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Conference Agenda and Links to Materials
Wednesday, June 2
7:00 - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast
8:30 am - 4:30 pm
    Pre-Conference Institutes:
  • Conducting Practice-Based Health Care for the Homeless Research....more info (materials available)
  • Creating Healthy Organizations: Innovative Leadership in Homeless Services....more info (materials available)
  • Healthcare for the Homeless: Advanced Clinical Topics....more info
  • Medical Respite Care Everywhere: Building Our Future....more info (materials available)
  • Walking the Talk: Integrating Consumers Into the Delivery of Homeless Services....more info
3:00 - 6:00 pm Conference Registration
Thursday, June 3
7:30 am - 5:30 pm Conference Registration / Resource Room Open
7:30 - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast/ Roundtable Discussions
8:30 - 10:00 am Barbara Conanan: History of St Vincent’s Hospital and the HCH Demonstration Program & Introduction of the Susan Neibacher Address video
Susan L. Neibacher Address: Dr. Jim O'Connell, President, Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program Dr. O'Connell video posted 6/13
10:30 - 12:00 noon
    Workshops:
  • Safe Transitions: Improving Discharges from Hospital to Respite and From Respite to the Community....more info
  • Providing Comprehensive Health Care to Patients Who Inject Drugs....more info
  • Homelessness and Traumatic Stress ....more info
  • The Intersections of Homelessness and Domestic and Sexual Violence....more info (materials available)
  • Consumer Advisory Boards (CABs)....more info ( materials available)
  • Differences Between Self-Reported and Actual Conditions Associated with a High Mortality Risk: Updates on the Vulnerability Index ....more info (materials available)
  • A Collaborative Approach to Providing Pediatric Care for Homeless Families....more info (materials available)
  • Strategic Planning for HCH Projects....more info (materials available)
  • What are the Implications of Medical Home and Meaningful Use? ....more info (materials available)
12:15 - 1:30 pm Luncheon
1:45 - 2:45 pm
    Workshops:
  • A Billing Room With a View: Developing the Dance of Checkout With a Supportive Stance ....more info
  • Advocacy Strategies to Protect State Disability Programs....more info(materials available)
  • Medical Respite and the Continuum of Care: Housing Options....more info
  • Implementing Electronic Medical Records (EMR) in Homeless Health Care Settings....more info
  • Dignity Heals....more info (materials available)
  • Overcoming Obstacles to Meeting Clinical Benchmarks for Homeless HIV Positive Youth....more info
  • Engaging Homeless Youth in Integrated Intensive Outpatient Treatment and Medical Services....more info
  • Developing a Quality Audit Program for Homeless Patients Served in Community Clinics....more info
  • Educating Future Physicians in Homeless Health Care: a Collaboration Between a Department of Family Medicine and an HCH Program....more info
2:45 - 3:15 pm Break
3:15 - 4:45 pm
    Workshops:
  • Integrating SBIRT Within HCH Clinics....more info (materials available)
  • No One Left Behind: Disaster Planning for People Experiencing Homelessness....more info (materials available)
  • Integrating Direct Service and Advocacy at Your Organization....more info
  • ( materials available)
  • HRSA Update (webcast)....more info
  • Doctors Without Walls-Santa Barbara Street Medicine: Starting a Medical Outreach Program for Unsheltered Homeless Care and Emergency Preparedness....more info ( materials available)
  • Working With Children Experiencing Homelessness: Tips, Challenges, and Program Ideas....more info ( materials available)
  • It's Ladies' Night! Oh, What a Night!....more info
  • A Paradigm Shift in Benefits Assistance: Central City Concern's Unique Model....more info ( materials available)
  • Nursing Care for Transgender Clients....more info
5:30 - 7:30 pm Welcome Reception
Friday, June 4
7:30 am - 5:30 pm Conference Registration /Resource Room Open
7:30 - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast / Roundtable Discussions
8:30 - 10:00 am Keynote Address: Barbara Poppe, Executive Director, United States Interagency Council on Homelessness. Barbara Poppe video and text posted 6/13
Kevin Lindamood, Vice President of External Affairs, Health Care for the Homeless, Baltimore video and text posted 6/13
Jim Macrae, Associate Administrator for Primary Care, Health Resources and Services Administration, video posted 6/13
10:30 - 12:00 noon
    Workshops:
  • Tell Someone Who Cares: Minimizing the Effects of Compassion Fatigue Amongst Your Front Line Staff....more info
