
Consultant & Fall 2013 CoCoordinator
Sharon Meixner and Kelli Perk
Outreach Committee Co-Chairs
Dorothy Martindale
NASW Membership Associate &
NASW Sponsor
Co-Representative
Terry Milligan
CSU BSW Intern
Valerie Treisch-Chirdon
Field Instructor
Steven “Leo” Leopold
Graduate Assistant
Adrienne “Addy” Wheeler
Conference Organizer
Lunch Courtesy of 2013 Title Sponsor:
The Murtis Taylor Human Services System
12:00 p.m.— 1:00 p.m.
12:00 — 1:00 p.m. Lunch
Announcements and Acknowledgement of CCCOSW Annual Conference Committee Members
Cheryl Mays, 2014 Annual Conference Committee Secretary
Greetings
Gregory M. Sadlek, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Cleveland State University
Thanks to Title Sponsor & Co-Sponsors
Dorothy Martindale, NASW Ohio Chapter Membership Associate
Agency Fair and Volunteer Thanks
Adrienne “Addy” Wheeler, Conference Organizer
Remarks From the Title Sponsor
Lovell Custard, President and Chief Executive Officer, Murtis Taylor Human Services System
N.A.S.W. Region Three Annual Awards
Victoria Marion, NASW Chapter Immediate Past President
1:00 p.m.— 2:00 p.m. Plenary Session
Renewing Our Commitments: Religious Social Teaching & Social Welfare
This plenary panel will focus on one of the many sources of our commitment to social welfare-religious social teaching. Although the sources of such teaching involve the many versions of the
Golden Rule found in nearly every world religion, this particular panel focuses on the Abrahamic
faith traditions, and the religious social teaching of these faiths as relevant to social work, social
welfare, social justice, charity, opposition to oppression, etc.
Marsha Mitchell-Blanks, Moderator, Cleveland State University School of Social Work
Martha Addison Armstrong, Ohio Dominican University
Molly Brudnick, Beth El - The Heights Synagogue & NASW Member
Brian Corbin, Youngstown Catholic Charities & National Catholic Charities Ethics Commission
Mamadou Seck, Cleveland State University School of Social Work
Rev. Mylion Waite, Antioch Baptist Church
2:15 — 3:45 p.m. Workshops
1. Breaking Down the Barriers: The Challenges of Integrating Individuals with Developmental Disabilities into
the Community
Joanne Arnold, Patti Higgins, Kerry McAllister, Cathy Rush, Ed Stazyk, and Lydia Troha, Cuyahoga County
Board of Developmental Disabilities
Presenters representing several Board of Developmental Disabilities disciplines who are heavily involved in community
integration and building partnerships in Cuyahoga County will discuss residential focus and movement to deinstitutionalization; working with offenders with developmental disabilities; SART and partnerships with police departments across the county; human sexuality training and work with the gay and lesbian community; programs for seniors with developmental disabilities; working for children with developmental disabilities who are in the custody of DCFS Programs for individuals who are
dually diagnosed with developmental disabilities and mental health diagnoses; partnerships with the medical community for
comprehensive health care; and training for community providers.
2. Committing to County Services: How to Apply for Online Benefits
Aida Idiáquez, Cuyahoga County Job and Family Services, Office of Community Engagement
Diane Elting, Cuyahoga Job and Family Services, Office of Child Support Services
Is a client eligible? How do I report changes in income, household size, and address? How does one reapply for benefits?
What are the required forms and documentation for clients and agencies? Is the website secure? What happens after a client
submits the information online? All of these questions and more will be answered in this dynamic workshop!
