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Street Medicine for Gravely Mentally Ill Patients: Strategies for Establishing Conservatorship

State Standards for Treatment(PDF) Pathways to Home PowerPoint Slides(PDF) Patients experiencing homelessness who suffer from severe and persistent mental illness and terminal addiction, dementia, and co-morbid medical conditions are at high risk of dying on the streets. These individuals may lack the ability to seek safety and accept treatment because of their hallucinations, delusions, intoxication, […]

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Coffee Chat: End Of Life

Advance Directive Example(PDF) PowerPoint Slides(PDF) Part of the “Coffee Chat” series for clinicians, this session will examine issues related to end of life. Clinicians caring for people experiencing homelessness facing end of life sometimes grapple with challenging situations, including clarifying the individual’s wishes and values, finding ways to determine the person’s desires if he is

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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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From Darkness to Light: Honoring Success and Resilience at the Summer Solstice

Webinar Slides(PDF) Each year on December 21, the Winter Solstice, the first day of winter and the longest night of the year, Homeless Persons Memorial Day events honor individuals who have lost their lives while enduring homelessness. On June 21, the Summer Solstice, the first day of summer and longest day of the year, several

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Responding to Intimate Partner Violence (IPV): Tools & Resources for HCH Staff

Webinar Slides(PDF) Intimate partner violence (IPV) negatively impacts one’s mental health, physical health, and economic stability. Due to the prevalence of IPV among people experiencing homelessness, HCH programs find themselves addressing issues related to IPV on a weekly, even daily, basis. While it is clear that IPV is a significant problem, how to effectively respond

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Adapted Anticipatory Guidance for Infants and Toddlers

Webinar Slides(PDF) Children experiencing homelessness are significantly more likely to have acute and chronic illnesses and have much higher rates of emotional and behavior problems and developmental delays than housed children. In this webinar we will discuss strategies from a forthcoming Council resource, Adapted Anticipatory Guidance for Infants and Toddlers Experiencing Homelessness, which adapts standard

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Making the Business Case for Integrated Community Health Outreach Programs

  Health Care for the Homeless programs provides a wealth of clinical services to consumers in community-based settings. There is an opportunity to further expand and improve community-based services through strong health outreach programs that are well-integrated with the goals and structures of an organization. However, the impact of outreach on health center revenues is

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Tailoring Outreach for the HCH Field

  Webinar Slides(PDF) Outreach is both a key component of the health care for the homeless model of care and a program requirement for 330(h) funded health centers. This webinar will review the National Outreach Guidelines for Special Populations which was developed in concert with input from several agencies working with a wide spectrum of

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