Introduction

ICF is a national HUD technical assistance (TA) provider that supports communities across the country in addressing and ending homelessness. Additionally, we support communities in responding to natural disasters, such as tornados, hurricanes, and wildfires. HUD tasked ICF with supporting the Treasure Coast Homeless Services Council (TCHSC) with strengthening the homeless response system, specifically within the context of responding to natural disasters.

Training Topics

On Wednesday, July 16 and Thursday, July 17, in partnership with TCHSC, ICF will be facilitating trainings to support the entire Continuum of Care (CoC) in supporting people experiencing homelessness before, during, and after a natural disaster. Specifically, we will be supporting three specific topic areas:

Wednesday, July 16

Trauma-Informed Care: Trauma-informed care is an effective strategy to support people experiencing homelessness throughout the entire CoC. This training will discuss the key principles of trauma-informed care while also discussing situations in which the service providers who are providing services to people experiencing homelessness are also navigating their own trauma due to their own experiences with natural disasters.
De-Escalation: De-escalation is another effective strategy to support people experiencing homelessness throughout the CoC, while supporting service providers in maintaining safety in the work they do. This training will discuss key features of de-escalation and provide opportunities to practice how to de-escalate situations.

Thursday, July 17

Updates to the CoC’s Emergency Preparedness Plan: ICF has been working with TCHSC to provide critical updates to the CoC’s Emergency Preparedness Plan to ensure the plan is actionable and can be readily available to support the CoC in preparing for and responding to a natural disaster. We will be providing a training to discuss the updates that have been made to the Plan.
- We are scheduled to return in September 2025 to conduct a live simulation of the Plan to ensure all key entities understand and can identify their core roles and responsibilities in response to a disaster so that the CoC can effectively and efficiently serve people experiencing homelessness leading up and in response to a natural disaster.

WHERE:

Indian River State College - Ft. Pierce Campus - Brown Center / Building Y

3209 Virginia Avenue, Fort Pierce, Florida, 34981

WHEN:

Wednesday, July 16 - 9:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. (Break for lunch/lunch provided)
Thursday, July 17 - 9:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.

You MUST register to attend. Seating is extremely limited.

The Treasure Coast Homeless Services Council is 501(c)3 non-profit that is passionate about preventing and ending homelessness on Florida’s Treasure Coast, and to assure that if homelessness happens, it is brief and non-recurring. We partner with over 60 organizations across Indian River, St. Lucie, and Martin Counties to provide services to families who are at risk of or are currently experiencing homelessness.

Natural Disaster Response Training

By TREASURE COAST HOMELESS SERVICE COUNCIL INC

Natural Disaster Response Training