The first day of winter. The longest night of the year. People in your community will die without a home this year. While we understand the importance of every life, we recognize the reality of conditions that individuals and families experiencing homelessness face. National Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day is the day to remember those […]
National Homeless Persons Memorial Day 2022 Read More >>
Guidance on Management of COVID-19 in Homeless Service Sites and in Correctional and Detention Facilities (Link) NHCHC COVID-19 Pandemic Guidance (PDF) Webinar Slides (PDF) Attendees joined us for a discussion about winter planning for people experiencing homelessness as we face numerous respiratory illnesses. We heard from the CDC about the updated COVID-19 guidance and Council staff
Coffee Chat: Updated CDC COVID-19 Guidance & Winter Planning for the HCH Community Read More >>
Webinar Slides (PDF) The toll of homelessness has been shown to have long-term consequences on health and quality of life. What is not as well documented is the impact of homelessness on mortality and the incidence of specific causes of death. Homeless mortality is often underestimated due to lack of consistent housing status reporting on
Understanding and Preventing Homeless Mortality Read More >>
Sweeps do not end homelessness. Grassroots leaders and direct service providers understand that encampment sweeps cause four general problems: Sweeps damage health, well-being, and connections to care Sweeps compromise personal safety and civic trust Sweeps undermine paths to housing and financial stability Sweeps create unnecessary costs for local communities Each of these problems presents significant
Issue Brief: Impact of Encampment Sweeps on People Experiencing Homelessness Read More >>
The Health Care for the Homeless Clinicians’ Network is pleased to host monthly Community Conversations for HCH providers (defined broadly). Forming around pressing issues affecting providers who serve people experiencing homelessness, Community Conversations are not webinars: they are discussions informed by real-life cases meant to improve wellbeing and knowledge among HCH providers through mutual support
Community Conversations: Xylazine in the Drug Supply Read More >>
In Marin County in the San Francisco Bay Area, County and community-based organizations collaborate to provide services for people experiencing homelessness using a Housing First approach. The closely connected network was alarmed by a perceived increase in deaths among people experiencing homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic; many of these deaths seemed to involve substance use.
Deaths Uncounted: Using Local Data to Act on Unnecessary Tragedy Read More >>
In recognition of HCADV Day, Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation and National Health Care for the Homeless Council are excited to release a new toolkit, Intimate Partner Violence, Homelessness, and Behavioral Health, developed for Health Care for the Homeless Health Centers and their community-based partners. The toolkit addresses the intersections of intimate partner violence,
The video was created by Beth Freeman and team for the Center for Care Innovations and Kaiser Permanente, which funded the mobile telehealth project in Maui as part of CCI’s Virtual Care Innovations Network, a virtual health collaboration founded by Kaiser Permanente. Download Research (Link)
“Ohana Means Family”: Bringing Telehealth to the Forgotten Residents of Maui Read More >>
