Speakers: Stephen Hwang: St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto; Br. James Hall: Executive Director, Rocky Mountain Refuge Session Materials: Download the PowerPoint Presentation Download the Presentation Document
This workshop will share the administrative, clinical, and consumer perspectives of launching and operating a Community Clinic at the Organization. The Organization is a nonprofit that ends isolation and homelessness through radical hospitality. It’s an inclusive space for anyone experiencing homelessness to feel welcome, feel safe, and receive services. By partnering with the Clinic and …
In late 2022, a managed care plan began a partnership with a community-based organization that had an impressive history of partnering with local employment partners to effectively meet staffing needs, while also providing opportunities for individuals with lived experience and other barriers to integrate into the workplace. Together they sought to address several regional concerns: …
Building Service Capacity Through a Model Workforce Development Program Read More >>
People experiencing housing instability are at higher risk for emergency department admissions, poor health outcomes and shorter life-expectancies. In September 2022, a major hospital in the mid-South implemented a two-question housing screening tool within the Emergency Department as a standard part of registration and triage. When the patient is identified as housing unstable, a social …
Points of Care: Creating an Emergency Department That Effectively Serves the Unhoused Read More >>
This presentation will provide an overview of a new one of a kind, innovative development project that will help to meet the needs of our state’s most vulnerable and underserved communities. The new facility will provide safe, dignified, and quality spaces for people experiencing homelessness to heal and stabilize from medical issues. The facility will …
Developing an Integrated Healthcare and Housing Facility Read More >>
Health centers have long been on the forefront of social determinants of health work, identifying innovative ways to provide person-centered, holistic care. Part of this has been understanding health centers alone cannot address the needs of their community and ensuring community health and improving the quality of life for the people we serve. Partnerships …
Building Sustainable Partnerships using the Community Centered Health Home Model Read More >>
April 7th: Washington, DC Webinar Slides(PDF) Partnership: Unity Health Care and the Washington, DC Department of Human ServicesJoin our facilitated discussion on their community collaboration to implement vaccine rollout, operationalized innovative Isolation/Quarantine solutions, and focus on long-term housing solutions. April 13th: Hennepin County, Minnesota Webinar Slides(PDF) Partnership: Health Care for the Homeless and the Minnesota …
Webinar Slides(PDF) Civil Legal Needs and Homelessness(PDF) Health Affairs Jack Tsai(PDF) Using the law to inform empowered patient care in Austin(PDF) Homelessness, Health, and Medical-Legal Partnerships(PDF) Join the National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership and the National HCH Council for a discussion on how medical-legal partnerships can address the civil legal needs of people without …
Homelessness, Health, and Medical-Legal Partnerships Read More >>
