A brief to improve health care quality and outcomes for people experiencing homelessness during the COVID-19 response by strengthening partnerships between homelessness assistance systems and medical respite care (MRC) providers. This brief features the views of both Continuums of Care (CoCs) and MRC staff about how to best integrate operations at the systemic level, as well as featuring a community spotlight on the CoC-MRC partnership in Yakima, Washington.
The creation of this document was led by Barbara DiPietro, Ph.D. and the National Health Care for the Homeless Council and includes contributions from the following Framework partners: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities • Barbara Poppe and associates • Matthew Doherty Consulting
Categories:
Medical Respite Care, Policy and Advocacy, Policy Issues