While outdated, this comprehensive curriculum includes fundamental knowledge for outreach workers, in addition to anyone serving people experiencing homelessness. Download Research (PDF)
This issue of Healing Hands is written for the person who is too often last on the list of those who are recipients of your TLC — YOU! Two experienced Health Care for the Homeless clinicians based in Seattle, Washington, share their wisdom and collec- tive experience in helping professional caregivers learn how to do
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See Part 4: Service Delivery Strategies; F: Outreach Communities can use this list to assess their street outreach efforts at both the program- and system-level, and to identify opportunities to build upon and strengthen their systemic approach to ending homelessness, particularly unsheltered homelessness. Download Research (PDF)
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This issue of Healing Hands examines obstacles to health care encountered by people who first experience homelessness in small communities and remote rural areas of the United States. The following articles briefly explain the causes of rural homelessness and how unstably housed people in rural areas differ from their urban counterparts. In addition, they highlight
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Author: McMurray-Avila M – See Part IV, Service Delivery Strategies, Case Management Services Part IV discusses service delivery strategies based on the experience of existing HCH projects. This section describes specific elements necessary for provision of services in the following areas: medical care, substance abuse services, mental health services, case management, outreach, dental care, respite
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In this issue of Healing Hands, we examine the spiritual and psycho- logical roots of their ability to cope with stress while creating and maintaining hope for clients, colleagues and themselves. In the midst of year-end pressures, we conducted interviews with ten HCH clinicians, practicing in different regions of the United States, and representing a
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Integrated, interdisciplinary care is essential to address the multiple and complex health problems that are endemic to a significant por- tion of the homeless population. Navigating fragmented systems of care is often impossible for homeless people, particularly those who are ill. Federally funded Health Care for the Homeless projects were created to provide the coordinated,
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