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Models of Partnership: Using Community Collaboration through Skilled Nursing Facilities to Increase Access to Medical Respite Care (Executive Summary)

This executive summary presents findings from a joint project of the National Institute for Medical Respite Care and CommonSpirit examining how communities are building partnerships between hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and medical respite care programs. People experiencing homelessness who need skilled nursing care often cannot access it, and medical respite programs cannot safely serve them, […]

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Weather Emergencies and Homelessness: Findings from the 2026 Consumer Participation Outreach (CPO) Survey

This report shares findings from the 10th Consumer Participation Outreach (CPO) Survey, a community-based survey designed and carried out by leaders with lived experience of homelessness through the National Consumer Advisory Board (NCAB). The 2026 survey asked 122 people experiencing homelessness in Boston, Cincinnati, and Denver how health centers can better support them before, during,

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Reporting on Homeless Mortality: Data Sources and Considerations

As more states and local jurisdictions continue publishing homeless mortality reports, it is becoming clear that the varying methodologies used to collect and report this data make it difficult to estimate broader national estimates. This limits our understanding of the nationwide impact of homelessness on the likelihood of dying. Different data sources and reporting categories

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Leveraging SOAR in Health Centers and Medical Respite Programs

Our team at the National Health Care for the Homeless Council is thrilled to share a new resource highlighting ways in which health centers and medical respite care (MRC) programs can use the SSI/SSDI Outreach, Access, and Recovery (SOAR) model to help participants with disabling conditions obtain disability income (SSI/SSDI). In partnership with the SAMHSA

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Consumer Perspectives on Behavioral Health and Health Equity: 2022 Consumer Participation Outreach (CPO) Survey Report

This report shares findings from the ninth Consumer Participation Outreach (CPO) survey, a community-based research project coordinated by the National Consumer Advisory Board (NCAB) and Council staff, in which trained consumers interview other consumers at HCH sites. COVID-19 had a significant impact on people’s well-being and mental health, while support systems and service provision were

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Executive Summary of the Medical Respite Literature Review

This executive summary gives a brief overview of the findings from the Medical Respite Literature Review: An Update on the Evidence for Medical Respite Care, along with recommendations for practice and advocacy. The review covered 45 articles and publications from 2010 to 2020 to describe existing medical respite programs, identify the need for them, and

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Building the Evidence Base for Medical Respite Care: A Participatory and Inclusive Research Agenda

This report presents a participatory and patient-centered research agenda for medical respite care, funded through a Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Eugene Washington Engagement Award. It grew out of a two-day project summit with stakeholders from more than 22 medical respite programs and communities, many of whom have lived experience of homelessness, along with a

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PCORI Project Summary: A Participatory and Inclusive Research Agenda for Medical Respite Care

This two-page summary is the short companion to the full report, Building the Evidence Base for Medical Respite Care: A Participatory and Inclusive Research Agenda. It describes the PCORI-funded stakeholder engagement project in which NIMRC hosted 63 stakeholders from 22 medical respite programs, 30% of them people with lived experience of homelessness, for a two-day

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