3. Dispelling the Myths: Ethical Considerations in Determining Competency vs. Capacity
Sylvia Pla-Raith, Cuyahoga County Adult Protective Services; Todd Bartimole, Bartimole Greene, Co., LPA
The session will introduce attendees to legal interventions that are accessible to older consumers that may protective them
from becoming victims of exploitation. Consumers and their families often have questions about maintaining their quality of
life, quality of long term care needs and preparing for the related expenses of long term care services. Professionals who work
with older adult who have become victims of fraudulent or maltreatment often face ethical dilemmas in knowing when to
report the consumer to the proper authority. Attendees will learn how to effectively consider guardianships, civil
commitments and non-voluntary interventions to best assist adults and respect the right of individual choices. The special
dynamics of elder abuse victimization will also be explored to further develop our understanding about relationship between
capacities versus competency.
4. The Faces of Hunger in 2014: Household Decisions, Community Responses, and Policy Impacts
Michelle Kaiser, Moderator, The Ohio State University College of Social Work: Caitlin Marquis, Fresh Foods
Here & Ohio Food Policy Network; Jason Eugene-Boarde, Academic Association for Food Policy and Research
What happens when what is available or affordable to eat is limited? What happens when food travels thousands of
miles? What happens when reduction in food programs occurs while hunger increases? Participants will experience food
insecurity through a group activity followed by a discussion about the impacts of various policies.
5. Heroin Kills
William M. Denihan, Moderator, ADAMHS Board of Cuyahoga County; Orman Hall, Governor’s Cabinet Opiate Action Team; David Kortan, an individual in recovery.
6. Improving Effective Social Service Delivery in Cuyahoga County
Rose Frech, Center for Community Solutions
This workshop will address challenges facing social workers today by identifying the challenges; engaging participants around
these topics (Q&A, sharing stories, etc.) and brainstorming steps to move forward on both the micro and macro level.
Special Thanks To:
NASW Ohio Membership Associate Dorothy Martindale and NASW Interns
The Dedicated Members and Executive Board of the NASW Student Club at Cleveland State University
The Workshop Moderators and Presenters • Friendly Inn Settlement for hosting Annual Conference Committee meetings
Lori Slusarski and Audrey Wiggins, School of Social Work Staff
Michael Brown, Database Consultant • Al Nozak, Center for Instructional Technology
Jason Eugene-Boarde for his inspirational ideas • Harsh Patel, CSU MBA-Candidate, Database Coordinator
Todd Simmons & Apryl Joi Morris, Volunteer Committee Co-Chairs, and all the hardworking conference volunteers!
The ever patient and professional staff of CSU Conference Services, Food Services, and Parking Services!
2:15 — 3:45 p.m. Workshops
7. Justice Shall We Pursue? Collaboration between Social Workers and Lawyers
Maya Simek, Moderator, Nueva Luz Urban Resource Center
Denise Rembert, The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland
Anne Sweeney, The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland
Melanie GiaMaria, Private practice attorney and Community Re-Entry
Scott Wilkes, Jack, Joseph & Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, C.W.R.U.
The medical-legal partnership and community based lawyering are national models that draw together the strengths of a
variety of disciplines including social work, law, medicine, and community organizing for the holistic good of clients. Come
listen to practitioners working within Cuyahoga County explain the partnership of law and social work from academic and
practical perspectives. Discussions explaining these models, academic requirements, the implementation and set-up of dual
models, and their benefits to clients will be among panel topics.
8. Renewing Our Commitment: Religious Social Teaching & Social Welfare, an Interdenominational
Interchange
Andrew Edwards, Moderator, Cleveland State University School of Social Work
This workshop will provide an opportunity for a continuation of the discussion begun by the panel of social workers who will
present during the 1:00 PM panel.
9. Renewing Our Commitment: The Progressive Social Work Tradition
Larry Bresler, Moderator, Organize Ohio!
Belle Likover, Senior Voice
Michael A. Dover, Social Welfare Action Alliance
Gail Long, retired Executive Director, Merrick House
Michel Coconis, Department of Social Work, Wright State University
10. "Shaking The Family Tree" - Family Search and Engagement for Child Welfare Professionals
Lois Roberts and Lisa Peterka, Cuyahoga County Job and Family Services
This workshop will provide the professional an overview of current legislation, trends, and the model of Family Search and
Engagement currently in use at CCDCFS. The overview will provide an understanding of the Fostering Connections legislation
that drives the work. The best practice model and tools that are being implemented at CCDCFS and in Ohio will be discussed.
