Policy and Advocacy

Tips and Techniques to Support Residents Adapting to the Smoking Ban in Public Housing

PowerPoint Slides(PDF) Join us for the second session in our CME-accredited 2018 Spring Virtual Training webinar series, “Responding to Crises.” In November 2016, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released a final rule requiring local public housing agencies (PHAs) to adopt smoke-free policies for federally-owned housing by July 2018. Smoke-free housing aligns […]

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Introduction to the Health Care for the Homeless Model of Care

Webinar Slides(PDF) Meeting the complex needs of patients experiencing homelessness can be difficult to do in traditional health care settings. Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) Programs are specifically designed to meet the specialized health care needs of these patients. This webinar will give an overview of the HCH Program and the models of care

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Serving Patients Experiencing Homelessness in Hospital Systems

Serving Patients Experiencing Homelessness in Hospital Systems slides(PPT) Mobilizer Interview with Josh Green(PDF) Trinity Health HCH Example Book(PDF) Trinity RHM Homeless Scorecard FY17(PDF) Policy Brief_Respite Financing(PDF) Homelessness Quality Brief June 2015(PDF)   Patients experiencing homelessness have complex needs that are difficult to meet in fragmented systems. Providing coordinated care helps to better manage conditions, reduce

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Learn more: What Is Single Payer Health Care?

Single payer—or Medicare for All—is simply a streamlined financing mechanism where one entity administers the health care funding and payments. It expands the cost-effective and administratively efficient Medicare program to cover everyone in the United States. Health care delivery (such as hospitals and doctors) remains private and patients are guaranteed choice of care from providers.

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

Alaina Boyer, National Health Care for the Homeless Council Demonstrating the value of health centers is a necessary element of sustainability and measuring benefit. To help illustrate that value, this document provides an overview of the complex challenges facing homeless populations, the history of Health Care for the Homeless, and the critical impact of the

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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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