Book: Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice
Author Paul Kiel: Order Book (Link)
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Homeless Services
Case Studies: Ending Homelessness for People Living in Encampments
This case study from the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness checks in on several communities to learn about their ongoing efforts to refine and strengthen strategies for addressing the needs of people living in encampments. Download Research (PDF)
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Healthy Release: Health Centers Working to Improve Health and Housing Outcomes for Justice-Involved Populations
Presented by the National Healthcare for the Homeless Council for the 2017 Symposium Washington D.C. Slide Deck 1 (PDF) Slide Deck 2 (PDF)
Coffee Chat: Competency & Decision-Making
PowerPoint Slides(PDF) Part of the “Coffee Chat” series for clinicians, this session will explore issues related to competency and decision-making. Clinicians caring for people experiencing homelessness sometimes face challenging situations, including considering the role mental health and substance use play in a person’s ability to make decisions, and addressing the tension between wanting to “fix”
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Resources for Building Health Center & Housing Partnerships: Literature Review & Resource Bank
With the growing appreciation of housing as a social determinant of health, health center and housing partnerships are on the rise nationally. Recognizing the layers to developing a health and housing partnership, this Literature Review and Resource Bank is intended to provide background and data resources that can be used in grant applications or in
Health Centers and Coordinated Entry: How and Why to Engage with Local Homeless Systems
Health center program grantees know the catchphrase, “housing is a social determinant of health,” and many have begun to try to assess and address patients’ housing challenges in order to improve health outcomes. A critical tool available to health centers lies ‘outside the four walls’ of the health center in local homeless coordinated entry systems1,
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Coffee Chat: Reproductive Health
Part of our new “Ethics Coffee Chats” series for clinicians, this discussion will explore ethical issues related to reproductive health. Clinicians often face challenging ethical situations when assisting people of reproductive age who are experiencing homelessness—from knowing which reproductive health issues to discuss with youth without homes to addressing the ethical considerations related to reproductive
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