Policy and Advocacy

Discussion Forum: Using Health Center Funding from the American Rescue Plan Act to Improve Care for People Experiencing Homelessness

Issue Brief(PDF) Discussion Slides(PDF) Read the issue brief: Using HRSA Health Center Funding from the AmericanRescue Plan Act to Improve Systems of Care for People Experiencing Homelessness The COVID-19 pandemic has left health centers with critical budgetary, clinical, and programmatic gaps that these funds must be used to fill. However, this funding also poses a […]

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Increasing Access to COVID-19 Vaccines Among Homeless Populations: Successful Partnerships Series

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

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Homeless Mortality Data Toolkit: Understanding and Tracking Deaths of People Experiencing Homelessness

This toolkit will share the findings and implications from the communities who conduct homeless mortality reviews, as well as provides guidance on developing or improving a homeless mortality review. Lessons will include how to create partnerships, methods of data collection and analysis, and examples of how communities have used this information to address homeless mortality.

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2021 Federal Policy Priorities

Homelessness is the result of deliberate policy decisions. To end homelessness and realize the human right to housing and health care, the Council works with Congress and the Administration to advocate for policies that achieve social, economic, and racial justice. While we broadly advocate on many issues together with our national partners, below are the

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