HCH program fact sheet
History, financing, and requirements of the health care for the homeless program. Use to educate community and government leaders about our program. Download Research (PDF)
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Policy and Advocacy
Joining Forces: Improving Care for Veterans through HCH-VA Collaborations
Webinar Slides(PDF) Over 22,000 veterans were served by health care for the homeless grantees in 2011. Veterans are consistently over-represented in the homeless population, and although these numbers are decreasing thanks to federal efforts to end veteran homelessness, circumstances may change with the return of additional service members from the current conflict. Many veterans are
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Care Transitions for Patients Experiencing Homelessness
Webinar Slides(PDF) This webinar will provide an introduction to transitional care and highlight a new care transition model developed by Oregon Health and Sciences University that targets low-income and uninsured patients, including those who are experiencing homelessness. Transitional care models aim to improve health care delivery, increase patient self-management skills, and reduce health care costs by
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Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day: How to Plan, Organize, and Remember
This webinar will provide a history of Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day and the organizing tools provided by the National Coalition for the Homeless, the National Consumer Advisory Board, and the National Health Care for the Homeless Council as well as in-depth examples of how two communities plan and thoroughly carry out their events. Each year
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Connecting Homeless Individuals to Medicaid and Health Care Services: Key Lessons from HCH Administrators and Frontline Workers
Webinar Slides(PDF) This webinar will highlight the collaboration between the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured and the National Health Care for the Homeless Council through focus groups with HCH administrators and frontline workers. A key goal of the Affordable Care Act is to reduce the number of uninsured through new coverage options for
Health Reform and Medicaid Expansion: HCH Lessons Learned from Three States
 Webinar Slides(PDF) This webinar will examine the Affordable Care Act and its effects on Medicaid. Starting in 2014 (or earlier at the state option), the ACA will expand Medicaid to most childless adults earning at or below 138% of the federal poverty level (about $15,000 for an individual). This expansion of health insurance to
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Health Reform and Justice-Involved Populations: Opportunities for the HCH Community
Webinar Slides This webinar will highlight the potential for using the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion to engage justice agencies in stronger partnerships that will enroll patients into health insurance programs, share data with other providers, and facilitate better coordinated care for those entering and leaving detention. In states where health reform is aggressively implemented,
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Medicaid’s Home and Community-Based Services Program: An Orientation for Homeless Health Care Providers
Webinar Slides(PDF) This webinar will provide an overview of the Federal Home and Community-based Services program, describe opportunities for homeless health care providers to improve access to their states’ HCBS programs, and share examples of two states that have improved access to their HCBS programs for people who are experiencing homelessness. The Medicaid expansion in 2014