Get Certified! Applications Are Open Through April 15 for NIMRC Certification
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by Julia Dobbins, Director of Medical Respite Care for the National Health Care for the Homeless Council The National Health Care for the Homeless Council is looking forward to marking a significant milestone for the field of medical respite care next week with the launch of our long-awaited medical respite program certification process! When the
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Bring your questions, ideas, success stories, and challenges to this discussion of how clinicians can support families experiencing homelessness. In this interactive Community Conversation, interviewees from the recent Healing Hands on family homelessness will share their experiences and discuss issues surrounding family homelessness with participants. Community Conversations are not webinars: they are discussions on issues
Community Conversation on April 9 Will Explore Family Homelessness Read More >>
The National Health Care for the Homeless Council wants to hear what Medicaid means to YOU so we can help Congress understand how devastating their proposed cuts will be. Right now Congress is deciding how and where to cut $880 billion from the program, which would harm the 80 million people who depend on it
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In the winter of 2025, the National Health Care for the Homeless Council engaged five lived-experience leaders in Nashville to explore challenges people experiencing homelessness face when trying to reduce or quit tobacco usage. Over this four-session project, facilitated by NHCHC’s Consumer Engagement Coordinator Sandra Mooney, participants reflected on the struggles they have faced by
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Five years ago, the National Institute for Medical Respite Care (NIMRC) was created as a special program of the National Health Care for the Homeless Council to help expand and advance medical respite care. It is an understatement to say the program has exceeded expectations. Creating a voluntary Medical Respite Certification process is just one
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It’s almost time for us to officially launch our medical respite certification process. Is your program ready for certification? Check out our guidebook to learn more!
Ready to Get Certified? Medical Respite Program Certification Applications Open April 1 Read More >>