Webinars
The National Health Care for the Homeless Council offers free webinars on a variety of topics of interest to the homeless health care field.
Featured Webinars:
Sustainability for Medical Respite Programs: Strategies and Recommendations | Oct. 18 at 2 p.m. CDT
All events are listed in Central Time. This webinar will provide an overview of the importance of finding sustainable funding for medical respite programs, explore value-based contracting, and uncover methods to maximize billable services. This will include strategies and tactics to assist in working with a variety of financing partners. During the webinar, we will share real-world case studies to illustrate successful approaches, and reserve time for questions.Format – Title goes here | Weds, October 12 | 1:00 pm
All events are listed in Central Time.
The short description is placed here….
Read More and Register
No upcoming webinars at this time.
Check back laterUpcoming Webinars:
Popular Webinars
Archived Webinars
- Clinical Practice
- Diseases and Conditions
- Homeless Services
- Medical Respite Care
- Special Populations
- Forging Partnerships
- Policy, Advocacy, and Consumer Engagement
Adapted Clinical Guidelines
- Adapted Anticipatory Guidance for Infants and Toddlers
- The 2019 Revised Adapted Clinical Guidelines: Medication Management for Patients Experiencing Homelessness Diagnosed with Diabetes
Adverse Childhood Experiences
Assessment and Intake
- Ask & Code: Documenting Homelessness Throughout the Health Care System
- HRSA Needs Assessment for HCH Grantees
Competency
EHRs and UDS
- HCH Benchmarking: 2016 Uniform Data System Summary and UDS Mapper Review
- We All Do IT: UDS and Reporting Software
- Ready, Set, Go: The Road to Meaningful Use of EHRs
- HCH Staffing and Services: National Trends and Implications for Growth
- Moving Forward with Meaningful Use in the HCH Setting
- A Structural Framework for Meaningful Use of EHR in the HCH Setting
Palliative Care
Patient-Centered Medical Home
- Patient-Centered Medical Home: Introduction to the Concept
- Steps to NCQA Recognition for Patient-Centered Medical Home
- Patient-Centered Medical Home: A Case Study on Achieving Level 3
- Patient-Centered Medical Home: Case Study Featuring Mary Howard Health Center
- Patient-Centered Medical Home: Case Study Featuring Yakima Neighborhood Health Services
- Optimizing Health Care for LGBT People in Patient-Centered Medical Homes
- Leading Transformation to a Patient-Centered Medical Home
- Patient-Centered Medical Home Updates for Safety Net Providers
Preventive Care
Quality Improvement/Quality Assurance
- Laying the Groundwork for Meeting QI/QA Program Expectations in an HCH Setting: Lessons Learned in San Francisco
- Laying the Groundwork for Meeting QI/QA Requirements: Action Steps Taken
Reproductive Health
Social Determinants of Health
Street Medicine
- Administrative Concerns in Street Medicine: Assuring Quality without Sacrificing Mission
- Street Medicine for Gravely Mentally Ill Patients: Strategies for Establishing Conservatorship
Telehealth
- Building the Plane While Flying It: Health Care for the Homeless, Telehealth and COVID-19, Part II
- Building the Plane While Flying It: Health Care for the Homeless, Telehealth, and COVID-19
- Using Telehealth Services for Patient Care
- Clinicians’ Coffee Chat: Using Telehealth to Manage Diabetes
- Tele-Behavioral Health in Homeless Health Care: Why Is It Hard, and What Can We Do About It?
- It Begins with a Connection: Communicating with Patients Who Are Homeless through Community Voice Mail
Other Topics
- Preparing for HRSA Operational Site Visits
- The Humanism Pocket Tool: Finding the Joy in Treating Challenging Patients
- Tips and Techniques to Support Residents Adapting to the Smoking Ban in Public Housing
- Mitigating Risk: Seven Important Things You Need to Know about Volunteer Background Checks
- HCH Quality Leaders: Key Practices and Improvement Strategies
- Self-Care Basics in HCH Settings
- Public Entity HCH Grantees and Co-Applicant Arrangements
Chronic Pain
Comorbidities
Coronavirus
- Increasing Access to COVID-19 Vaccines Among Homeless Populations: Successful Partnerships Series
- Discussion Forum: Using Health Center Funding from the American Rescue Plan Act to Improve Care for People Experiencing Homelessness
- Homeless Mortality and the Impact of COVID-19
- COVID-19 & the HCH Community: Vaccines for Clients and Staff
- Winter is Coming: Flu & COVID-19
- COVID-19 Coffee Chat: How to Be a Single-Payer Advocate During a Pandemic
- Building the Plane While Flying It: Health Care for the Homeless, Telehealth and COVID-19, Part II
- Building the Plane While Flying It: Health Care for the Homeless, Telehealth, and COVID-19
- Testing for COVID-19 in Homeless Shelters & Encampments: Discussing CDC’s New Health Department Guidance & NHCHC’s Newest Issue Brief
- Consumer Experiences in Isolation and Quarantine
- Compounding Oppression: Antiracism in COVID-19 Response
- Building Resilience for Front Line Providers: What Does “Self-Care” Really Look Like?
