The Michigan Campaign to End Homelessness partners offer a Summit on Ending Homelessness in the fall of each year. The Summit provides a forum for federal and state government, as well as statewide services agencies, to share best practices in ending homelessness. This two-day event allows time for networking and collaboration for case managers and administrators alike who are diligently working to improve the welfare of people in Michigan who are living in poverty and homelessness.
More information coming soon.
2020 Virtual Summit on Ending Homelessness
2015-2019 Summits on Ending Homelessness
The Carla Javits award honors the hard work and commitment of a dedicated individual who embodies the defining characteristics possessed by the people and organizations that are immersed in Michigan’s Campaign to End Homelessness. This award is given out each year at the Summit to a deserving member of the Campaign as an acknowledgement of exemplary work being done to help Michigan reach its goal of ending homelessness.
About Carla Javits - Carla Javits was President and CEO of the Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) for six years, founding CSH’s California program in 1992. Carla was known for her vision, leadership and humor. Under her leadership, Carla elevated CSH from a small nonprofit to an organization with a national footprint, impact and prominence.
Since February 2007, Carla has served as the President of the Roberts Enterprise Development Fund (REDF). The REDF was created to expand economic opportunity for homeless and very low-income individuals through the creation of social purpose business ventures. “Carla’s forward thinking approach and commitment to ending homelessness served as tremendous inspiration to CSH staff, Carla’s peers, the housing and homelessness industry, and a former MSHDA Director who initiated Michigan’s Campaign to End Homelessness.”—Mercedes Brown, Michigan Director, CSH.
CRITERIA
The values that we would like to acknowledge this year center around one or more of the following items:
PREVIOUS AWARDEES
2021 Cynthia Arneson, Staircase Youth Services
2020 Tina Allen, Northwest Michigan Coalition to End Homelessness
2019 Melinda Johnson, Blue Water Community Action Agency
2018 Selwin O’NeaL, Homeless Action Network of Detroit
2017 Carole McCabe, Avalon Housing
2016 Cecil McNally, Goodwill Northern Michigan
2015 Kittie Tuinstra, Oceana’s Home Partnership
2014 Stephanie Kasprzak, Monroe County Opportunity Program
2013 Joan Jackson Johnson, City of Lansing
2012 Bret Finzel, Sunrise Centre
2011 Deb Hendren, Community Housing Network
2010 Ellen Kisinger-Rothi, Housing Resources, Inc.
2009 Betty Zylstra, Salvation Army Booth Family Services
2008 Sheila Clay, Neighborhood Service Organization
2007 Joseph Tardella, Southwest Counseling Solutions
2006 Carla Javits, Corporation for Supportive Housing
Since 2006 CSH, in partnership with the Michigan Campaign to End Homelessness (MCTEH), has selected a recipient for the Carla Javits Leadership award as an acknowledgement of the exemplary work being done to help Michigan reach its goal of ending homelessness. As CSH and the MCTEH re-calibrate the way we work, centering racial equity and inclusivity, we are taking the opportunity to re-think this award, it’s purpose and it’s significance. To that end, we will not be presenting the Carla Javits Leadership award this year. Instead, CSH and the MCTEH will be soliciting input from those closest to the work of ending homelessness to understand how we can collectively acknowledge the incredible work of leaders across the state as well as what leadership and progress truly mean to you.
Please look for additional details on opportunities to provide input.