Personal perspectives from youth provide us with an understanding of the importance of this area of practice and the realistic
implications of conducting diligent search and family engagement activities.
11. The Human and Social Impact of the Death Penalty
Kevin Werner, Moderator, Ohioans to Stop Executions
Terry Collins, retired Director, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction
This multi-media workshop will provide an in-dept look into Ohio's death penalty system with a focus on the long-term
consequences associated with capital punishment. It will offer perspectives of murder victim's families, attorneys,
wrongfully convicted men, faith leaders and members of the law enforcement community. It will also explore opportunity
costs of Ohio's death penalty system and other issues including geographic and racial disparity at both county and state levels.
12. Reentry Collaboration in Cleveland
Ashly Wells, Moderator, Oriana House, Inc.
Gary Larkins, Toward Employment
Darella Motley, Reentry Reconnections
Gwen Raise, Reentry Reconnections
Formerly incarcerated persons face a myriad of barriers upon release from prison which include a lack of affordable housing,
substance abuse and mental health challenges, family reunification, lack of education and employment. Since the myriad of
challenges and barriers faced by our clients tend to cross over various areas of the social service sector, it is best for us to
serve our clients and consumers in the most efficient manner. Thus collaboration is essential. In this moderated panel,
facilitators from the North Star Neighborhood Reentry Resource Center (NRRC), Healthy Fathering
Collaborative/The Reconnection Programs, and Towards Employment/New Employment Transitions (NET) will provide a brief
overview of their respective program and/or services in addition to case scenarios that will allow the attendees to have a
succinct understanding of how the programs can benefit their clients and/or consumers.
Cuyahoga County Executive Candidates Forum
4:00 — 5:15 p.m.
Addressing the Relationship Between the Human Services and Economic Development
The forum will be hosted by John Begala, Executive Director at The Center for Community Solutions. The Center
for Community Solutions is a nonpartisan think-tank focused on solutions to health, social, and economic issues.
This informal reception will permit individual discussion with the County Executive candidates, including on the
relationship between the human services and economic development. Attendees are also invited to stay for the
post-conference Wind Down at Bar Uno on the First Floor of the Student Center from 5:15-6:00 p.m.
2014 Annual Conference Committee Members
Erika Anthony
Semanthie Brooks
BJ Brown
David Crampton
Ramses Clement
Michael Dover
Jason Eugene-Boarde
Andrea Foote (Chairperson)
Lydia Galindez
Rose Frech
Maggie Iverson
Elaine Jackson
Jessica Kayse
Joshua Kirven
Lori Longs Painter
Larissa Malcolm
Victoria Marion
Cheryl Mays (Secretary)
Sharon Meixner
Terry Milligan
Apryl Joi Morris
Ricardo Pena
Elizabeth Perez
Kelli Perk
Kathleen Rexrode
Emily Shurilla
Betty Shutes
Todd Simmons
Rachael Sommer
Kathleen Stoll
Joe Worthy
Grace Wright
Kathleen Yager
Thanks to Our 2014 Agency Fair Participants
ACLU of Ohio
Applewood Centers, Inc.
Beech Brook
Bellfaire JCB
Empowering and Strengthening
Ohio’s People
Friendly Inn Settlement House
Oriana House, Inc.
Providence House, Inc.
