Council Updates

Safety and Security for HCH Patients and Staff

6/27/23 Webinar: Safety and Security for Health Care for the Homeless Health Center Staff and Patients

In recent years, HCH health centers across the country have reported an increase in the number of violent incidences on their campuses. Join us for a webinar on June 27 at noon CDT to discover lessons learned from a variety of HCH health centers, plus promising practices developed to increase the safety and security of […]

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Join one of our consumer focus groups

Join One of Our Consumer Focus Groups!

The Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH), in partnership with the National Health Care for the Homeless Council (NHCHC), is seeking the input of people with lived experience to help inform our upcoming activities. We will host focus groups on two topics: 1) outreach services for people who are unsheltered and 2) supporting transition out of

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Considerations for Tailored Diabetes Self-Management Education and Meal Planning for People Experiencing Homelessness

6/29/23 Webinar: Considerations for Tailored Diabetes Self-Management Education & Meal Planning for PEH

Please join the National Health Care for the Homeless Council on June 29, 2023, at 11 a.m. CDT to learn practical and feasible approaches to diabetes management for people experiencing homelessness (PEH). We know diabetes disproportionately affects populations experiencing homelessness. Unhoused individuals are much more at risk for additional complications, comorbidities, and food insecurity. We’ll

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Measure Your Org’s Consumer Engagement Efforts with Our New Assessment Tool

Is your health center effectively engaging consumers? We have a new tool to help you better understand just that! Patient perspective contributes to the mission to bring equitable, high quality health care to people with lived experience of homelessness, so it’s important to work toward establishing best practices for consumer engagement and leadership. The National

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INTERSECTIONS of Homelessness and Human Trafficking

New Issue of Healing Hands Focuses on Human Trafficking

There are many connection points between homelessness and human trafficking, and it’s important that clinicians and care providers who work with people experiencing homelessness have access to accurate and thorough information about these connection points. However, many people are exposed to inaccurate information about the nature of human trafficking in the U.S. and globally. Not

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Meet the HCH2023 Award and Scholarship Recipients

Congratulations to this year’s scholarship and award recipients, who we honored during the 2023 Annual National Health Care for the Homeless Conference & Policy Symposium in Baltimore! Watch the full awards luncheon — including speeches by those honored — here. Philip W. Brickner National Leadership Award BRIAN BICKFORD Brian Bickford is a licensed mental health

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6/6/23 webinar: Dissecting the Street Medicine Landscape Analysis with Street Medicine Leaders

6/8/23 Note: Due to technical difficulties, this webinar had to be rescheduled. We’ll post a link to the rescheduled webinar once it’s available! Join the National HCH Council June 6 at 11 a.m. CDT for an in-depth analysis and discussion of the recently published California Street Medicine Landscape Survey and Report. This first-of-its-kind study looks

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