  • Advanced Issues in Documenting Disability....more info (materials available)
  • Integrating Behavioral Health with Primary Care in the Treatment of Transgendered Individuals Who are Homeless....more info
  • Squat and Rot: The Challenges of Coordinating Health Care Service Delivery and Homeless Outreach to Abandoned Building Dwellers....more info (Materials available)
  • Clinical Challenges in Diabetes: Applying the Evidence....more info (Materials available)
  • Fragile Baby Care: Care and Feeding Challenges of Sheltered Infants and Children....more info
  • Spare Some Social Change: Advocacy Strategies for Ending and Preventing Homelessness....more info (materials available)
  • From Anti-Okie to Jim Crow to New Cities America: Building A New Civil Rights Movement....more info (materials available)
  • Pain Management: Working Toward Best Practices in Homeless Health Care Delivery....more info (materials available)
12:15 - 1:30 pm Luncheon
1:45 - 2:45 pm
    Workshops:
  • What Every HCH Leader Should Know: A Conversation With Administrators (Part 1 of 2)....more info (materials available)
  • Isolation and Recovery Plan for H1N1 and Seasonal Influenza Patients in the Homeless Population....more info (materials available)
  • Only the Good (and Homeless) Die Young: The Perils and Pearls of End-of-Life Care Planning....more info (materials available)
  • Providing Integrated Health Services to Homeless Latino immigrants in San Francisco....more info
  • Respite Nutritional Care....more info (materials available)
  • The Jail InReach Project: A Program of Healthcare for the Homeless-Houston....more info (materials available)
  • Women in Foreclosure: Experiencing the Sub-prime Crisis Through the Lives of Women....more info (materials available)
  • Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) and Homelessness....more info
  • Developing Partnerships with Dental Schools to Improve Oral Health Care for the Homeless....more info (materials available)
2:45 - 3:15 pmBreak
3:15 - 4:45pm
    Workshops:
  • Peer Advocates Do EVERYTHING, and What You Can Learn From Us!....more info
  • Money Matters: Diversifying Financial Resources to Support Your HCH Project in a Challenging Economic Environment....more info (materials available)
  • Hard Cases in Supportive Housing: Defining the Limits of Housing First....more info (materials available)
  • Integrating Mental Health, Substance Abuse and Medical Health Care at HCH Clinics with Multiple Providers: The Pittsburgh Model....more info (materials available)
  • Clinical Dilemmas in Liver Disease....more info (materials available)
  • Critter and Varmint Infestations Among the Homeless: Medical and Public Health Implications....more info (materials available)
  • Respite Tales of the City: Exceptional Care for Exceptional Times....more info
  • Executive Directors and Medical Directors: Leading Together (Part 2 of 2)....more info (materials available)
  • Motivational Interviewing for Health Practitioners....more info (materials available)
Saturday, June 5
7:30 am - 10:30 am Resource Room Open
7:30 - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast / Roundtable Discussions
9:00 - 10:30 am
    Workshops:
  • Pathways to Mental Health Recovery Part 1: HCH & PATH Partnerships....more info (materials available)
  • OBOT (Office Based Opiate Addiction Treatment) Program in the Homeless Population....more info
  • Social Connectedness: Embedding People Back Into Communities....more info (materials available)
  • Supportive Housing, Medical Home: Integrating Supportive Housing into Health Care Policy and Practice....more info (materials available)
  • Hepatitis C Treatment in Primary Care for the Homeless....more info
  • Introduction to Motivational Interviewing....more info (materials available)
  • Caring For Vulnerable Populations: How Do We Measure Success? ....more info
  • Health Reform: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly for HCH Clinics and Clients....more info (materials available)
10:30 - 11:00 amBreak
11:00 - 12:30
    Workshops:
  • Integrated Medical and Mental Health Group Visits in a Medical Respite Setting....more info
  • Pathways to Mental Health Recovery Part 2: HCH & PATH Partnerships....more info (materials available)
  • Outreach Roundtable: Bringing Together Innovative Practices from Migrant Health and Health Care for the Homeless....more info
  • Enhancing treatment outcomes Through the Use of Acupuncture and Yoga in the Group Setting....more info (materials available)
  • Keeping Difficult People in Care: Behavioral Issues & Clinic Safety....more info (materials available)
  • Bringing America Home in Rural, Frontier and Small Town America....more info (materials available)