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Tips and Techniques to Support Residents Adapting to the Smoking Ban in Public Housing

PowerPoint Slides(PDF) Join us for the second session in our CME-accredited 2018 Spring Virtual Training webinar series, “Responding to Crises.” In November 2016, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released a final rule requiring local public housing agencies (PHAs) to adopt smoke-free policies for federally-owned housing by July 2018. Smoke-free housing aligns […]

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The Role of Hospitals in Addressing Barriers to Care

Webinar Slides(PDF) For patients experiencing homelessness, health issues are easily exacerbated by the harsh conditions and stress of living without homes. Access to coordinated, comprehensive health care and community services is essential to providing better health outcomes, but navigating community health systems can be especially difficult for homeless populations. We are pleased to provide this

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Employment Support in the HCH Setting

Webinar Slides(PDF) This webinar will address several approaches HCH projects can take to support consumers in considering, looking for, obtaining, and maintaining gainful employment. Unemployment and homelessness are very closely associated, but many individuals who are homeless are not only able but also eager to work. People who are homeless may already engage in temporary

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Introduction to the Health Care for the Homeless Model of Care

Webinar Slides(PDF) Meeting the complex needs of patients experiencing homelessness can be difficult to do in traditional health care settings. Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) Programs are specifically designed to meet the specialized health care needs of these patients. This webinar will give an overview of the HCH Program and the models of care

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Serving Patients Experiencing Homelessness in Hospital Systems

Serving Patients Experiencing Homelessness in Hospital Systems slides(PPT) Mobilizer Interview with Josh Green(PDF) Trinity Health HCH Example Book(PDF) Trinity RHM Homeless Scorecard FY17(PDF) Policy Brief_Respite Financing(PDF) Homelessness Quality Brief June 2015(PDF)   Patients experiencing homelessness have complex needs that are difficult to meet in fragmented systems. Providing coordinated care helps to better manage conditions, reduce

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Diabetes in Special and Vulnerable Populations: A National Learning Series

Diabetes affects more than 30 million people in the United States. Multi-tiered efforts to prevent, treat and manage diabetes are critical in reducing the burden of diabetes, particularly for medically underserved racial and ethnic minority populations. In addition to higher prevalence, ethnic and racial minority patients with diabetes have higher mortality and higher rates of

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Nutrition and Diabetes: Special Considerations for Clients who Are Unstably Housed

Webinar Slides(PDF) Diabetes occurs at approximately the same rate in the homeless and general populations; however, diagnosis and management of diabetes in individuals experiencing homelessness remains greatly challenging. Homelessness creates additional difficulties when clients are trying to manage diabetes within the constraints of living in a shelter or on the streets, and having access to

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