Webinar Slides(PDF) The overall rise in homelessness over the last five years is largely attributable to the spike in unsheltered homelessness specifically. Communities across the country witnessed proliferation of encampments and others living in outdoor locations. This was exacerbated by COVID-19 in which gathering spaces (e.g., shelters, day centers, libraries, etc.) for people experiencing homelessness […]
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A Comprehensive Guide for Health centers & Their Staff. In addressing workforce resiliency, we must understand healthcare leadership’s dilemma concerning self-care. Coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, the term self-care lost much of its positive connotation, and many started viewing it as a negative or burdensome term. Let us examine the reasons behind the fall
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The HRSA Health Center (330(e)) program provides primary health services to medically underserved populations, including people experiencing homelessness, regardless of their ability to pay. While Health Care for the Homeless (HCH, 330(h)) health centers are required to serve people experiencing homelessness, all health centers can serve unstably housed patients. This is particularly important to consider
Department of Health & Human Services, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention. This website covers why the HPV vaccine is important, who should get the vaccine, vaccine effectiveness and safety, access to free or low-cost vaccines, what vaccinated individuals need to know, and other ways to prevent HPV and cervical cancer. Download Research (PDF)
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This statement from the National Coalition for Housing Justice, to which the NHCHC is a party, describes how the criminalization of unsheltered homelessness and encampments harms everyone and wastes money. Download Research (PDF)
This statement from the National Coalition for Housing Justice, to which the NHCHC is a party, describes how the criminalization of unsheltered homelessness and encampments harms everyone and wastes money. Download Research (PDF)
Courtesy of Shannon Smith-Bernardin, Smith-Bernardin Consulting, Inc. This resource is provided free of charge with permissions from the author to edit according readers’ context. Contact Dr. Smith-Bernardin for an editable copy. Download Research (PDF)
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