- Organizational Strategies for Supporting the Mental Health & Wellness of Providers & Staff
- Addressing the Pandemic in Rural Communities
- Continuity of Care for Residents in Permanent Supportive Housing
- Using Telehealth Services for Patient Care
- Structuring I/Q Sites for People Experiencing Homelessness: Examples and Guidance from Alameda County’s Project Roomkey
- Testing for COVID-19 in Homeless Shelters
- Safer at Home? COVID-19 and Domestic Violence
- Avoiding Civil Detention: Responding to Clients Who Violate Isolation Orders
- Supporting Clients’ Mental Health During Isolation and Quarantine
- The Role of Medical Respite Care in COVID-19 Response
- Reaching Unsheltered People
- Coronavirus and the HCH Community: Status Updates, Available Guidance, Local Preparations, and Outstanding Issues
- Clinical Pandemic Response for People Without Homes—Insights from Seattle & King County
Diabetes
- How to Conduct a Root Cause Analysis for Diabetes Prevention
- Food Insecurity and Trauma-Informed Approaches to BMI and Diabetes Care While Experiencing Homelessness
- Clinicians’ Coffee Chat: Diabetes and Nutrition
- Clinicians’ Coffee Chat: Diabetes and Co-occurring Disorders
- Clinicians’ Coffee Chat: Community Health Workers in Diabetes Care and Prevention
- Clinicians’ Coffee Chat: Using Telehealth to Manage Diabetes
- The 2019 Revised Adapted Clinical Guidelines: Medication Management for Patients Experiencing Homelessness Diagnosed with Diabetes
- Nutrition and Diabetes: How Medical Nutrition Therapy Can Improve Diabetes Management
- Oral Health and Diabetes for Patients Experiencing Homelessness
- The Audacity to Be Bold: Addressing Diabetes in the Homeless Population
- Nutrition and Diabetes: Special Considerations for Clients who Are Unstably Housed
Hepatitis
- Hepatitis A Vaccination for People Experiencing Homelessness (2020)
- Hepatitis A Vaccination Among Persons Experiencing Homelessness (2019)
HIV/AIDS
- A Year On: Revisiting PrEP for HIV Prevention
- Implementing HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) in a Homeless Primary Care Clinic
- Integrating Routine HIV Testing into Care: Strategies for Improvement and Partnership
Influenza
Lead Poisoning
Mental Health Conditions
- Supporting Clients’ Mental Health During Isolation and Quarantine
- Integrating Behavioral Health & Primary Care for People Experiencing Homelessness
Substance Use Disorder, Harm Reduction, and MAT
- Medication-Assisted Treatment in the HCH Community: Strategies for Expanding Services
- Treating Opioid Addiction in Homeless Populations: Challenges and Opportunities Providing Medication Assisted Treatment (Buprenorphine)
- The SPOT: Boston’s New Harm Reduction Program for Opioid Users Forges New Ground
- Medication-Assisted Treatment: Changes in Federal Policy Will Help Increase Access to Opioid Treatment in the HCH Community
Trauma
- A Trauma-Informed Learning Collaborative: Moving from Theory to Practice
- Trauma-Informed Organizations Learning Collaborative
- Hope, Transformation, and Post-Traumatic Growth
- The Abyss: Addiction, Homelessness, and Trauma
- Trauma is the Public Health Issue of Our Time
- Being Trauma Informed and Its Role in Ending Homelessness
Traumatic Brain Injury
Anti-Racism
- Winter is Coming: Evictions & Social Upheaval
- Anti-Racism Advocacy & Consumer Perspectives
- Community “Meet-Up” on Racism and Oppression
- Minority Stress and Trauma-Informed Approaches
Cold Weather Sheltering Plan
- Winter is Coming: Cold Weather & Disasters
- Developing a Cold Weather Sheltering Plan for People Experiencing Homelessness
Cultural Competency
Employment
Health Care for the Homeless
- A Costing Tool You Can Use: Demonstrating the Value of Services for People Experiencing Homelessness
- Introduction to the Health Care for the Homeless Model of Care
- Demonstrating Value: Measuring the Value and Impact of the Health Care for the Homeless Grantees
- Health Care for the Homeless Models of Integrated Care
- The FQHC HCH/PH Application Process
- Start with a Strong Foundation: Council Resources for Training Your Staff in HCH Core Competencies
Housing
- Housing is Health Care: An In-Depth Look at Denver HCH’s Integrated Model of Care
- Housing is Health Care: Prevalence and Considerations across the Housing Spectrum
Intimate Partner Violence
- Safer at Home? COVID-19 and Domestic Violence
- Responding to Intimate Partner Violence (IPV): Tools & Resources for HCH Staff
Outreach
- Homeless Outreach: A Pre-Treatment Guide
- Making the Business Case for Integrated Community Health Outreach Programs
