First trip: Tuesday, Feb. 4 – Feb. 7, 2020
Link to photos.

Participants:

• Jonathan Thomas, OHIO YAB
• Lisa Dickson, ACTION Ohio
• Jamole Callahan, ACTION Ohio
• Doris Edelmann, ACTION Ohio
• Adaora Onuora, FYI voucher recipient
• Ruth Ann White, National Center for Housing and Child Welfare

Schedule included:

• Meeting with Heather Zenone, Senior Policy Director for Representative Karen Bass of the Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth
• Dinner with Chris Patterson, Regional Administrator at U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Region IX
• Meeting at HUD Headquarters with Danielle Bastarache, Director of HUD’s Housing Choice Voucher program, and others
• Meetings with Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Senator Mike Crapo (Idaho) and Senator Chuck Grassley (Iowa) who introduced the Senate version of the Fostering Stable Housing Opportunities Act
• Meeting with the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials
• Participating in the 2nd annual National Association of Realtors Conference
• Participating in an Open House at the national headquarters of the Children’s Defense Fund