Nominate yourself or a fellow clinician for the Health Care for the Homeless Clinicians’ Network Steering Committee, which comprises national clinical leaders in the care of people without homes. Steering Committee members are actively engaged in shaping the Council’s clinical agenda, creating and disseminating resources to improve care across the field, and advocating for solutions to homelessness.
Consisting of 15 members, the Steering Committee meets monthly by teleconference and twice a year in person—at the NHCHC headquarters in Nashville, Tennessee, during October, and at the annual National Health Care for the Homeless Conference.
Nomination Requirements
The Steering Committee is committed to reflecting the diversity of the Health Care for the Homeless field in its composition, including diversity of discipline, race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, geography, and lived experience of homelessness. Candidates must currently be providing hands-on care to people experiencing homelessness. Self-nomination is acceptable and encouraged.
Only Individual Members of the National Health Care for the Homeless Council or employees of Organizational Members are eligible to be nominated or to submit nominations. Please contact Chelsea Hensley to check your membership status.
Self-nomination is acceptable and encouraged.
Nomination Process
Complete the online nomination form at the bottom of this web page, including:
- Letter from the candidate’s supervisor giving approval for the candidate’s participation in Steering Committee activities
- Nominee’s current CV or resume
Election Process
- The Membership Committee will prepare a slate of Steering Committee nominees considering the need for diversity of clinical discipline, geographic location, and demography among those candidates who are interested, available, and qualified.
- The membership will elect network members to the Steering Committee during the annual Clinicians’ Network membership meeting, which is in conjunction with the National Health Care for the Homeless Conference & Policy Symposium.
Term of Office
- Each Steering Committee member is elected to serve a three-year term.
- Members of the Steering Committee may serve two full consecutive terms, if elected by the network membership.
- After a one-year absence from the Steering Committee, a member may be elected to the Steering Committee again.
- Steering Committee members assume office upon completion of the annual network membership meeting.
Roles & Responsibilities
- The Steering Committee is the governing body of the Clinicians’ Network; it guides and coordinates the affairs of the Network.
- The Steering Committee’s policies and procedures are articulated in the Network operating guidelines.
- Steering Committee members are expected to participate in monthly conference calls, engage in Network projects, and attend the two in-person meetings annually.
- The National HCH Council reimburses travel expenses to the fall meeting in Nashville.
- Steering Committee members serve without compensation.
Nomination Deadline
Nominations must be received by February 29, 2024. Incomplete nominations will not be considered.
Questions
If you have questions about the application process, please contact Lily Catalano.
2024 Clinicians’ Network Steering Committee Nomination Form
Nominations are now closed.
