Ohio Healthy Homes Summit

The Ohio Healthy Homes Summit is a one-day conference for professionals and consumers interested in healthy and safe housing. You’ll hear thought-provoking presentations and exciting discussions on such topics as:

• National healthy homes standards
• Federal funding for healthy housing
  
• Building the capacity for asthma home-based interventions and sustainable payment systems
  
• Creating local collaboration and grassroots coalitions for healthy housing

Why Hold a Summit on Healthy Housing?

• Learn about new healthy homes initiatives
• Discuss ways to promote healthy homes locally and statewide
• Determine priorities for Ohio that will benefit your area
• Network with colleagues and consumers
• Get involved in shaping policies and programs
• Registered sanitarians CE (applied for)

Who Should Attend?

Affordable housing developers and managers
Public and community health professionals
Weatherization, energy conservation and home repair program staff
Asthma, allergy and other health care providers
Health insurance providers
Consumers, parents and grandparents
Organizations serving young children
Community development and social service organizations
Legal assistance providers
Advocacy organizations and community organizers
Building code officials

 

Thank you to our Sponsors

Platinum Sponsor 

 

    Gold Sponsors     

   

                                                                  Silver Sponsors

 

Bronze Sponsor

  

Special thanks to the Ohio Department of Agriculture for providing meeting space for the Summit.

Registration Fees
Registration fees are $30 per person for OHHN Members and $50 per person for Non-members.  If the Member has an Agency Membership, each employee can register at the Member rate.To access a list of 2014 OHHN Members in good standing or to sign up to become an OHHN Member, click here. 

Please note that on-line registration will close on September 26.

Scholarships 

A limited number of scholarships are available. Send your request to Patricia Barnes at OHHN (see e-mail address in left hand column). The deadline to request scholarships is September 19.

Hotel Accommodations
The following hotels are provided for information only. No rooms have been reserved for Summit participants.

Holiday Inn Express & Suites Columbus East - Reynoldsburg
2806 Taylor Rd. Extension Reynoldsburg, OH 
43068 1 888 HOLIDAY (1 888 465 4329)
614-861-8888

Fairfield Inn & Suites Columbus East
2826 Taylor Road Extension
Reynoldsburg, OH 43068
1-855-297-1428

La Quinta Inn
Columbus Airport Area
2447 Brice Rd
Reynoldsburg, OH 43068-3455
Phone: 1-614-866-6456

Summit Agenda

8:30  am      Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:30  am      Welcome

9:35  am      Plenary Session

Moderator: Rosemary Chaudry, Assessment & Accreditation Coordinator, Delaware General Health District

Presentations:

National Healthy Homes Standard and Recent Congressional Action on Healthy Homes Programs

Jane Malone, Policy Director, National Center for Healthy Housing

Advancing Home-Based Asthma Interventions and Sustainable Payment Systems

 Stacey Chacker, Director, Asthma Regional Council of New England

10:55-11:00  Break

Toledo Collaboration for Lead Safe Housing

Robert Cole, Esq., Advocates for Basic Legal Equality

Rev. Marcia Dinkins, Executive Director,Toledoans United for Social Action

Ohio Health and Affordable Housing Agency Panel

John Belt, Ohio Healthy Homes/ Lead Poisoning Prevention Program Section Administrator, Field Services, Ohio Department of Health

Douglas Garver, Executive Director, Ohio Housing Finance Agency

Michael Hiler, Deputy Chief, Office of Community Development, Ohio Development Services Agency

Q & A

12:30  pm    Lunch (on site, included in registration)

1:00    pm    Action Groups (choose one on registration form)

The National Healthy Homes Standard: How do we use it in Ohio to move forward on healthy homes?

                     Facilitator: Gerard Diaz, Director, CRTC/Gerard Diaz Associates

                     Jane Malone will assist with this session.

What are the next steps to build the infrastructure and payment systems needed for asthma home-based interventions?  

Facilitator: Rosemary Chaudry, Assessment & Accreditation Coordinator, Delaware General Health District

Stacey Chacker will assist with this session.

How can we build more community collaborations in Ohio to demand healthier, safer housing?

Facilitator: TBD

Robert Cole and Marcia Dinkins will assist with this session.

2:50 - 3:00   Break

3:00   pm     Plenary Session

Moderator: Rosemary Chaudry, Assessment & Accreditation Coordinator, Delaware General Health District

Reports from action groups

Where do we go from here?

What’s our plan of action for post-summit work? 

4:00 pm       End of Summit

Register Now! 

Thank You to Our Summit Planning Committee
 

Scott Armour, Cleveland IAQA

Phillip Bouton, Columbus Public Health

Robin Brown, CCOAL

Rosemary Chaudry, Delaware General Health District

Gerry Diaz, Gerry Diaz Associates

Thomas Flowers, Toledo Dept. of Neighborhoods

Atoi King, Toledo Dept. of Neighborhoods

Karen Rogalski, Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center

Annie Slota, Environmental Health Watch

Rachael Wummer, Ohio Department of Health