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 care. In the four years since the program was launched, the medical respite field has grown quickly — a reflection of both the demand for this critical service as well as the effectiveness of the Council’s medical respite team and our partners in helping get recuperative care programs off the ground across the country.
Congratulations to NIMRC for four years of leadership and collaboration in bringing life-saving medical respite services to so many communities across the nation!
In celebration of four years of NIMRC, we’re offering a 30% discount off registration to the 2024 California Recuperative Care Symposium, Sept. 12-13. Use the code NIMRC4bday when you check out! Valid through Aug. 21, 2024.
Four Years of NIMRC By the Numbers
- 33 new medical respite programs added, bringing the total to 156 programs across the U.S.
- 230 individual technical assistance calls responded to by the NHCHC medical respite team
- 15 community convenings covering a variety of topics and 184 attendees at the medical respite Pre-Conference Institute at HCH2024
- 11 new medical respite resources published — policy and issue briefs, toolkits, online courses, and more
Coming Soon: Medical Respite Certification
In May 2024, NIMRC announced the development of a certification for medical respite programs!
As the preeminent entity dedicated to expanding access to high-quality medical respite care nationwide, NIMRC has designed a voluntary certification process built on robust stakeholder input and a nationally recognized Framework for Medical Respite Care Programs. Certification is a monumental step forward for the field of medical respite care. Learn more here.
RCPN Celebrates 20 Years
The Respite Care Providers’ Network (RCPN) is a membership network of NHCHC that serves as a steering committee of NHCHC. This year RCPN turns 20! The mission of RCPN is to improve the health status of individuals who are homeless by supporting programs that provide medical respite care and related services. Currently, there are 156 medical respite programs across the U.S. RCPN consists of more than 1,000 providers, clinicians, and consumers from these programs.