Gestalt Institute of Cleveland
Reflections: Narratives of
Professional Helping
C.W.R.U. Jack, Joseph and Morton
Mandel School of Applied
Social Science
Hopewell
United Way/211
Housing Research & Advocacy
Center
Ursuline College:
Social Work Program
Center for Community
Solutions
Hunger Network of Greater
Cleveland
ViaQuest Clinical Services
Connections: Health-WellnessAdvocacy
KAZ Company
CSU NASW Student Club
Murtis Taylor Human Services
System
Cuyahoga Job and Family Services
National Council of Jewish Women
CWRU Mental Health Effectiveness
Research Program
Neighborhood Leadership Institute
Division of Senior and Adult Services
Nueva Luz Urban Resource Center
Options for Families and Youth
VITAS Innovative Hospice Care
Western Reserve Area
Agency on Aging
Word of Righteousness
Family Life Center
Directions to Workshop Locations
Room Key
SC = Student Center
MC = Main Classroom Building main floor
LIB = Library in Rhodes Tower
CB = Chester Building 2nd and 3rd floors
RW = Rhodes Tower West
SC: Workshops in Student Center
MC: Main Classroom MC 122, 134 & 137
Ballroom: If any workshops are scheduled or (if anFrom 1st Floor (Ground Floor) of Student Center, walk
nounced) re-scheduled there, please remain in ballroom. outside and East to enter the Atrium (see the Papa
SC 313 and SC 315: Student Center breakout rooms, just Johns).
exit Ballroom through North Doors and cross hallway.
From the Main Classroom Atrium, turn left (head North
Workshops Outside Student Center (Walk or take eleva- towards Chester Ave.). Pass the Papa John’s and follow
tors to first floor and exit either North Doors to the plaza) below instructions.
and follow below instructions.
MC 122 is the first room on the right after the Papa
John’s.
LIB or RW: Workshops in Rhodes Tower
(LIB OR RW)
LIB 401 and LIB 502: Enter the Main Entrance to Rhodes
Tower, enter the library itself, turn left, take elevators
up.
MC 134 and MC 137 involve walking North all the way to
elevator area and turning right, with MC 137 the first
door on left and MC 136 the second auditorium on right.
CB: Chester Building CB 278 and CB 315
From 1st Floor (Ground Floor) of Student Center, walk
RW 202: Enter the West entrance at the far left as you
approach Rhodes Tower. If possible, walk to 2nd Floor as outside and East to enter the Atrium (see the Papa
Johns).
the elevators can be slow.
From the Main Classroom Atrium, head straight East,
passing Huntington’s Bank on right and turn left down
MC: Main Classroom MC 101 TO MC 105 hallway.
From 1st Floor (Ground Floor) of Student Center, walk
outside and East to enter the Atrium (see the Papa
Johns).
If weather is inclement, proceed to second floor and
across bridge to Main Classroom building, turn left, and
walk or take elevators down to 1st floor.
Just past Women’s Center on the right, turn right across
bridge.
For CB 278, turn left after entering Chester, and the room
is the 2nd on the left.
For CB 315, turn right after entering Chester and walk up
to 3rd floor of Chester or use elevator in Southwest corFrom the Main Classroom Atrium, turn right (head South ner of 2nd floor to go to 3rd floor. It is in the faculty contowards Euclid Ave.) and the workshops are on the right. ference room.
Conference Co-Sponsors
Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging
The Murtis Taylor Human Services System
Friendly Inn
Policy Matters Ohio
Nueva Luz Urban Resource Center
Providence House
Neighborhood Leadership Institute
Reflections
Center for Community Solutions
Ursuline College
Hopewell
Western Reserve Area Agency on Aging
N.A.S.W. Student Club (CSU SSW)
Thank You for Your Support!
2014 Conference Title Sponsor & Co-Sponsor
This Conference would not be possible without the support of
The Murtis Taylor Human Services System
Lovell Custard, BSW, MBA, President and Chief Executive Officer
We are grateful to
Connections: Health Wellness Advocacy
for sponsoring the Connections Keynote Address
Thank You to Our Sponsors
Case Western Reserve University: Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences
Cleveland State University School of Social Work
National Association of Social Workers — Ohio Chapter