Trauma, Healing, and Community – Putting People at the Center of Housing Solutions
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Part of the free educational event series A Community Approach to Homelessness and Housing. This session explores how trauma — from poverty, racism, and disconnection — contributes to housing instability and homelessness, and how trauma-informed care can help create effective, healing-centered housing responses.
Let’s Move Forward, Together.
Join us for A Community Approach to Homelessness and Housing, a free educational event series bringing together local and national experts to explore strategies that truly work—and how our whole community can play a part in creating sustainable, compassionate, and informed solutions to homelessness. Millions are spent each year on temporary fixes, but real progress means investing in permanent housing and addressing the root causes of homelessness. This is a chance to engage in thoughtful dialogue, learn from leading voices, and explore how we can keep making progress toward housing equity and lasting change.
Presented by: The Community Investment Alliance
Sponsored by: The Community Housing & Homelessness Prevention Fund and the City of Santa Fe
Trauma, Healing, and Community – Putting People at the Center of Housing Solutions
Speakers:
Becky Miller Updike, CO Association of Families and Children, PHD in trauma and impact of ACE Scores on longterm outcomes)
Label Foundation
Dr. Van Voorhis
Key Topics:
How trauma and systemic barriers impact housing stability
The role of housing in healing and recovery
What it means to be a trauma-informed, healing-centered community
Strategies for trust-building, harm reduction, and inclusive policy
Language, practices, and systems that foster safety and dignity
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The Community Housing & Homelessness Prevention Fund (CHP) at the Santa Fe Community Foundation addresses the need throughout our region to protect and provide safe, secure housing for our most vulnerable residents, as well as affordable, stable housing for all community members. CHP is a partnership between the Santa Fe Community Foundation, Anchorum Health Foundation, Annie E. Casey Foundation, and the Thornburg Foundation.
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