Clinical Practice

As the World Burns: HCH Responses to the Impacts of Extreme Weather & Climate Change

Homeless services providers must increasingly organize, prepare, and respond to natural — and unnatural — disasters and emergencies which disproportionately affect unsheltered and sheltered persons experiencing homelessness and other vulnerable populations. This workshop will bring together four leading HCH programs directly impacted by extreme weather and climate change. Program leads will provide accounts and examples […]

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Using Homeless Mortality Data to Drive Policy & Program Change: A Discussion of Local Approaches

Completing a homeless mortality study is a major accomplishment, but it’s only the beginning of the process to reduce disparities in life expectancy for people experiencing homelessness. In this moderated discussion panel, members of the Homeless Mortality Working Group will discuss their experiences in using homeless mortality studies to drive policy change. Specifically, the panelists

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A trauma-informed and multi-disciplinary approach in offering outpatient post-sexual assault care

An increase in homeless patients reporting sexual assaults to clinical and non-clinical members throughout the organization led to the creation of a post-sexual assault treatment protocol to provide trauma-informed care that is initiated at time of disclosure. Post-sexual assault care is often retraumatizing which prevents patients from reporting these assaults to care teams. This protocol

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Unhoused Youth in LA: A Perspective on Providing Health Care from Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

Youth experiencing homelessness is a multi-faceted problem that combines the complications of being unhoused along with the complexities of adolescence. The Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles has been providing health care to this population for more than 40 years in the Los Angeles area. This presentation will share how staff utilizes principles of harm reduction

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Patching the Safety Net: Review of a Rapid Post-Hospitalization Shelter Pilot Program

This presentation discusses a pilot post-hospitalization shelter program combined with a medical respite program that provides a rapid-admission option for people awaiting respite bed availability and offers a short-term recovery option for discharges not acute enough to require respite. The pilot has demonstrated that a same-day safety net shelter for hospital discharges provides an important

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“I hear you” An invitation to move towards “You heard me.”

It is the person speaking who is the judge of how well they have been heard. When a person feels heard, the door is open for partnership toward change and growth. In this workshop, participants will review and practice the motivational interviewing skills of accurate empathy, reflective listening, and affirmations. Speaker: Rafael Martinez, Author, LCSW,

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Gender Affirming Care for Transgender and Gender Diverse People Experiencing Homelessness

Housing instability, employment, and other social determinants of health intersect to create barriers to achieving health equity for transgender and gender diverse (TGD) people. This session will address the needs of and considerations for TGD patients experiencing homelessness. Speakers: Alex Keuroghlian, MD, MPH, Director of the Division of Education and Training, Fenway Institute Session Materials:

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Utilizing Health-Related Patient Data to Advance Health Equity in Clinical Care

Hennepin County Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) is a federally qualified health center (FQHC) located in the upper Midwest. The health center’s patient population faces some of the greatest disparities in health within the community. Over the past two years, HCH has worked to improve how clinical quality data and patient health measures are

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