The 2009 Human Services Institute, held on March 13 at the Cleveland Convention Center, featured two keynote addresses.
The W. T. McCullough Lecture by Ohio Chancellor Eric Fingerhut highlighted the University System of Ohio, opportunities provided to Ohio residents to gain higher education, and the importance of making continuing education available for training and retraining to meet the needs of the future economy. KeyBank was the Sponsor of this session. Read excerpts of Fingerhut's address.
The Eugene H. Freedheim Lecture by Robert Bullard, Ph.D., Ware Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Director of the Environmental Justice Resource Center, Clark Atlanta University, was on the topic, Growing Smarter: Achieving Livable Communities and Environmental Justice. Read excerpts of Bullard's address.
The 800 attendees enjoyed 30 sessions, a bustling exhibit area, and the presentation of two prestigious community awards. Sessions included:
- Behavioral/mental health [Organized by newly merged Cuyahoga County ADAMHS Board]
- Environmental Health and Human Services
- Family Health: Males services
- Family Health—“Let’s Talk about Sex: Faith-Based Organizations and HIV/AIDS Prevention” [Organized by AIDS Funding Collaborative]
- Health Policy: “Unnatural Causes”[Organized by Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University]
- Health Policy: Better Health Greater Cleveland [Organized by Better Health Greater Cleveland]
- Health Policy: Childhood obesity [Organized by University Hospitals’ Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital]
- Housing: Foreclosure Prevention [Organized by Cuyahoga County F. P. Office]
- NPO Communications: Just Because You Build It, Doesn’t Mean They’ll Come
- NPO Development: The Funders’ Views [Organized with Ohio Grantmakers Forum]
- NPO Management/Human Resources: Retirement planning for NPO professionals
- NPO Management/Volunteers: Creating flexible volunteer opportunities [Organized by Retired & Senior Volunteer Program]
- NPO Management: Business planning [Organized by Center for Nonprofit Excellence]
- NPO Management: Succession planning [Organized by Business Volunteers Unlimited]
- Older Persons/Persons with Disabilities: Long-term care [Organized by Council on Older Persons]
- Public Policy/Health: Medicaid
- Public Policy/State Budget
- Public Policy/Workforce Development: Re-entry population
- Public Policy: Federal Budget [Organized by Concord Coalition]
- Public Policy: Learn to be an Advocate!
- Research: How to Use Data
- Research: Ohio Family Health Survey
- Youth: Youth Development Initiative Report to the Community