Some communities have made tremendous strides to effectively align homelessness services and MRC programs. This spotlight interview includes the housing, CoC, and MRC leaders in Yakima, Washington. They describe their MRC program, how it fits within their community’s response to homelessness, their collective approaches to racial equity, and specific ways they have strengthened their system […]
Overdose deaths in the United States have reached epidemic levels, with over 100,000 deaths reported between April 2020 and April 2021. Approximately 75% of those deaths were caused by opioids (driven by the synthetic opioid fentanyl), which makes preventing opioid-related overdoses and expanding access to opioid-use disorder (OUD) treatment specifically important. People experiencing homelessness are
We write in support of including robust health care expansions in the final Build Back Better Reconciliation legislation. Download Document (PDF)
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Funding for Programs Supporting the Health Care for the Homeless Community. Download Document (PDF)
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In order to quickly respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government allowed temporary flexibilities to many policies related to telehealth services. This issue brief describes the temporary telehealth policies that have been especially successful for Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) health centers, and provides recommended actions at the state/local level for implementing more
Webinar Slides(PDF) Medicaid & Medicaid Managed Care: Financing Approaches for Medical Respite Care(LINK) NIMRC(LINK) Medicaid and managed care organizations (MCOs) are increasingly providing financial support for medical respite care programs because they recognize the value of these models of care. This webinar will feature program administrators from two very different medical respite programs who
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This paper is designed to illustrate how single-payer health systems around the world have more effectively responded to the COVID-19 pandemic and to demonstrate why the U.S. should move towards a single-payer ’Medicare for All’ system of care. Download Document (PDF)
This issue brief is intended to illustrate how the U.S. response to COVID-19 would be different under a single-payer financing process from the perspective of front-line homeless health care providers. Download Document (PDF)
