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Cost: $125 In-Person | $65 Virtual
In-Person Agenda | Virtual Agenda
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Register now for the 2025 Bringing It Home: Ending Homelessness in NC conference taking place May 15-16 at the McKimmon Center in Raleigh. Homelessness services providers from across the state will gather to learn, network, and collaborate with industry experts from North Carolina and beyond.
Bringing It Home: Ending Homelessness in NC is a statewide conference dedicated to ensuring that homelessness in North Carolina is rare, brief, and one time only. The two-day conference will include more than a dozen presentations, panels, and workshops covering a broad range of topics related to homelessness. There will also be opportunities to network and share your own insights with fellow professionals and advocates.
Virtual Option
This year’s Bringing It Home conference includes a virtual attendance option with select breakout sessions included at a reduced rate. Please note that not all sessions will be available through the virtual conference. See below for the full virtual and in-person conference schedules.
Registration Cost and Link
In-person registration will cost $125. Virtual registration will cost $65. See below for refund and registration policies.
You can register for both in-person and virtual attendance here or use this shareable link: https://nchousing.app.neoncrm.com/eventReg.jsp?event=706&
In-Person Agenda Overview | Full Agenda
Day 1 | May 15, 2025
8:30-9:30 Registration
9:30-10:30 Welcome & Keynote
10:45-12:00 Insights from Leaders with Lived Expertise
12:15-1:45 Lunch with Remarks
2:00-3:15 Rooted in Reality: How Lived Experience Fuels Systemic Change
3:30-4:45 Breakout Sessions
-Organizing 101
-Piecing It Together: Integrating Trauma-Informed Practices from Micro to Macro Level Systems
-NC Strategic Housing Plan
-Connect to Reconnect for Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness
-Locked Out: Housing Barriers for People with Legal Histories & How Reentry Programs Can Overcome Them
5:00-6:00 Reception & Vendor Fair
Day 2 Schedule | Friday, March 16, 2025
8:30-9:45 Continental Breakfast
8:30-9:45 Special Breakout Sessions
-Mindfulness Session
-Workshop for People with Lived Experience
-A Conversation with NC Coalition to End Homelessness and NC Housing Coalition
10:00-11:15 Breakout Sessions
-Disaster Recovery Listening Session
-Nonprofit Funding: Diversifying for Sustainability
-Leadership for Change: Building Trauma Resilient Homeless Response Programs and Communities
-Community Organizing 102
-Innovative Solutions in Landlord Engagement and Community Partnerships
11:30-12:45 Boxed Lunch
1:00-2:15 Breakout Sessions
-Disaster Recovery Session 2
-Substance Use Disorders and Disability Rights Laws: Eliminating Barriers to Healthcare and Housing
-Compassion and Care Have No End
-Building Safe Havens: Collaborative Solutions for Housing and Healing
2:30-3:45 Breakout Sessions
-Building SHIP from the Faith Community Out
-Pathways to Stability: Empowering Communities Through Affordable Housing Solutions
-Bringing Neighbors Home: A Community-Driven Approach to Ending Unsheltered Homelessness in Raleigh
-Individualized Reentry Plans for Individuals with Disabilities
-Engaging Community Members as Hosts for Unstably Housed College Students
Virtual Agenda Overview | Full Agenda
Day 1 | May 15, 2025
9:30-10:30 Welcome & Keynote
10:45-12:00 Insights from Leaders with Lived Expertise
2:00-3:15 Rooted in Reality: How Lived Experience Fuels Systemic Change
3:30-4:45 Breakout Sessions
-NC Strategic Housing Plan
-Session TBA
Day 2 | March 16, 2025
8:30-9:45 Special Breakout Sessions
-Workshop for People with Lived Experience
-A Conversation with NC Coalition to End Homelessness and NC Housing Coalition
10:00-11:15 Breakout Sessions
-Disaster Recovery Listening Session
-Nonprofit Funding: Diversifying for Sustainability
1:00-2:15 Breakout Sessions
-Disaster Recovery Session 2
-Substance Use Disorders and Disability Rights Laws: Eliminating Barriers to Healthcare and Housing
2:30-3:45 Breakout Sessions
-Building SHIP from the Faith Community Out
-Pathways to Stability: Empowering Communities Through Affordable Housing Solutions
Location and Parking
The McKimmon Center
1101 Gorman Street
Raleigh, NC 27606
Free parking is available onsite.
Hotel Block
Several discounted hotel options are available within minutes of the McKimmon Center: explore our hotel blocks now.
Scholarships
A limited number of scholarships are available to cover the cost of conference registration. To apply for the scholarship, click through the link below and fill out our application form by April 11.
Registration Policies
Refunds
Bringing It Home can issue full registration refunds until April 30, 2025. To request a registration cancellation, contact hsolomon@nchousing.org.
After April 30, Bringing It Home can issue a 75% refund until May 14, 2025.
Registration Transfer
If you are no longer able to attend Bringing It Home, you can transfer your registration to another individual. Please contact hsolomon@nchousing.org to transfer your registration.
In-Person or Virtual Registration Type Change
Bringing It Home cannot transfer a registration type from in-person to virtual, or from virtual to in-person. In-person attendees will receive the links to the virtual conference sessions in case they are unable to attend, but we will not provide partial refunds for in-person registrations if the attendee still wishes to participate virtually.
If you have questions or concerns about your registration status, contact hsolomon@nchousing.org.
Conference Hosts
Bringing It Home is hosted by the NC Housing Coalition, the NC Coalition to End Homelessness, and the NC DHHS ESG Office.
Contact
For questions about the conference, contact Haley Solomon at hsolomon@nchousing.org.
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Sponsor Bringing It Home 2025
Help us end homelessness in NC by sponsoring Bringing It Home 2025! See below for full sponsorship details, and contact Jessica Griffin at jgriffin@nchousing.org if interested.
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