The City of Amarillo and Mayor Ginger Nelson are hosting The Mayor’s Summit on Homelessness.

The summit will feature Dr. Sam Tsemberis, Ph.D. Dr. Tsemberis is a clinical psychologist who developed the “Housing First” model, which is used by the City of Amarillo. Dr. Tsemberis serves as president of the Pathways Housing First Institute in Los Angeles and also serves as Executive Director of the VA-UCLA Center of Excellence for Training and Research at the Greater Los Angeles VA. Dr. Tsemberis is on the faculty Department of Psychiatry, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center. 

 

To RSVP and for more information, visit: http://comdev.amarillo.gov/programs/summit-on-homelessness