Homeless Services

Centering Equity in Health & Housing Partnerships in Times of Crisis & Beyond

Presented by CSH.org. This paper addresses how health centers, other health system providers, and housing partners can center considerations of equity in their shared work to address the needs of people most impacted by structural racism and its impact on health and social determinants of health, including Black people, people of color, and Indigenous people. […]

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Supportive Housing and Health Services for LGBTQIA+ Youth Experiencing Homelessness: Promising Practices

Presented by National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center. This publication addresses health disparities that LGBTQIA+ youth experiencing homelessness face and focuses on ways to increase engagement of LGBTQIA+ youth into health and housing programs. Download Research (Link)

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Patient-Centered Medical Home: A Case Study on Achieving Level 3

  Webinar Slides(PDF) This webinar will examine the NCQA recognition process and the experience of Hudson River Health Care, which has achieved Level 3 Recognition. Speakers: Kathi Brieger, RD, CDE; Vice President, Quality Services, Hudson River Health Care; Peekskill, New York Anna Gard, FNP-BC; Health Disparities Consultant, Association of Clinicians for the Underserved; Glenside, Pennsylvania Webinar: View

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Ask & Code: Documenting Homelessness Throughout the Health Care System

PowerPoint Slides(PDF) The health care system is increasingly focusing on the social determinants of health that drive cost, service utilization, and health outcomes. Hospitals, Medicaid-managed care plans, and health providers are particularly interested in the risk factor of housing status, a key element of health. People without homes have higher morbidity and mortality coupled with

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The 2019 Revised Adapted Clinical Guidelines: Medication Management for Patients Experiencing Homelessness Diagnosed with Diabetes

Webinar Slides(PPTX) November is National Diabetes Awareness Month! In preparation of this special month, the National HCH Council is sponsoring a webinar to introduce our recently revised 2019 Adapted Clinical Guidelines – Recommendations for the Care of Patients Experiencing Homelessness Diagnosed with Diabetes. The 2019 updated guidelines were adapted from the American Diabetes Association’s (ADA)

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Homeless Outreach: A Pre-Treatment Guide

Webinar Slides(PPTX) An outreach model based on a pretreatment philosophy affords us the opportunity to become both interpreters and bridge-builders. It is critical that we provide clients with real options that can be fully considered, as opposed to pre-programmed choices that don’t respect individuality. Potential treatment and housing opportunities are therefore re-interpreted and reframed so

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Tele-Behavioral Health in Homeless Health Care: Why Is It Hard, and What Can We Do About It?

Webinar Slides(PPTX) Telehealth is a priority in the current administration and many communities are excited about the opportunities that technology brings to serve unreached patients and expand services. Specifically, tele-behavioral health purports to enhance access to vital mental health and substance use treatment, conditions that are overrepresented among patients experiencing homelessness. But it has proven

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