- Motivational Interviewing: An Overview with Application for Outreach for the HCH Setting
- Tailoring Outreach for the HCH Field
Self-Care and Safety
Showers and Hygiene
Transitional Care
General Skills
Basics
- Outcome and Data Recommendations for Medical Respite Programs: Using Data to Tell the Story
- Medical Respite Start Ups: Lessons Learned and Recommendations
- Proposed Minimum Standards for Medical Respite Programs
- Somewhere to Heal: An Introduction to Medical Respite Care
- Medical Respite Care: Filling a Void in Homeless Health Care Services
Models of Care
Financing
- Medicaid & Managed Care Financing Strategies that Support Medical Respite Care Programs
- Financing Medical Respite Care: A Practical Discussion to Ensure Sustainability
Infection Control
Cognitive Impairment
Coronavirus
Children, Youth, and Families
- Adapted Anticipatory Guidance for Infants and Toddlers
- Clinicians’ Coffee Chat: Family Homelessness
- Promoting Healthy Habits: Innovative Nutrition Education & Physical Activity Programs for Homeless Children & Families
- Home Visiting Program for Underserved Families (for Clinicians)
- Home Visiting Program for Underserved Families (for Administrators)
Justice-Involved Populations
- Law Enforcement & Homelessness: Forging Fruitful Partnerships
- Health Reform and Justice-Involved Populations: Opportunities for the HCH Community
LGBTQ
- The Health of LGBT People: Ending Disparities, Ending Invisibility
- Optimizing Health Care for LGBT People in Patient-Centered Medical Homes
Older Adults
Rural Homelessness
Veterans
Women
- Forsake Me Not: How HCH Providers Can Deliver Better Care to Pregnant Women Experiencing Homelessness
- Distinct Health Disparities of LGBQ Women Experiencing Homelessness
- An Attack on Women: The Intersection of Violence and Homelessness
- Assessing the Needs of Women in Medical Respite
- The Nexus of Sex Work and Homelessness
- Safety Planning with Women Experiencing Homelessness
- Minority Stress: Racism and Women’s Issues
- Trauma-Informed Cervical Cancer Screening in Women with Experience of Homelessness: Translating Principles Into Practice
Youth Without Homes
Hospital and Insurer Partnerships
- The Role of Hospitals in Addressing Barriers to Care
- Serving Patients Experiencing Homelessness in Hospital Systems
- Hospital Community Benefit Funding: Potential Resources to Meet the Needs of Homeless Populations
- Managed Care and Homeless Populations: Linking the HCH Community and MCO Partners
Housing Authorities
Law Enforcement
Shelter Health
Medical-Legal Partnerships
Community Health Workers
Consumer Governance
- Rejuvenate Consumer Leadership: Lessons from the Updated Consumer Advisory Board Manual
- Effectiveness in Consumer Governance
- Consumer Involvement in Governance
Events & Observances
- From Darkness to Light: Honoring Success and Resilience at the Summer Solstice
- Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day: How to Plan, Organize, and Remember
- Organizing Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day Events
- Planning for HCH Day Activities
- 2014 HCH Day
Health Reform
- COVID-19 Coffee Chat: How to Be a Single-Payer Advocate During a Pandemic
- Health Reform & the HCH Community: What You Need to KNOW, What You Need to DO
- Health Reform & Homeless Populations: What Does the Law Do for You?
- Health Reform and Justice-Involved Populations: Opportunities for the HCH Community
- Health Reform and Medicaid Expansion: HCH Lessons Learned from Three States
Legislative Visits
Medicaid
- Webinar: Medicaid Unwinding: Helping Service Recipients Keep Their Health Care Coverage cohosted by NHCHC, CSH, and NAEH — Webinar slides| March 2023
- Medicaid & Managed Care Financing Strategies that Support Medical Respite Care Programs
- Implications of Medicaid Expansion on HCH Health Centers: Learning from Experience
- Living and Working in the Coverage Gap: Homeless Health Care in States Yet to Expand Medicaid
- Web Briefing: Early Impacts of the Medicaid Expansion for the Homeless Population
- Medicaid’s Home and Community-Based Services Program: An Orientation for Homeless Health Care Providers
- Connecting Homeless Individuals to Medicaid and Health Care Services: Key Lessons From HCH Administrators and Frontline Workers
Voter Registration
- Voting Series Part Two: Mobilizing People Experiencing Homelessness To Turn Out and Vote
- Voting Series Part One: Registering People Experiencing Homelessness to Vote
- Voter Registration and Engagement for the Health Care for the Homeless Community
- You Don’t Need a Home to Vote: Election Activities for HCH Projects