Laura Rabell

Register Now – RCPN Role Meet-Ups: Case Managers and Care Coordinators

Date: February 20, 2025 Time: 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. Central Time We are excited to continue RCPN Role Specific Meet-ups, an opportunity for medical respite program staff to engage and connect with others in similar roles across the country. Many medical respite programs are often the only program in their community, and it can feel […]

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Want to Engage with Other Consumer Advocates? Join Our NCAB Membership Interest Meeting

You’re invited to join our virtual NCAB Membership Interest meeting on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, from 2-3 p.m. CST. This meeting is a chance to meet other lived experience leaders from across the country, share a little bit about yourself, and learn how you can get involved with NCAB. We’ll also share more information about

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Learning Collaborative

Spring Learning Collaborative Will Explore Advancing Nurse-Led Care Delivery Models

Learning Collaborative Description The National Health Care for the Homeless Council (NHCHC) and the National Nurse-Led Care Consortium (NNCC) are hosting a 4-part participatory learning collaborative on growing and sustaining nurse-led care delivery models. This Learning Collaborative (LC) is designed for any health center that utilizes registered nurses (RNs) or licensed practical nurses (LPNs) as leaders

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Build Capacity in Your Health Center or MRC Program to Address Housing-Related Needs 

Health Care for the Homeless Health Centers (HCHs) and Medical Respite Care (MRC) programs serve consumers with different kinds of housing-related social needs. However, while HCHs and MRC programs are ideal places to begin addressing needs for consumers who are transitioning into (or preparing to transition into) housing, it is very challenging to do so

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Register Now for Our Learning Collaborative on Cultivating Leadership and Fostering Engagement with Transitional Age Youth

Transitional-age youth (TAY), defined as individuals aged 18-24 years old, experiencing homelessness have distinct health care and housing needs compared to older adults and younger children. Meaningful engagement of transitional-age youth in services, consumer leadership, and health center governance is essential for developing programs that effectively address their unique needs. While there is often high

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Keynote Speakers Announced for CA Recuperative Care Symposium

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE More than 200 expected for inaugural event Sept. 12-13 Sacramento, Calif. – Recuperative care, also known as medical respite care, is becoming nationally recognized as a bridge between homelessness and interim housing. With the introduction of CalAIM in 2022, Recuperative Care programs are developing across California at an astounding rate. The National

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Study Shows Involuntary Displacement of People Experiencing Homelessness May Cause Significant Spikes in Mortality, Overdoses and Hospitalizations

Today the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) published a study that shows encampment sweeps, bans, move-along orders and cleanups that forcibly relocate individuals away from essential services will lead to substantial increases in overdose deaths, hospitalizations and life-threatening infections as well as hinder access to medications for opioid use disorder (along with other

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