Stable Housing Sustains Workforce Development VI

Addressing Systemic Barriers in Hiring and Housing

Thank you for your interest in Stable Housing Sustains Workforce Development VI. Registration is full and closed.

August 19, 2025

9:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Business Solutions Center

1435 Cincinnati St., Suite 300

Dayton, OH 45417

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Lunch Included

The Montgomery County Office of Reentry—through its Reentry Council Housing Subcommittee—is hosting a free housing workshop for service providers, social workers, and landlords to give them tools to better house at-risk populations in Dayton and surrounding areas.

Come to this free session to earn continuing education (CE)* credit and to learn how to assist citizens returning from incarceration, and gain skills to help these clients break through barriers preventing them from attaining decent housing and gainful employment. This year the theme centers on barriers to housing and employment—the 2 biggest issues justice involved individuals have that impacts housing, jobs, socializing and reentry into society.

Purpose:
Assist any professional or volunteer whose work intersects with assisting citizens returning from incarceration gain skills to help these clients break through barriers preventing them from attaining decent housing and gainful employment.

Agenda

9:00 a.m.Registration

9:30 a.m.Introduction
Melissa Sutter
Sheila Crane, REALTOR®, Community Development Specialist
Debbie Lieberman, Director of Community Development, Montgomery County, Ohio Clerk of Courts
Judge Walter Rice, Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

9:45 a.m. Section 1: Montgomery County Office of Reentry & Reentry Council Housing Subcommittee Overview Emcee Sheila Crane
Jessica Jenkins, Director of Human Services, Planning and Development Montgomery County and Reentry Council Housing Co-Chair
Jamie Gee, MBA — Reentry Community Manager — Montgomery County Office of Reentry

10:45 p.m. Section 2: Recognizing and Circumventing Systemic Barriers to Gainful Employment and Career Development Emcee Melissa Sutter
Quinnan Howard, MBA, Med, Reentry Program Manager, Montgomery County Office of Reentry
Cory Hardin, Reentry Manager, The Foodbank, Inc.
Lanaya McDonald, Lanaya R. McDonald, MA, LPC, LCDC III. Reentry Administrator, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correcti
Randy Sheaff, Operations Supervisor with DHL Global Logistics and International Shipping (DHL)
January Newport, Program Coordinator, Montgomery County Office of Reentry

11:05 a.m.Luncheon and Networking

11:35 a.m. Section 3: Fair Housing Best Practices for Housing Providers When Screening Justice involved Individuals for Rentals Emcee Sheila Crane
Jacob Davis, Partner and Co-Managing Attorney of Nalls Davis, Attorneys at Law
Lamonte Hall, Executive Director, City of Dayton Human Relations Council

12:15 p.m. Section 4: Enhancing Workforce Development through the provision of Stable Housing Emcee Melissa Sutter
John Zimmerman, Vice President, Miami Valley Fair Housing Center
Lanaya McDonald, Lanaya R. McDonald, MA, LPC, LCDC III. Reentry Administrator, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correcti
Brian Urbanski, Executive Director, Abbey Affordable Housing Foundatio

1:10 p.m.Closing Remarks: Emcee Sheila Crane and Melissa Sutter
Jamie Gee, MBA — Reentry Community Manager — Montgomery County Office of Reentry

1:20 p.m.Evaluations & Certificates

1:30 p.m.Adjourn

Objectives:
Attendees will

Receive resources for referrals for clients experiencing barriers
Receive practical strategies to share with clients experiencing barriers.
Give Attendees information about the Offices of Reentry at the local and state levels.
Information about programming that exists locally and statewide to assist their clients
Give attendees information about programming that exists locally and statewide to assist their clients
*3.0 Clock Hours for Licensees with the State of Ohio Counselor, Social Worker, and Marriage and Family Therapist Board (pending)

Speakers are professionals from

Montgomery County Office of Reentry
Montgomery County Human Services, Planning & Development
City of Dayton Human Relations Council
Miami Valley Fair Housing Center
Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections
Nalls Davis, Attorneys at Law
DHL
The Foodbank, Inc.
Montgomery County, Ohio Clerk of Courts
Montgomery County Commissioners
United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

About the Montgomery County Office of Reentry:

The Montgomery County Office of Reentry works with a variety of community stakeholders to provide programming and services to the men and women who are returning to Montgomery County from incarceration.

The Montgomery County Reentry Collaborative serves as a community education assembly which promotes reentry provider networking, organizational support via resource building, and long-term sustainability through leveraged partnerships.

The collaborative body is comprised of service providers and advocates working cooperatively with the Montgomery County Office of Reentry to promote programs, services, and partnerships that minimize barriers to successful reentry and promote a reduction in recidivism.

We invite agencies, organizations, community partners, and advocates seeking to provide services to returning citizens and their families to contact us today.

Our Mission
Serving the citizens of Montgomery County with programs and services that minimize barriers to effective reentry and promote reduction in recidivism.

Our Motto
Action, Alliance, Accountability.

Administrative Office
1133 S. Edwin C. Moses Blvd, Suite 370
Dayton, Ohio 45417
Hours: Mon-Fri, 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. (walk-ins welcome)
Phone: (937) 496-7129
Fax: (937) 225-6426

Reentry Training Center & Computer Lab
1111 S. Edwin C. Moses Blvd., Suite 1175
Dayton, Ohio 45417
Hours: Tues-Thurs (by appointment only)
(937)496-6604