New 2023 Study: Encampment Sweeps, Drug Use, and Death
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Homeless Services
Issue Brief: Impact of Encampment Sweeps on People Experiencing Homelessness
Sweeps do not end homelessness. Grassroots leaders and direct service providers understand that encampment sweeps cause four general problems: Sweeps damage health, well-being, and connections to care Sweeps compromise personal safety and civic trust Sweeps undermine paths to housing and financial stability Sweeps create unnecessary costs for local communities Each of these problems presents significant
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Intimate Partner Violence, Homelessness and Behavioral Health: A Toolkit for Health Center and Community Partners
In recognition of HCADV Day, Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation and National Health Care for the Homeless Council are excited to release a new toolkit, Intimate Partner Violence, Homelessness, and Behavioral Health, developed for Health Care for the Homeless Health Centers and their community-based partners. The toolkit addresses the intersections of intimate partner violence,
“Ohana Means Family”: Bringing Telehealth to the Forgotten Residents of Maui
The video was created by Beth Freeman and team for the Center for Care Innovations and Kaiser Permanente, which funded the mobile telehealth project in Maui as part of CCI’s Virtual Care Innovations Network, a virtual health collaboration founded by Kaiser Permanente. Download Research (Link)
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Bringing the Clinic to the Patient: Health Tech Navigators Link Unhoused Patients With Online Therapists in LA County
The video was created by Beth Freeman and team for the Center for Care Innovations and Kaiser Permanente, which funded the telehealth project in San Fernando Valley as part of CCI’s Virtual Care Innovation Network, a virtual health collaboration founded by Kaiser Permanente. Download Research (Link)
Virtual Care Innovation Network
This program is funded by Kaiser Permanente and designed in partnership with CCI, National Health Care for the Homeless Council, the primary care associations in each of the states in which Kaiser Permanente provides care, and regional associations in California. Download Research (Link)
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Promoting Safety in Street Outreach
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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Resiliency Toolkit for Health Centers and Staff
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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