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Register Now – Learning Collaborative: Gender-Affirming Care in Medical Respite

Trans- and non-binary people experience homelessness at higher rates compared to their cisgender peers, and disproportionately experience unsheltered homelessness and associated adverse health outcomes. Medical Respite Programs play a uniquely important role in addressing this multi-faceted injustice, but often face barriers in their pursuit of gender-affirming services for both guests and staff, including pre-existing physical […]

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NHCHC Statement: CA Gov. Gavin Newsom Orders Statewide Sweeps

Rise in Encampment Sweeps Emphasizes Need for Two-Track Solution to Homelessness 

The National Health Care for the Homeless Council is appalled at California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s executive order last week that authorizes statewide encampment sweeps of unhoused people while making no requirements for connecting people to permanent housing. Thousands of low-income Californians are now subject to even greater rates of harassment, arrests, and fines —simply because

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Council Celebrates Four Years of NIMRC

The National Health Care for the Homeless Council is excited to celebrate the fourth anniversary of the National Institute for Medical Respite Care! Launched on July 15, 2020, as a special program of NHCHC, NIMRC is a singular national institute that advances best practices, delivers expert consulting services, and disseminates state-of-field knowledge in medical respite

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SCOTUS Rules in Johnson v. Grants Pass

Supreme Court Rules Against Unhoused People in Grants Pass Case

National Health Care for the Homeless Council Statement — June 28, 2024 The National Health Care for the Homeless Council is profoundly disappointed the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that the practice of fining and ticketing people who sleep in public does not violate the Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Obviously we strongly

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CA Recuperative Care Symposium News: Session Schedule, New Award, and Client Scholarships

The National Institute for Medical Respite Care (NIMRC), a special program of the National Health Care for the Homeless Council (NHCHC), is excited to share the full session lineup for the inaugural California Recuperative Care Symposium, and announce a new award and scholarship connected to the symposium! CRCS2024, to be held Sept. 12-13 at the Hilton Arden West in

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