National Consumer Advisory Board
What is NCAB?
The National Consumer Advisory Board (NCAB) is made up of homeless and formerly homeless persons who have been clients of Health Care for the Homeless projects across the country and who are involved in the governance of those HCH projects. NCAB is a standing committee of the National Health Care for the Homeless Council, and the elected Chairperson of NCAB sits on the National Council’s Board of Directors. |
Mission
To be the vehicle for consumers of Health Care for the Homeless Projects;
to become a collaborative voice
on national issues.
We hold central the priority of assisting consumers in the development of by-laws and/or guidelines for local CAB's and serving as a clearing house of information and assistance to consumers.
Ellen Dailey Consumer Advocate Award
This annual national award honors the memory of the founding mother of NCAB by recognizing homeless or formerly homeless persons who have done extraordinary work to improve access of homeless people to health care. Nominations for the 2010 award will be opened soon.
Consumer Travel Scholarships
The participation of consumers plays a critical and valuable role in the success of the National HCH Conference & Policy Symposium. A limited number of stipends are available to support travel, food, lodging, and conference registration costs for homeless or formerly homeless members of HCH boards or advisory committees or for consumers who are staff members of HCH projects. For an application (due April 1, 2009), click here.
Consumer Participation Outreach
NCAB is developing a method called Consumer Participation Outreach to engage large numbers of homeless persons in establishing and advocating for our policy priorities. In the initial outreach effort, HCH Consumer Advisory Boards and HCH projects across the country used the same outreach questions to engage in conversations with homeless persons, which resulted in the following report and recommendations. The Consumer Participation Outreach #2 asked questions about health care; Consumer Participation Outreach #3 asked about chronic homelessness and access to services. Outreach #4 further explores the links between health and homelessness.
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Executive Committee
Amy Grassette - Worcester, Massachusetts, Chair
Carol Hall - Portland, Oregon, Co-Chair
Reginald O. Hamilton - Detroit, Michigan, Co-Chair
Julio Vazquez - Portland, Oregon, Secretary
Marianne Mallot - Eugene, Oregon
James Schulte - Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Resources
Join Us
Homeless and formerly homeless persons who have received services from an HCH project are encouraged to become members of the National Consumer Advisory Board. NCAB members are Individual Members of the National Council, and NCAB’s elected Executive Committee is a Standing Committee of the National Council. No dues are required to be part of NCAB’s membership. To join NCAB, please click here or print, fill out and mail the NCAB brochure.
IN MEMORIAM
Ellen Dailey, mother of the
HCH Consumer movement,
died on June 18. 2006
Her advocacy for justice continues.
Read remembrances of Ellen
from around the country.
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Amy Grassette
Chair |
Reginald Hamilton,
Co-Chair |
Carol Hall
Co-Chair
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Joseph Benson
Committee Member
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Julio Vazquez
Secretary |
James Schulte
Committee Member | 
Marianne Malott
Committee Member |
To contact NCAB’s leaders, please write to ncab@nhchc.org. |
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