2019 ReFrame Conference

Round table discussion led by Rachael Osborn, Senior Program Manager at Mountain T.O.P. We'll talk about effective methods of preparing and training volunteers for a transformative mission experience in a way that is beneficial to the communities we serve. We'll be sharing our orgranization's expectations and practices for pre-trip and on-site preparation and training. Bring your questions, bring your expertise. 

In this 90-minute session, you'll get to see examples of great models for staff training. You'll also learn how to set toilets, install a faucet, make slip drain connections, and install vinyl siding. This class is designed for those new to construction and those who train beginners.  

This session will explore the benefits and challenges of amping up relational and spiritual engagements with homeowners, volunteers, community partners, and others. Participants will learn practical methods for incorporating faith into strategic planning, governance, operations, development and public relations and proven strategies for strengthening the impact of Christian home repair nonprofits. This session has been organized by the ReFrame Faith-Based Affinity Group. Deb Lego, Outreach Director at Good Works, will moderate this discussion. Panelists include Bob Beggs, Executive Director of Good Works; Harold Naylor, Executive Director of Good Neighbors Home Repair, Joe Huggins, Executive Director of Home Works of America, and Allyson Petry, Executive Director of Nazareth Farm.

Housing and health care are more closely related than ever before. To address this issue head-on, Ballad Health, Appalachia Service Project, and East Tennessee State University's College of Public Health created a regional partnership to research and provide a more holistic and effective approach to healthcare by meeting the housing needs of families in northeast Tennessee and southwest Virginia. Presenters will be Nicole Intagliata, Director of Programs at ASP, and Megan Quinn, Associate Professor at East Tennessee State University. (Megan is replacing Paula Masters from Ballad Health who was originally scheduled to speak.) The session will conclude with a short presentation by Nick Oliver of Hinton Rural Life Center, winner of the Best Practices Award for Home Repair Practices. He'll share about their Healthy Homes Checklist, work with their local Red Cross chapter to check for proper smoke detector installation, and partnership with health care providers to help improve conditions at homes that are linked to health concerns.

This session will echo the theme of this year’s Conference, “ReFrame Your Story,” by providing a venue to people to share their faith stories. Members of the ReFrame Faith-Based Affinity Group will be prepared with stories and videos to encourage and inspire other participants to share their testimonies of what God is accomplishing in and through their home repair organizations. Bob Beggs, Executive Director of Good Works, will facilitate the session. Email bob@goodworksinc.org to submit a faith video for this session.

A hybrid panel/roundtable which provides structure around internal start-to-finish program outcome evaluation process. When we engage in honest self evaluation we can ensure the stories we tell about our successes and areas of growth line up with realities of our program outcomes.

A roundtable on the best practices to repairing manufactured home.

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