Homeless Persons' Memorial Day 2023

On Dec. 21, We Honor Those We’ve Lost and Renew our Resolve to Fight Injustice

On the first day of winter and the longest night of the year, people in our communities will die without a home. Each Dec. 21, we gather for Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day to memorialize and honor our family, friends, patients/clients, and community members who experienced the injustice of homelessness. Please join the the National Consumer […]

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Invest in hope and healing this holiday season

Donate Today to Improve Access to Equitable, High-Quality Health Care and End Homelessness!

The National Health Care for the Homeless Council has been offering hope and healing for nearly 40 years. Through training, research, and advocacy we have been working to build an equitable, high-quality health care system in the movement to end homelessness. Today, our work is more important than ever and we need your support! We set

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Community Conversation on April 9 Will Explore Family Homelessness

Bring your questions, ideas, success stories, and challenges to this discussion of how clinicians can support families experiencing homelessness. In this interactive Community Conversation, interviewees from the recent Healing Hands on family homelessness will share their experiences and discuss issues surrounding family homelessness with participants. Community Conversations are not webinars: they are discussions on issues

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Kennetha Patterson smiling in front of a photo display

Photo Project Explores Challenges of Quitting Tobacco while Experiencing Homelessness

In the winter of 2025, the National Health Care for the Homeless Council engaged five lived-experience leaders in Nashville to explore challenges people experiencing homelessness face when trying to reduce or quit tobacco usage. Over this four-session project, facilitated by NHCHC’s Consumer Engagement Coordinator Sandra Mooney, participants reflected on the struggles they have faced by

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Celebrating certification

15 Reasons to Celebrate: Meet the First NIMRC Certified Medical Respite Programs

Five years ago, the National Institute for Medical Respite Care (NIMRC) was created as a special program of the National Health Care for the Homeless Council to help expand and advance medical respite care. It is an understatement to say the program has exceeded expectations. Creating a voluntary Medical Respite Certification process is just one

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