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Telehealth Resource Centers

Telehealth Resource Centers (TRCs) are funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Office for the Advancement of Telehealth, which is part of the Office of Rural Health Policy. Nationally, there are a total of 14 TRCs which include 12 regional centers, all with different strengths and […]

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LL – Next Steps in Addressing Encampment Sweeps

Encampment sweeps have become an all-too-common response to unsheltered homelessness in many communities. Unfortunately, these forcible removals are rarely accompanied by permanent housing and only serve to destabilize people, disconnect them from housing and services, and do nothing to solve homelessness. This Learning Lab will feature updates on the status of encampment sweeps (and other

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LL – Evaluations in Health Care for the Homeless Programs

Encampment sweeps have become an all-too-common response to unsheltered homelessness in many communities. Unfortunately, these forcible removals are rarely accompanied by permanent housing and only serve to destabilize people, disconnect them from housing and services, and do nothing to solve homelessness. This Learning Lab will feature updates on the status of encampment sweeps (and other

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Housing is Health Care: Leveraging Medicaid Waivers to Strengthen Housing First Programs

This workshop — at the intersection of policy and practice — will explore the regulatory background enabling Medicaid “supportive housing” waivers, emerging data on housing and health, and the policies, politics, and partnerships that made possible a state’s six-year state pilot (which will be expanded statewide in FY2025). Outcomes from a five-year state study will

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Homelessness Is Not a Binary: The Continuum of Care When Homelessness is a Chronic Comorbidity

Clinicians rarely ask patients about their health history related to recovering from homelessness. Through case studies, lived experience, oncological and epigenetic research, and group discussions, this session will explore the importance of evaluating chronic health issues with homelessness as a comorbidity even after patients have regained housing stability and recovered from homelessness. The session will

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