Homeless Services

Ask & Code: Documenting Homelessness Throughout the Health Care System

People experiencing homelessness have disproportionately high rates of acute and chronic disease and behavioral health conditions and are high utilizers of all components of the health care system. In an era of growing focus on social determinants of health, value-based reimbursements based on risk factors, population health, and better health outcomes, more accurate data on […]

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Shelter Health: Opportunities for Health Care for the Homeless Projects

Health centers can play a key role in improving shelter health for individuals and families experiencing homelessness. In addition to screening and treating conditions that arise in the shelter setting, health centers can work with local shelters and public health departments to mitigate health risks by developing strategies to prevent, identify and resolve drivers of

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Serving Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Persons: Establishing and Improving Models of Care for Those without Homes

Transgender and gender nonconforming (TGNC) populations face disparities in physical and behavioral health issues and barriers to care. As the unique health care needs of this historically underserved population gain more awareness nationally, health centers may find themselves unprepared to adequately treat this population. This guide is intended to assist health centers in establishing access

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Frequent Users Systems Engagement (FUSE): Washtenaw County, MI

Bring together community partners from a variety of sectors to connect frequent users to housing, healthcare, and care coordination is both the goal and lasting outcome of the Frequent Users Systems Engagement (FUSE) initiative in Washtenaw County, Michigan – a subgrantee of the CSH’s Social Innovation. Other health centers, housing and service providers can learn

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Healing Hands: Care Coordination

Over the past decades, care coordination models have emerged as important tools for health care providers working to better serve the needs of people experiencing homelessness. Historically, health care services have been segmented, meaning that a person seeking health care would have to go to one location for their primary care and different sites for

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