Street Outreach

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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Hepatitis C Virtual Symposium: Primary Care-Based Treatment for People Experiencing Homelessness

  Download Webinar Slides Download Hepatitis C Provider Pocket Guide The National Health Care for the Homeless Council hosted a free, virtual symposium on providing hepatitis C treatment in primary care settings to patients with complex care needs, including experiences of homelessness, substance use, and co-occurring medical conditions.   Continuing Education Credits: 3 hours of continuing

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When Everyone Benefits: Exploring the Roles of Health Care Providers in Law Enforcement Reform, Crisis Assistance, and Public Policy on Unsheltered Homelessness

Webinar Slides Breakout Session 1B – Coping with Moral Injury Breakout Session 1D – Sobering Centers Breakout Session 2A – Crisis Assistance II Breakout Session 2C – Street Medicine and Law Enforcement   The National Health Care for the Homeless Council, the Street Medicicne Institute and the National Homelessness Law Center invite you to a

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Promoting Safety in Street Outreach

Webinar Slides(PDF) The overall rise in homelessness over the last five years is largely attributable to the spike in unsheltered homelessness specifically. Communities across the country witnessed proliferation of encampments and others living in outdoor locations. This was exacerbated by COVID-19 in which gathering spaces (e.g., shelters, day centers, libraries, etc.) for people experiencing homelessness

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Understanding and Applying SDOH Screening Data to Address Barriers to Health

Webinar Slides(PDF) Health centers provide high-quality primary and preventive care to diverse populations in special and vulnerable populations in underserved communities. Health centers also provide a host of enabling services – non-clinical services that aim to increase access to health care and improve population health outcomes. The ability to track and evaluate these services is

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