Presentations from CPL’s one-day, invite-only Homelessness Prevention Conference.
In February, 2025, CPL brought together the nation’s top researchers, policymakers, and practitioners to explore innovative solutions and best practices to prevent homelessness before it begins.
Read the Los Angeles Times editorial about the conference and homelessness prevention: Keeping at-risk residents from losing their housing will be a key to solving homelessness
Welcome: Background on prevention: Janey Rountree, Executive Director of the California Policy Lab at UCLA
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Session 1: Prevention in Los Angeles
Moderator: Mike Feuer
Panelists: Brian Blackwell, Dana Vanderford (HPU slides), Earl Edwards (slides), Adam Murray, Theodore Patton
Session 2: Role of philanthropy in incubating innovation in prevention
Moderator: Miguel Santana
Panelists: Seyron Foo, Rohit Naimpally, Adolfo Hernandez
Session 3: Bay Area Regional Plan
Moderator: Emily Weinstein
Panelists: Brendan Perry, Hilary Armstrong (slides), Mary Kate Johnson, Jamie Almanza (slides)
Session 4: Lessons learned in Chicago & New York
Moderator: Janey Rountree
Panelists: Detrell, Carmelo Barbaro (slides), Beth Shinn (slides), Christine Haley (slides), Sara Zuiderveen (slides)
Photos from the day: Note: If you click on any of the photos below, it will launch an album with larger photos and descriptions.
(If you’d like to add your name to a photo, please email Sean Coffey: sean@capolicylab.org)
Event hosts
Event Sponsorship
We are grateful to our event sponsors, whose support has ensured the Conference is free to attend.
Please reach out to Abby Snider, CPL’s Development Director at abbysnider@berkeley.edu for information about event sponsorship.