Reducing Homelessness for People with Behavioral Health Needs Leaving Prisons and Jails

Charley was assistant director of Leased Housing at Rhode Island Housing, where he oversaw the launch of the first fully electronic, statewide Section 8 waiting list. At the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, he played a lead role in implementing the Rental Assistance Demonstration program. Charley holds a master’s of public policy from the Heller School for Social Policy at Brandeis University and a BA from Hamilton College.

Health & Housing Integration team at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. He brings field experience from social work, having working extensively with people with serious mental illness in Washington, DC, as well as with families reuniting with their children from foster care in Michigan. Thomas earned his BS in criminal justice and BA in sociology from Madonna University and his MPP from the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration at the George Washington University.

Sentencing and Employment Services (CASES) in New York City for eight years. She was initially the court liaison social worker for the CASES Nathaniel ACT Team, the city's first felony alternative to incarceration program for adults with serious mental illnesses. She then supervised their Criminal and Supreme Court Team. Katie received a bachelor's degree in English from the University of San Diego and a master's degree in social work from the Columbia University School of Social Work.