This is a best practices guide for health centers considering or evaluating a community health worker or peer workforce program in their health center to assist with SDOH screening. This publication focuses on how to integrate this workforce into clinic workflow and care teams. Both providers and community health workers were interviewed to share their […]
Webinar Slides(PDF) Peers are an important component of supporting people experiencing homelessness in accessing health care and navigating complex support systems. During COVID, peers have taken on expanded roles with different types of engagement like telehealth. This webinar will feature peer staff and individuals who supervise peers to discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
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Webinar Slides(PDF) As we begin a new year witnessing both the ongoing suffering from COVID-19 and a sense of optimism for vaccination efforts, join the National Health Care for the Homeless Council for a series of coffee chats reflecting on the pandemic and its impact on us as individuals and as a community. The facilitated
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On January 22, Council staff will facilitate Living Through a Pandemic: How are You Doing?, an opportunity to contemplate and acknowledge the grief, loss, and unique challenges of working at a Health Care for the Homeless organization during the COVID-19 pandemic. Attendees are invited to share their experiences and find connection through the broader community.
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Webinar Slides(PDF) Issue Brief on Vaccines(PDF) As vaccines for COVID-19 are approved and become available for distribution, there are many questions about when they will be available for people experiencing homelessness as well as staff working in community-based programs (such as health centers and homeless shelters). This discussion will identify the main challenges to vaccinating
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Save this to your Calendar Come as you are! All are welcome. This practice is intended to be accessible for all, trauma-informed, and easy to do at your desk in the middle of a work day. Yoga instructor Deirdre Hoey (LCSW-C, RYT200) is a therapist at Baltimore’s Health Care for the Homeless program with over
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Webinar Slides(PDF) Poverty Policy Podcast, Episode 9: Resilience(LINK) Mobilizer newsletter(LINK) Sometimes a bubble bath isn’t enough. Before the national pandemic, homeless health care providers suffered from high rates of burn-out, stress, and vicarious trauma. Now during a public health crisis, we question what it really means to build resiliency and find time for self-care.
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