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NHCHC Coffee Break: 30 min do-at-your-desk Yoga for Combatting Exhaustion

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NHCHC Coffee Break: 15 Minute Yoga

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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Building Resilience for Front Line Providers: What Does “Self-Care” Really Look Like?

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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Organizational Strategies for Supporting the Mental Health & Wellness of Providers & Staff

  Webinar Slides(PDF) Trauma Informed Practice(PDF) Implicit Bias and COVID-19(PDF) The Psychological Impact of Quarantine(PDF) Resource List(PDF)   Healthcare systems and administrators play a critical role in maintaining the psychological safety and emotional wellness of their staff. The COVID19 pandemic has put healthcare providers at higher risk to experience traumatic stress with limited reprieve. During

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One HCH Center’s Framework for a Safe and Healthy Environment

  One HCH Center’s Framework for a Safe and Healthy Environment slides(PDF) Value-Based Decision-Making Outline(PDF) AHCH Framework for a Healthy and Safe Campus Environment(PDF)   By design, HCH organizations are committed to engaging and serving the most vulnerable populations in unconventional settings, through innovative mechanisms. As such, the work is laden with tensions: welcoming while

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Mitigating Risk: Seven Important Things You Need to Know about Volunteer Background Checks

Webinar Slides(PDF) Employee screening is increasingly required for health centers and other nonprofits serving people without homes, and many organizations are expanding their screening practices to include volunteers and board members. Your reputation is paramount, and one rogue volunteer can negatively impact your program’s credibility, fundraising, and recruitment. Supporting best practices, the National HCH Council

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Self-Care Basics in HCH Settings

Webinar Slides(PDF) This webinar will look at how to check-in with yourself, offer some techniques for self-care, and discuss resources for getting help if you need it. Taking care of ourselves is always important, but it can be especially challenging for those in caring professions. Burnout, compassion fatigue, and secondary trauma pose risks to the well-being

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