Whitney Joy Howard is the Housing Integration Unit Manager for Home and Community Services within the Aging and Long-Term Support Administration. She has over 14 years of experience working in Permanent Supportive Housing/Housing First on the east and west coasts; from direct service with Pathways to Housing DC and DESC to Director of Training for North America with Pathways to Housing National. She is a Vulnerability Assessment Tool (VAT) trainer and has provided VAT trainings to Housing First agencies across Canada. She brings this background into her current work with ALTSA to bridge the housing and long-term care worlds to assist communities support the Activity of Daily Living needs of people with disabilities and older adults, so individuals can live and age where they want to. Whitney Joy has a passion for true community integration and social inclusion. She holds a Masters of Social Work with a concentration in social justice and change from The Catholic University of America and a B.A. in Political Science from American University.