Healthcare and Homelessness Partnerships

Understanding and Applying Principles of Language Justice

Speakers: Tanagra Melgarejo, National Learning and Engagement Strategist, National Harm Reduction Coalition; Kate Gleason-Bachman, Clinical and QI Nurse Manager, National Health Care for the Homeless Council; Katie League, Behavioral Health Manager, National Health Care for the Homeless Council Session Materials: 75 min_NHCH 2024 HR and Language Justice.pptx  

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Building Partnerships To Enhance Equitable Children’s Healthcare: A Roadmap

Social justice and health care are inextricably linked, and an important aspect of social justice is the ability to have fair access to health care and to be taken seriously within the healthcare and social services systems. Health care is not equitable if it is not accessible, and there are still immense gaps in terms

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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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Developing/Enhancing Community Partnerships to Increase COVID Vaccination and Immunization Uptake

Effective community partnerships can be very beneficial in reaching populations of individuals impacted by social and structural determinants of health. Innovative partnerships allow for organizations to collaborate in an effort to serve the needs of surrounding communities. It is through these partnerships that the needs of disadvantaged communities are met, and barriers are appropriately addressed.

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Medical-Legal Partnerships: Addressing legal needs to improve health and remove barriers to housing

This workshop will describe how the medical-legal partnership (MLP) model is being used to bring civil legal aid services to individuals experiencing homelessness as a way to improve health and increase access to safe, reliable housing. Representatives from a comprehensive day services center and their civil legal aid partner will share how they established an

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MRC – Relationships with Managed Care Organizations

Medicaid and Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) have demonstrated increased interest in partnering and funding medical respite care programs. Navigating this process can be complex and challenging, and this course provides an initial overview of Medicaid and how medical respite programs can approach partnerships with MCOs. This course is 60 minutes in length. If you are

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MRC – Relationships with Hospitals

Hospitals are often one of the key partners for medical respite care programs. This course addresses how medical respite care programs can develop and maintain relationships with hospitals to for ongoing partnership and support. This course is 60 minutes in length. If you are logged in, all of your progress will be saved if you

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