Overview of Training:
Prosperity Indiana, with support from Humana and in partnership with HealthVision Midwest and Indiana Primary Health Care Association, developed a five-module housing navigation course designed specifically for community health workers (CHWs). Although this training was designed for CCHWs, the training has been well received by many social services sectors thus PI is excited to open this next training up to a wider audience.
This training has been extremely impactful for many roles including but not limited to: public health workers, case managers, life coaches, financial education roles, program managers, health navigators, local units of government, community action staff and many more!
Housing Navigation 101 will increase your or your staff's understanding of how government-funded housing programs operate and expand participants knowledge to direct clients to healthy housing.
The course is delivered by subject matter experts in Fair Housing, Legal Aid, and Affordable Housing. Three beta tests of the course were conducted in the spring of 2025 to ensure that the curriculum effectively meets learner needs and course goals.
Primary Learning Objectives:
- Housing Program Types: Participants will have a general understanding of the common types of federal and state housing programs offered throughout Indiana.
- Housing Program Eligibility: Participants will have a general understanding of the eligibility requirements for each housing program discussed including but not limited to: HCV, PB, and Affordable Housing Programs; like Section42 and USDAs Section515 Housing.
- Fair Market Value: Participants will learn where and how to locate HUD’s Fair Market Values in addition to understanding how these values are used within housing programs.
- Housing Ratios: Participants will demonstrate their understanding of HUD’s Housing Ratios through practice scenarios determining affordability.
- Tenant Rights: Participants will learn where to find legal information and/or resources, basic logistics of a lease, and fair housing laws including how/where to file a housing compliant.
- Legal Aid: Participants will learn where to locate legal aid resources, tenant and landlord rights resources, including lease basics and whose responsibility is it to make necessary property repairs.
- Landlord Engagement: Participants will gain a general understanding of the importance of creating and leveraging relationships with landlords to increase housing stability for patient populations served.
- Resources: Participants learn the strategies to help clients remain successfully housed, including the importance of community-based partnerships and housing advocacy.
Schedule:
This Training will be hosted by
PI's Housing Stability Program Manager
Danielle Drew
As the Housing Stability Program Manager, Danielle provides training, program development, evaluation, and capacity building strategies to amplify program delivery for Prosperity Indiana members. Previously in this role, she supported the Indiana Emergency Rental Assistance (IERA) Housing Stability Network through TA, training, and networking opportunities. Danielle develops engaging and effective curriculum for instructor-led training modules for the PI network. Including producing interactive course modules and instructional videos for PI members. Delivers instructor-led training sessions. Most of the instructor-led training is completed using virtual meeting platforms such as Zoom and Microsoft Teams, however in-person training is also an option for agencies. Danielle also collaborates on projects with PI members as well as through new partnerships, utilizing peer review and project management skills to drive the timely training outcomes and contract deliverables.
Danielle spent several years serving as the Family Development Coordinator and Housing Stability Coordinator at Interlocal Community Action Program (ICAP) in New Castle, Indiana. In that role she customized and implemented Financial Education, including overseeing the Individual Development Account (IDA) asset building program. Danielle also spent several years providing direct client services to families in many different capacities, which gives her a deep understanding of the skills, resources, and tools needed to best serve families in need.
Danielle Drew
Housing Stability Program Manager
ddrew@prosperityindiana.org
317.222.1221 x408
Below are some findings from our first beta test of the training that concluded on April 25th, 2025.
Our first Housing Navigation Training beta test included 19 participants.
The participants were given a Pre-test and a Post-test to gauge the participants knowledge gained through the training.
The Pre-test average score was 61.2%
The Post-test average score was 82.3%
This is over 20% increase from the first test to the post test.
Based on the feedback received from participants, they would give this training a 4.4 out of 5 stars for this Housing Navigation Training!
