Health Center-Specific Resources

Lessons Learned: Transitions of Care for People Experiencing Homelessness in the Hospital Setting

CommonSpirit Health, USC Street Medicine, and the National Health Care for the Homeless Council (NHCHC) hosted a 90-minute webinar discussing the unique and complex needs of individuals experiencing homelessness during and post hospitalization. This webinar provides concrete ways for hospital teams and community providers to support unhoused individuals during hospitalization. Participants also learn how to […]

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Meeting People Where They Are: Interprofessional Collaboration in the Community to Support PEH

This session will explore leveraging interprofessional collaboration to reduce healthcare disparities in people experiencing homelessness through innovative care delivery models. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, at a large urban academic medical center, health care for people experiencing homelessness was disparate and siloed. The pandemic necessitated a level of collaboration across professions and organizations that was

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Empowering Skin and Soft Tissue Care in Homeless Communities

The “Skin and Soft Tissue Care” (SSTC) program provides medical education and empowerment directly to PEH and support workers regarding infections, wounds, and other skin conditions. Over three years, SSTC has led more than 100 workshops in camps, safe rest villages and shelters. Additionally, they are educating and supporting 12 individual PEH as healthcare resources

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Implementing a One Health Clinic

Pet ownership in the population experiencing homelessness can be instrumental in the decision and ability to seek health and social services. The “One Health Clinic” was designed to remove barriers to primary healthcare for PEH with pets in the United States and support the human-animal bond to encourage utilization of services. This clinical care model

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Health Center-Specific Resources

Health Center-Specific Resources An online repository operated by the National Association of Community Health Centers makes it easy to find resources and tools on a variety of health center topics. The Health Center Resource Clearinghouse is a “one-stop-shop” for health centers and provides a searchable database of resources aimed at meeting the information needs of

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