Now Open: Call for Abstracts for 2025 National HCH Conference in Baltimore
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Council Updates
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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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
New ‘Healing Hands’ Examines Smoking Cessation Support Strategies
Research indicates that people experiencing homelessness are three to five times more likely to die prematurely and that “tobacco-caused chronic diseases are the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among those aged 45 and older… Among younger homeless-experienced adults (aged less than 45 years), the incidence of tobacco-caused chronic diseases is three times higher than
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