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Fact sheet: “Bipartisan Safer Communities Act” A Summary for the HCH Community

On June 25, 2022, The President signed into law the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, the first major piece of gun legislation since the 1994 Gun Violence Prevention Act. While the law covers domestic violence offenders, expanded background checks, and red flag laws, it also increases funding for mental health services, school safety, crisis intervention programs, […]

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Fact Sheet: Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) for Opioid Use Disorder for People Experiencing Homelessness

Overdose deaths in the United States have reached epidemic levels, with over 100,000 deaths reported between April 2020 and April 2021. Approximately 75% of those deaths were caused by opioids (driven by the synthetic opioid fentanyl), which makes preventing opioid-related overdoses and expanding access to opioid-use disorder (OUD) treatment specifically important. People experiencing homelessness are

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COVID-19 & the HCH Community: Maintaining Access to Dental Services

The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a toll on the dental industry worldwide, causing most practices to close initially due to the high-risk nature of dentistry. Awaiting leading health organizations to develop new guidelines, dental practices struggled to reopen in the early months of lockdown, and while most practices have made progress to reopen, maintaining access

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Oral Health and Diabetes in Patients Experiencing Homelessness

This publication with the National Network for Oral Health Access examines the connections between periodontal disease, diabetes, and homelessness. The limited access to health care experienced by people without homes creates poor health outcomes and a lack of preventive care for chronic conditions, including diabetes and periodontal disease. Learn the answers to frequently asked questions

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Suicide and Homelessness: Data Trends in Suicide and Mental Health Among Homeless Populations

This fact sheet was developed by the National Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) Council as part of a series related to emerging issues in the HCH field. To determine areas of interest, the Council met with the HCH Clinician’s Network Steering Committee and together, prioritized those topics that the clinicians identified the need of

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Prevention & Response to Infectious Diseases Within the Homeless Population(2016)

The recent multi state outbreaks of measles and global outbreaks of the zika and ebola virus underscore the need for comprehensive and effective community emergency response plans. In response to these and past outbreaks, government agencies, local and state health departments, and other entities have developed and implemented prevention and outbreak response procedures to reduce

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