Editors' Note: This story ran in our March newsletter, published March 4.

A Roadmap for Rural Permanent Supportive Housing, the next webinar in our permanent supportive housing series, airs 1:30-2:30 p.m. Central Time on March 18. You can register for the webinar here.

Jennifer Lopez, a permanent supportive housing consultant with 22 years of experience in the field of affordable housing and homelessness programming, will present the webinar. This webinar will share best practices and lessons learned about creating permanent supportive housing programs for rural communities that meet SAMSHA fidelity guidelines. The presentation covers the philosophy, funding, and solutions for program challenges and potential next steps for interested communities.

Learning objectives:

• Introduce the permanent supportive housing (PSH) model
• Explore PSH models through a rural lens
• Analyze lessons learned from establishing rural PSH
• Describe the next steps for communities interested in implementing rural PSH

This webinar is brought to you by the Mid-America MHTTC in collaboration with the Iowa Mental Health and Disabilities Services (MHDS) regions.