We invite you to nominate yourself, a colleague or a program participant for a position on the National Health Care for the Homeless Respite Care Providers’ Network (RCPN) Steering Committee. Consisting of 15 members, the RCPN Steering Committee helps guide the work of the National Institute for Medical Respite Care. To accomplish this work, the Committee meets monthly by teleconference and twice annually in person – once in October at the Council headquarters in Nashville, Tennessee, and again in the spring in conjunction with the National Health Care for the Homeless Conference. Serving in this capacity provides opportunities for professional development, collaboration with others involved in medical respite care, and active participation in directing the Council’s work on the national level. Learn more about RCPN Steering Committee roles and responsibilities.
Whom Should I Nominate?
The Steering Committee is committed to reflecting the diversity of the medical respite care field in its composition, including diversity of discipline, race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, geography, and lived experience of homelessness.
Nominees may be medical respite staff, program administrators, funders, or community partners directly connected with medical respite care in their community. We are especially interested in nominees with medical respite experience in Medicaid non-expansion states and individuals with lived experience of homelessness.
Nomination Requirements
- Anyone may nominate a candidate for election to the Steering Committee.
- All candidates must have a combined 3-5 years of experience with medical respite care or medically vulnerable populations (such as working within a program, planning and implementing a new program, serving as a partner to a program, working on state or policy initiatives that support or impact medical respite care, etc.).
- All candidates must become Members of the Respite Care Providers’ Network within one month of being elected to the Steering Committee, except for individuals with lived experience/ or a past user of medical respite services.
- Self-nomination is acceptable and encouraged.
- People with medical respite experience in Medicaid non-expansion states and individuals with lived experience of homelessness are especially encouraged to apply.
Application Process
- Online nomination form (on this page, below)
- Letter explaining why the candidate wishes to serve on the Steering Committee (including assurance of regular participation in monthly Steering Committee conference calls and face-to-face meetings)
- Current resume
If you are a consumer and need help with applying, please contact Samantha Marco at smarco@nhchc.org.
Election Process
- The Nominating Committee will prepare a slate of Steering Committee nominees considering the need for diversity of discipline, geographic location, and demography among those candidates who are interested, available, and qualified.
- The incoming Steering Committee Members will be announced to the RCPN at the National Health Care for the Homeless Council Conference or virtual All Member Meeting, and through the RCPN Newsletter.
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 beginning July 1, 2025.
Nomination Deadline
Nominations must be received by February 28, 2025. Incomplete nominations will not be considered.