2009 National Conference Committee Nomination Form
2008 National Conference Evaluation Form
Wednesday, June 11
7:00 - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast / Registration for Pre-conference Institutes
8:30 am - 4:30 pm Pre-conference Institutes (materials added 6/25)
3:00 - 6:00 pm HCH Conference Registration
8:00 pm Sicko showing

Thursday, June 12
7:30 am - 5:30 pm Conference Registration / Resource Room Open
7:30 - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 10:00 am Susan L. Neibacher Address: The Experience of Exclusion
Ellen Daily Consumer Advocate Award
10:30 - 12:00 noon Workshops:
  • Educating Today's and Tomorrow's Healthcare Providers...info (materials added 6/25)
  • Engaging hospital support for respite programs...info (materials added 6/24)
  • Obtaining SSI/SSDI for people who are homeless...info
  • Collaborating to Provide Mental Health and Medical Services in Outreach...info
  • Strengthening HCH Health Care Plans...info (materials added 6/19 audio file added 7/7)
  • Innovative Ideas About Staff Training: A Discussion on Challenges & Solutions...info
  • Meditation and Stress Reduction...info
  • Clinical Care of Sex Workers...info (materials added 6/16)
  • Treating Addictions with Medication...info
  • (materials added 6/26)
  • HIV and Homelessness...info
12:15 - 1:30 pm Luncheon
2:00 - 3:30 pm Workshops:
  • Coordinating Services and Benefits for Homeless Veterans...info
  • (materials added 6/25)
  • HCH/CHC Partnerships: Collaborations that Work...info
  • (materials updated and added 6/25)
  • Optimizing the Office Performance Review (OPR) Process...info
  • Consumer involvement in governance...info
  • (materials added 6/25, audio added 7/7)
  • Adolescent Sexual Health...info
  • Cost effective psychiatric treatment in homeless clinics: Does newer mean better?...info
  • Using an EMR to Support Diabetes Collaborative Reporting...info
  • Clinical Update: Dermatology and Skin Infections...info (materials added 6/16)
  • Developmental delays in children: recognizing and acting on red flags...info (materials added 6/24)
  • Single Payer Heath Care for the Homeless --- And for Everyone...info
3:30 - 4:00 pm Break
4:00 - 5:30 pm Workshops:
  • Collaborating with Housing Providers to Ensure Access for Renters with Disabilities...info
  • Project Homeless Connect: A One-Stop Shop Model...info
  • (materials added 6/26)
  • Translating Research into Practice and Policy: A Mini-Research Symposium...info (materials added 6/26)
  • Dental Care for the Homeless: Two effective approaches...info
  • (materials added 6/24)
  • HRSA update...info
  • (materials added 6/26)
  • Strategies for obtaining pharmaceuticals...info
  • (materials updated 6/24)
  • Discharge Planning Training...info (materials added 6/19)
  • Understanding Traumatic Stress in Children...info
  • Infectious Disease Update: What’s Hot in ID?...info (audio file added 7/7)
  • It’s Criminal: Contemporary Homelessness and the Erosion of Civil Rights...info
5:30 - 7:30 pm Welcoming Reception
8:00 pm Sicko showing

