IAHA Annual Meeting

September 28 to 30, 2016

Thelma Keller Convention Center and Holiday Inn

1202 N Keller Dr

Effingham, IL 62401

The Holiday Inn is connected to the center.  We have a block of rooms there at a rate of $99 per night.  You can register either at the Holiday Inn at 217-540-7777 for hotel reservations. or IHG Reservations at 888-338-1019.  You must mention the IAHA block code of AHA to receive the discounted rate. Make your reservation by September 13 to get in our block and this price!

Wednesday, September 28

9:00 A.M. – 10:00 A.M. Clinic Committee Meeting

10:00 A.M. - Noon - IAHA Executive Board Meeting

Noon – 1:00 P.M. – IAHA Executive Board Luncheon

1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. –  Rob Burn, AAIM Employers Association

Rob will discuss the hot topics in human resources including, Ban the Box and the new exempt vs. non-exempt regulations and more.  Get your HR questions answered.

4:00 P.M. – 5:00 P.M. – AHRMA,

Liability issues from your insurance agency regarding Individuals with special needs.

5:30 P.M. - 6:30 P.M. -- AHRMA Reception

6:30 P.M. - 8:30 P.M. -- AHRMA Annual Meeting and Dinner 

8:30 P.M. - 11:00 P.M. - AHRMA Hosted Hospitality

Thursday, September 29

8:00 A.M. – 9:00 A.M. – Breakfast

9:00 A.M – Noon – Cynthia L. Gilmer – Vice President of Clinical Services, Human Service Center, Peoria

Cindy will be discussing issues relative to housing persons with mental illness and offer recommendations on how to respond to behavioral situations and explain what housing authorities should expect in the way of support from local mental health service providers.

Cynthia has 34 years of experience working in community mental health primarily with individuals that suffer from symptoms of mental illness and addictions. Hired in as a community based case manager, then ran 5 residential facilities for the mentally ill, and eventually supervised HSC's Emergency Response Services, a 24-hour mobile crisis team dispatched through the Peoria County Sheriff's Department to include a 16 bed Community Crisis Center, with 12 medical detox beds and 4 psychiatric crisis beds. 

Noon – 1:30 P.M. - Lunch and Membership Meeting

1:30 P.M. – 4:30 P.M - Fair Housing Laws – Daniel Padilla, Illinois Department of Human Rights (invited)  -- will include a certificate

5:00 P.M. – 6:00 P.M. – No Host Reception

6:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M. — IAHA Awards and Dinner with the Scholarship Auction - Each housing authority is asked to bring a gift for the auction.

8:00 P.M. - 11:00 P.M. - AHRMA Hosted Hospitality

Friday, September 30

8:00 A.M. – 9:00 A.M. – Breakfast

9:00 A.M. – Noon — Preparing for On-Site and Remote Field Office Reviews - Erik Sandsted, General Engineer at HUD

Erik will be reviewing what HUD is looking for when conducting on-site and remote reviews. His power point presentation will begin with the Notification Letter that will include the list of documents that will be checked. He will go through, point-by-point, the areas that are checked when they are on-site and the areas where they typically have findings. He will share findings that either lead to a troubled status or a failure to reach High Performer Status. 

Ted Termunde will be speaking on Porject-Based Vouchers.

Erik and Ted will provide our usual HUD update for attendees during their time with us on Friday