Policy and Advocacy

Demonstrating Value: Measuring the Value and Impact of the Health Care for the Homeless Grantees

Value Infographic(PDF) Capital Link Toolkit(PDF) PowerPoint Slides(PDF)   Demonstrating the value of health centers is a necessary element of sustainability and measuring benefit. How value is assessed can range from illustrating cost-effectiveness and evaluating performance measures to ensuring access to reliable, high-quality, and equitable care. The purpose of this webinar is to provide a clear, […]

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Policy Brief: Medical Respite Care: Financing Approaches

Many states and local communities are seeking cost-effective alternatives to inpatient hospital stays while at the same time trying to improve the health of vulnerable populations and reduce homelessness. People experiencing homelessness have significant health care needs and use hospitals at higher rates and for longer periods of time than their housed counterparts. Unfortunately, because

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Coffee Chat: Competency & Decision-Making

PowerPoint Slides(PDF) Part of the “Coffee Chat” series for clinicians, this session will explore issues related to competency and decision-making. Clinicians caring for people experiencing homelessness sometimes face challenging situations, including considering the role mental health and substance use play in a person’s ability to make decisions, and addressing the tension between wanting to “fix”

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Immigration Enforcement and Health Centers: Knowing Your Rights as a Provider

  Webinar Slides(PDF) In light of recent policy and enforcement activities involving immigrants, this discussion will provide legal background on providers’ rights and responsibilities with regard to law enforcement and the privacy and confidentiality of patients’ identifying information (as well as personal health information). Information related to “sensitive locations,” how front desk and other health

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Creating and Delivering Presentations that Inspire, Challenge, and Change the World!

Webinar Slides(PDF) Do you have something important to share that could change how people think and act? If so, the way you present your information is just as important as the information itself. People learn and retain knowledge best when it is presented in an engaging and interactive way that inspires and helps people apply new concepts

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Coffee Chat: Reproductive Health

Part of our new “Ethics Coffee Chats” series for clinicians, this discussion will explore ethical issues related to reproductive health. Clinicians often face challenging ethical situations when assisting people of reproductive age who are experiencing homelessness—from knowing which reproductive health issues to discuss with youth without homes to addressing the ethical considerations related to reproductive

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Health Reform & the HCH Community: What You Need to KNOW, What You Need to DO

Webinar Slides (PDF) Resources (PDF) While Congress did not pass the American Health Care Act, dismantling the ACA and overturning Medicaid expansion remains a priority for some lawmakers. Moreover, Medicaid coverage is at risk of being undermined by administrative and state-level changes that can happen immediately and will not draw as much attention. Together with

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