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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Presented by the National Healthcare for the Homeless Council for the 2017 Symposium Washington D.C. Slide Deck 1 (PDF) Slide Deck 2 (PDF)
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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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 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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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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This webinar was presented on April 18, 2017 as part of the Association of Clinicians for the Underserved’s webinar series, Excellence in Team-Based Care for the Underserved. In this session, Dr. Eileen Barrett presents organizational strategies to promote retention and recruitment by reducing burnout and increasing job satisfaction, including: protecting clinicians from unnecessary challenges; providing
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Long-term services and supports are a critical resource for individuals who have an intellectual, developmental, behavioral, and/or physical disability.1 Historically in many communities, long- term services and supports were primarily provided in institutional settings such as nursing homes. However with new advances in medical technology and through the Supreme Court Olmstead Decision2 to support independent
