Fact Sheet

Supporting Medical Respite Clients Who Live with Mental Health Conditions

Mental health conditions may impact a person’s ability to engage in productive activities (such as work, school, or self-care), develop and sustain health relationships, or adapt to change and cope with adversity. However, like all health conditions, a person’s experience of their mental health conditions changes and is greatly impacted by factors such as acuity […]

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Harm Reduction Approaches to Supporting Clients with Past or Current Substance Use in Medical Respite Settings

Stays in medical respite offer an excellent opportunity for clients to consider engaging in substance use treatment or modifying their use. The stability of medical respite programs – providing medical supports and consistent access to lodging, food, and medications – can actively facilitate clients’ desired behavior changes and substance use goals, even if their goal

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Medical Respite Care Programs Add Value to States, Hospitals & Payors

H.R.1 made significant changes to how states finance their Medicaid programs and added eligibility restrictions such as work requirements and more frequent redeterminations. Together, these changes will result in fewer people enrolled in Medicaid and fewer resources for states to fund the program. At the same time, the Trump Administration has raised concerns about fraud

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Codifying Protections for “Sensitive Locations:” Ensuring Safe Access to Care

What is “protecting sensitive locations” guidance? In 2011, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued guidance prohibiting immigration enforcement actions in certain “sensitive locations,” which included hospitals. The guidance applied to arrests, searches, inspections, seizures, interviews, surveillance, and other enforcement activities. In 2021, DHS expanded on this guidance to prohibit enforcement “at or near” a

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Homelessness and Health: What’s the Connection?

The connection between housing and homelessness is generally intuitive, but the equally strong link between health and homelessness is often overlooked. Homelessness includes a broad range of children/youth, families, older/elderly people, those who are disabled, and many others who lack permanent housing. While individual health care needs vary widely, all people need — and deserve

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Promising Practices for Ending the HIV Epidemic through Integrated MOUD Care

Health centers play a vital role in prevention and treatment of HIV and Hepatitis C to improve overall access to care. This fact sheet provides an overview of best practices in engagement in care at this intersection and discusses prevention strategies to reduce rates of coinfection. One Page Fact Sheet Summary Download Now (One Page

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Impact of Civil Commitment Executive Order on the HCH Community

On July 24, 2025, the President issued an Executive Order (EO) entitled “Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets” that threatens the safety and civil rights of people with mental health or substance use disorders and directly calls on states to arrest and institutionalize people experiencing homelessness, among other provisions. The Administration clarified its intent

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