2026 Housing Symposium Feb. 18-20

Event Agenda

Tuesday, February 17th
Early Event Registration from 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM

 

Wednesday, February 18, 2026

Event Registration from 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM

 

9:00 AM – 11:45 AM

Ballroom A | Balance of State CoC Workshop

Ballroom B – C | Emergency Solutions Grants Application Workshop

Ballroom D – F | HOPWA Workshop

 

12:00 PM – 1:15 PM

Harborside Ballroom | Opening Session Lunch

 

1:30 PM – 2:25 PM
Ballroom A | Designing Trauma-Informed Spaces to Reduce Harm

Ballroom B – C | Moving Beyond the VI-SPDT: Introducing Matching for Appropriate Placement: An HMIS Tool

Ballroom D – F | Housing Choice Voucher Program 101 – Beyond the Voucher: How Special Programs Create Opportunity

 

2:45 PM – 4:00 PM

Ballroom A | How to Make Data Work for You: Advancing Goals by Using Information Strategically

Ballroom B – C | Psychosocial Rehabilitation: Best Practices for Engaging & Empowering Individuals

Ballroom D – F | Housing Choice Voucher 102- Beyond the Voucher: Yardi Implementation, Client Relations, & Program Innovation

  

Thursday, February 19, 2026

Event Registration from 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Breakfast available starting at 7:30 AM – Harborside Ballroom

 

8:30 AM – 8:50 AM

Harborside Ballroom | Welcome Breakfast

 

9:00 AM – 10:15 AM

Ballroom A | Building Trust & Housing Stability through Partnership

Ballroom B – C | Youth Homelessness Demonstration Project in Action

Ballroom D – F | Making every Dollar Count: Grant Management Done Right

 

10:30 AM – 11:45 AM

Ballroom A | From Silos to Systems: Cross–Agency Coordination That Actually Sticks

Ballroom B – C | Fair Housing Act & Conflicts of Interest

Ballroom D – F | Moving from PSH to Transitional Housing Tentative

 

12:00 PM – 1:30 PM

Harborside Ballroom | Keynote Luncheon - Cindy Murphy Kelley

1:45 PM – 2:45 PM

Ballroom A | Effective Grant Writing: What Funders Look For

Ballroom B – C | Georgia Health Information Network & GA HMIS: Two Systems, One Story

Ballroom D – F | Best Practices in Transitional Housing Tentative

 

3:00 PM – 4:15 PM

Ballroom A | Marketing as a Tool for Impact

Ballroom B – C | Violence Against Women Act & Language Access Plan

Ballroom D – F | Maximizing Standard Reports: Getting More From What You Have

 

Friday, February 20, 2026

Continental Breakfast available starting at 7:30 AM – Harborside Ballroom

 

8:30 AM – 10:15 AM

Harborside Ballroom | Breakfast & Closing Sessions

 

Registration is now closed.
If you would like to be added to our waiting list, please email lakeisha.jones@dca.ga.gov.