Friday, June 13
7:30 am - 5:30 pm Conference Registration / Resource Room Open
7:30 - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast / Regional Networking Opportunities
8:30 - 10:00 amKeynote Addresses: The Promise of Inclusion
HCH Clinicians' Network Award for Outstanding Service
10:30 - 12:00 noon Workshops:
  • Oasis on the Desert: The Lodestar Day Resource Center...info
  • Obtaining identification for clients...info (materials added 6/16)
  • HCH Practice-Based Research Network: Opportunities and Challenges...info
  • The Art and Science of Board Engagement...info
  • What Effective HCH Project Directors Need to Know...info
  • Motivational Interviewing for Medical Providers...info
  • (materials added 6/25)
  • Managing Behavioral Challenges and Engaging Clients in a Respite Setting...info
  • Cognitive Impairment (Part 1 of 2): Is cognitive impairment a risk factor in the chronicity of homelessness?...info
  • (audio from workshop added 7/08)
  • Complexity of Oral Health...info
  • Disability Policy Advocacy: Strategic Planning...info (materials added 6/26)
12:15 - 1:30 pm Luncheon
2:00 - 3:30 pm Workshops:
  • Shoptalk & HCH Clinicians' Network Annual Membership Meeting...info
  • Cost Benefits to Permanent Supportive Housing for Homeless Persons Living with HIV/AIDS and Other Chronic Illnesses...info
  • (materials added 6/25)
  • The 90-Minute Grant Proposal: “Speed-Thinking” Your Way to a Clear, Compelling – and Fundable! – Project Concept...info
  • Practical Methods for Improving Cultural Competence for Community-based Organizations...info
  • So you want to volunteer? Creating and maintaining a viable volunteer professional service for your HCH Project...info
  • Preventing and responding to violence in clinics...info
  • “Who Needs a Dentist?”: Preventing cavities from birth through adolescence for the Non-Dentist...info
  • (materials added 6/25)
  • Cognitive Impairment (Part 2 of 2): Assessing Deficits in Cognitive Functioning...info
  • Clinical Update: Nephropathy...info
  • How to Integrate Service and Advocacy at Your Organization...info
3:30 - 4:00 pmBreak
4:00 - 5:30 pm Workshops:
  • Permanent Supportive Housing Services: Lessons Learned and Promising Practices...info
  • Clearing up old arrest and criminal justice charges...info (materials added 6/25)
  • Integrating mental health, substance abuse, and physical health care...info
  • (materials added 6/25, audio file added 7/7)
  • The future of homeless services: A paradigm shift?...info
  • Developing Respite Services: Overcoming Challenges and Sharing Strategies...info
  • (materials added 6/26)
  • Demonstrating Productivity in an HCH Program...info
  • (materials added 6/25)
  • The Essence of Engagement: Providing Outreach with a Client Centered Focus...info
  • Pregnancy and Homelessness: A Difficult Dilemma...info
  • Pediatric Prescribing: Changes in Clinical Practice...info
  • Caring for the Homeless Diabetic Patient (Part 1 of 2): Clinical Update...info (materials updated 6/24)
8:00 pm Films, Documentaries and Performances

Saturday, June 14
7:30 am - 10:30 am Resource Room Open
7:30 - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast / Topical Roundtable Discussions
8:30 - 10:00 am Workshops:
  • A Kaleidoscope of Care: Working in an Interdisciplinary Team...info
  • Using Art to Portray Homelessness: Consumers and Artists Speak...info
  • (materials added 6/25)
  • One Size Doesn't Fit all: Emergency Management and HCH Programs...info
  • Hepatitis C Among the Homeless: Burdened and Ineligible...info
  • Relationships with homeless clients with serious mental illness...info
  • (Materials added 6/24)
  • Harm Reduction (Part 1 of 2): Expanding the Dialogue of Recovery...info
  • Providing Care to Women: Perspectives from a Respite Setting...info
  • How do core values affect your approach to patient care...info (materials added 6/16)
  • Caring for the Homeless Diabetic Patient (Part 2 of 2): Advanced Clinical Case...info
  • Undocumented Homelessness: Health and Housing on the Border...info
10:00 - 10:30 amBreak
10:30 - 12:00 noonWorkshops:
  • Health Care for the Homeless Day -- Building Support for Your Program...info
  • (materials added 6/25)
  • Easy Health: Drop-in Centers Offering Homeless Youth Health Care...info
  • Harm Reduction (Part 2 of 2): Expanding the Dialogue of Recovery...info
  • Neurobiology of Addiction: New Medications-Practical Approaches...info
  • Can you See My Point? Creating and Maintaining an Ophthalmology Clinic in your HCH Project...info
  • Update on Wound Care for Homeless Providers...info (materials added 6/26)
  • Down and Out: The Affordable Housing Crisis in America...info
1:00 pm Open Planning Session for 2009 National HCH Conference


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