Street Outreach

Improving healthcare and housing outcomes by removing a hidden barrier; lack of legal identification

Through a unique collaborative effort, a major but hidden barrier to positive healthcare and housing outcomes is being successfully addressed in Arizona. Eleven percent of adult Americans lack any form of government-issued photo identification. Lack of identification can have a negative impact on healthcare outcomes disproportionately affecting populations such as people of color, transgender people, […]

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First year lessons of initiating a SOAR program in a primary care and outpatient psychiatric setting

To date, Health Care for the Homeless-Houston’s SOAR program has a 66% approval for clients receiving SSI/SSDI benefits. This has allowed for growth of the program and developing the current program that has helped many clients not only with SSI/SSDI benefits but also with housing, attaining food and social/emotional support. Speakers: Norma S Tejada-Foster, RN,

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Nurse Call Line Pilot in Homeless Shelters in NYC: Experiences, Barriers, and Facilitators

The Nurse Call Line (NCL) is a 24/7 telephone-based triage service intended to connect New York City shelter residents with appropriate health care. The study team conducted a qualitative assessment of the NCL to ascertain perceptions, experiences, and interactions with the program, as well as barriers and facilitators to use and implementation. This presentation will

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Oral Presentation 17: Approaches to Street Outreach

Speakers: Marc O Griofa: City of Las Vegas; Brian DeGrafenreid: Old Pueblo Community Services; Marketa Jansky: Advanced Practice Practitioner-Family Nurse Practitioner, El Rio Community Health Center; Joshua Decker: El Rio Health; Deirdra Goeth, Lead Outreach Navigator, OPCS; Kim Hunter: BHC, El Rio Health; Dana Arnold: Navigator II, OPCS; Will Nieves, Navigator II, Old Pueblo Community

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Housing the “Impossibles:” How to House the Medically Frail Homeless Population

Across the United States the homeless population is growing older and sicker. Homelessness results in an accelerated aging process and the rapid worsening of chronic medical conditions that could be treated with consistent access to quality care and shelter. Additionally, being unhoused carries an increased risk of disability and traumatic brain injury. As the health

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Ensuring the Wheels Keep Turning for Mobile Health Clinics to Provide Health Care for The Homeless

How does a health center create and launch a mobile health clinic and maintain a sustainable, viable mobile service delivery program? This session will provide best practices to create a sustainability plan for a mobile health clinic with a financial model and best practices for clinical operations, workforce, and vehicular management and maintenance. The most

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Oral Presentation 11: Scope and Quality of Medical Mobile Services

Speakers: Elyssa Rosen: Clinical Project Manager, LA County Department of Health Services, Housing for Health; Absalon Galat: DHS HFH; Pia Valvassori, Health Care Center for the Homeless Session Materials: Download PowerPoint Presentation “Mobile Clinics” Download PowerPoint Presentation “Medical Mobile Unit: Quality and Innovation”

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