Council Updates

Community Conversation on April 9 Will Explore Family Homelessness

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 […]

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Photo Project Explores Challenges of Quitting Tobacco while Experiencing Homelessness

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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Through Their Lens: Tobacco Cessation Photovoice Project

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. Below are their photos and narratives. Learn more about the project here. Robert Knight: “When I see this, I see how

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15 Reasons to Celebrate: Meet the First NIMRC Certified Medical Respite Programs

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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Get an In-Depth Look at the Components of the Framework for Medical Respite Care

The Framework for Medical Respite Care is a resource that defines the philosophy of care provided within medical respite programs, and articulates how the Standards for Medical Respite Care Programs, the Guiding Principles for Medical Respite Care, and the Models for Medical Respite Care work in conjunction to provide quality care and opportunity for recovery

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