2024 National HCH Conference

Homelessness Is Not a Binary: The Continuum of Care When Homelessness is a Chronic Comorbidity

Clinicians rarely ask patients about their health history related to recovering from homelessness. Through case studies, lived experience, oncological and epigenetic research, and group discussions, this session will explore the importance of evaluating chronic health issues with homelessness as a comorbidity even after patients have regained housing stability and recovered from homelessness. The session will […]

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NYC Street Medicine: A Human-Centered Approach in Healthcare to Housing, and Housing to Health

Just as housing can lead to health, so too can health care lead to housing. This endeavor is foundational to the Street Health Outreach & Wellness (SHOW) initiative, run by New York City Health + Hospitals, the largest municipal healthcare organization in the nation. From a human-centered aim, the SHOW program utilizes street medicine and

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LL – Environmental Emergencies: We Can Help, The Lived Experience Perspective

While an environmental emergency can be traumatic for entire communities, people experiencing homelessness are particularly devastated and predominantly ignored by emergency response efforts. We know, however, that people experiencing homelessness (and people who formerly experienced homelessness) are extremely resilient and often support one another to find solutions that can inspire and influence the greater community

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A New Syndemic Approach: Domestic Violence, Homelessness and Harm Reduction

This workshop seeks to engage participants in reflection and conversation about the intersection of domestic violence, substance use, and homelessness while also identifying concrete and practical intervention strategies providers can begin to implement to best serve all our participants, and in this case specifically intimate partner violence survivors. Speaker: Tanagra Melgarejo, Author, MSW, National Learning

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Mortal Systemic Exclusion and the State of Homeless Mortality

This session will provide an overview on what we currently know about homeless mortality in the U.S. Currently, there are no national estimates of how many people die while experiencing homelessness. However, local jurisdictions and organizations have developed their own methods for determining homeless deaths. Speakers will describe these local efforts and opportunities for aligning

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Maximizing the Synergy of Health Care, Housing, and Value Based Care

This session will discuss the relationship between health and housing (or lack of housing), and share recent and current collaborations that demonstrate how quality supportive housing improves health, particularly for the chronically homeless. Panelists will share public housing financing models, support services in both metropolitan and rural communities, value-based care initiatives, and case studies. Presenters

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Engaging consumers in research to improve diabetes and wellness for people who have experienced homelessness

An evidence gap exists between the findings of decades of research to improve diabetes outcomes in low resource communities and persistently poor outcomes and premature mortality among people experiencing homelessness with diabetes compared to their stably housed peers. The Hennepin Healthcare team found that from 2017-2021, Minnesotans who used homeless services had a diabetes mortality

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PCI – Medical Respite: Honoring the Past and Looking to the Future

Medical respite care continues to grow and 2024 marks the 20th anniversary of the Respite Care Providers’ Network (RCPN). This PCI will focus on how communities can continue to expand their programs and services to holistically address the needs of clients, while grounding themselves in the Standards for Medical Respite Care and the history of

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