Leading Voices – Julia Dobbins

Julia Dobbins is the Director of Programs and Services for NIMRC.

I’ve seen the long term impact a medical respite stay can have on someone’s life. Providing a safe place for people to be when they are sick or hurt is imperative to our collective humanity. Until we eradicate homelessness from this country, NIMRC will be here to ensure that people without homes have a place to heal and recover, and that our communities have the training, resources, and support to build these programs.

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Leading Voices – Bobby Watts – Why NIMRC

Bobby Watts is Director of the NIMRC Initiative and CEO of the National Health Care for the Homeless Council.

I am very excited to be part of the establishment of the National Institute for Medical Respite Care (NIMRC) as a special initiative of the National Health Care for the Homeless Council. The purpose of NIMRC is to improve, promote, and expand the practice of Medical Respite Care (MRC) throughout the country. To accomplish these goals, we will foster and promote strategic partnerships at the national and local level and will provide state-of-the art Training and Technical Assistance, customized consultative services, research, and policy analysis and advocacy. I’d like to address three questions in my first entry for Leading Voices:

  • Why Expand Medical Respite Care?
  • Why Us?
  • and Why Now?

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National Institute for Medical Respite Care to Launch July 15

National Institute for Medical Respite Care to Launch July 15 (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — On July 15, 2020, the National Health Care for the Homeless Council will launch the National Institute for Medical Respite Care (NIMRC), the first-of-its-kind institute to identify best practices, offer expert services, and advance state-of-the-field knowledge in medical respite care (also known

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No Justice, No Peace

No Justice, No Peace The trauma of racism is compounded by the lack of constructive national leadership. This is especially true when elected officials and others seem intent on escalating violence and sowing purposeful divisions between people. All this prevents both progress and unity. According to Bobby Watts, CEO of the NHCHC, “America’s ‘original sin’

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$500,000 Philanthropic Partnership: Kaiser Permanente and the National Health Care for the Homeless Council

$500,000 Philanthropic Partnership: Kaiser Permanente and the National Health Care for the Homeless Council Sixteen nonprofits meeting the health needs of people experiencing homelessness in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic have been awarded a half-million dollars in grants through a funding partnership between Kaiser Permanente and the National Health Care for the Homeless Council

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NHCHC Commends Passage of CARES Act, Emphasizes a Long Road Ahead

NHCHC Commends Passage of CARES Act, Emphasizes a Long Road Ahead NASHVILLE, TN, March 30, 2020 – The president signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (H.R. 748) into law on March 27, 2020, providing $2 trillion in direct spending to address the COVID-19 pandemic.  The Council advocated for the inclusion of

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