2024 National HCH Conference

2024 Keynote by James J. O’Connell, MD – Closing Plenary & Panel Discussion

James J. O’Connell, MD President, Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School A graduate of the University of Notre Dame, Cambridge University, and Harvard Medical School, Dr. O’Connell began full-time clinical work with people experiencing homelessness in 1985 as the founding physician of the Boston Health Care for […]

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LL – Service Delivery and Reimbursement Models for Utilizing Nurse-Led Care Across HCH Settings

Nurse-led care models are often underutilized and can have a significant impact on individual patients’ lives and on community and population health outcomes. Co-sponsored with the National Nurse Led Care Consortium (NNCC), this session will discuss various models for building and operating nurse-led care teams across a variety of settings. Speakers will provide case examples

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LL – Next Steps in Addressing Encampment Sweeps

Encampment sweeps have become an all-too-common response to unsheltered homelessness in many communities. Unfortunately, these forcible removals are rarely accompanied by permanent housing and only serve to destabilize people, disconnect them from housing and services, and do nothing to solve homelessness. This Learning Lab will feature updates on the status of encampment sweeps (and other

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LL – HHRC Advanced Care Planning for People Who Use Drugs

Speakers: Devora Keller, Director of Clinical Quality Improvement, National Health Care for the Homeless Council; Michael Light; Jessica Naugle; Tanya Majumde; Melanie Bien; Rana Gardner, Lead Services Navigator, Pathways to Housing PA Session Materials: ACP PWUD.pdf 5 wishes.pdf Light_2024_Trauma-Informed Skills to Start ACP Conversations.pdf Emergency Contact HER templates for Discussion and Documentation.docx MI Communication Skills.pdf

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LL – Evaluations in Health Care for the Homeless Programs

Encampment sweeps have become an all-too-common response to unsheltered homelessness in many communities. Unfortunately, these forcible removals are rarely accompanied by permanent housing and only serve to destabilize people, disconnect them from housing and services, and do nothing to solve homelessness. This Learning Lab will feature updates on the status of encampment sweeps (and other

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Intervening at the Corner of Homelessness and Health: How to Rapidly Increase Capacity for Medical Respite

Medical respite care is an essential intervention to end and prevent homelessness. In the shadow of the COVID pandemic, this need looms larger than ever. This workshop will introduce a successful statewide capacity-building model that can be duplicated in states seeking to sustainably grow their network of medical respite programs. The state leader of this

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Housing is Health Care: Leveraging Medicaid Waivers to Strengthen Housing First Programs

This workshop — at the intersection of policy and practice — will explore the regulatory background enabling Medicaid “supportive housing” waivers, emerging data on housing and health, and the policies, politics, and partnerships that made possible a state’s six-year state pilot (which will be expanded statewide in FY2025). Outcomes from a five-year state study will

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