Shelter Health

Community Conversations: Working with Children, Youth and Families

Launched by the Health Care for the Homeless Clinicians’ Network in November 2021, Community Conversations are formed around pressing issues affecting providers (defined broadly) who serve people experiencing homelessness. Community Conversations are not webinars: they are discussions informed by real-life cases meant to improve wellbeing of HCH providers through mutual support and problem-solving. Attendees are […]

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Clinicians’ Network Community Conversations: Working with Children and Families

  Launched in November 2021, the Health Care for the Homeless Clinicians’ Network hosts monthly Community Conversations. Forming around pressing issues affecting providers (defined broadly) who serve people experiencing homelessness, Community Conversations are not webinars: they are discussions informed by real-life cases meant to improve wellbeing of HCH providers through mutual support and problem-solving. Therefore,

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Happy, Healthy Children…In Shelter and in Supportive Housing

What: Monthly interactive trainings on topics of interest to those who love/serve/support families, children and/or youth experiencing homelessness or newly housed through RRH, PSH, or other transitional housing models. Sessions will feature instruction on the topic listed followed by discussion and support. Who: Staff, Volunteers, Interns, Community Members—all those who want to learn more about

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Antigen Testing in Congregate Shelters: Process Outline and Implementation Playbook

Kaiser Permanente, UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative, and The National Health Care for the Homeless Council collaborated to provide guidance on COVID-19 screening in congregate shelters. This webinar will discuss the Antigen Testing in Congregate Shelters: Process Outline and Implementation Playbook. It is intended to provide key strategy, planning, and operational considerations for implementing

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Trust or Trustworthiness: Which Comes First?

As health centers embark on vaccinating people in their communities against COVID-19, conversations regarding vaccine hesitancy versus access, and how to build vaccine confidence and trust are necessary. The Council is presenting a two-part webinar series focused on trustworthiness. This series will provide insight into the historical background of how trust has been broken among

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Testing for COVID-19 in Homeless Shelters & Encampments: Discussing CDC’s New Health Department Guidance & NHCHC’s Newest Issue Brief

Webinar Slides(PDF) NHCHC Issue Brief: Strategies for Proactive Universal Testing(PDF) CDC Survey on Universal Testing at Homeless Service Sites(LINK) COVID-19 Resource Page(LINK)   As capacity for COVID-19 testing grows in most communities, high-risk settings such as homeless shelters and encampments are increasingly being prioritized for universal testing events. New CDC guidance for health departments (to

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COVID-19 Coffee Chat: Testing for COVID-19 in Homeless Shelters

Webinar Slides(PDF) Issue Brief on Testing(PDF) CDC/MMWR(LINK) Baggett/JAMA article(LINK)   As the COVID-19 pandemic response continues to evolve, new information is emerging as communities conduct broader testing in congregate homeless shelters. Of particular interest is the recent CDC data illustrating high proportions of positive test results upon universal testing in some shelters. This “coffee chat”

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Safer at Home? COVID-19 and Domestic Violence

Webinar Slides(PDF) Call centers and police stations around the country report a staggering increase in domestic violence; violence in the home has become more common and significantly more severe during this crisis. For many households, safe places and coping strategies have been compromised while family stress has exponentially increased. For some, the threat of homelessness,

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