Module 1 - Introduction

Purpose

The purpose of Module 1 is to introduce participants to the Relational Outreach and Engagement Model, to provide an overview of the history, philosophy, and services of the federally-funded Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) Program, to describe the various characteristics of outreach in the HCH model of care, and to examine the realities and experience of homelessness.

Module 1 Sections

1. Introduction and Overview

2. History and Philosophy of HCH Program

3. Outreach in the HCH Model

4. The Realities and Experience of Homelessness

This curriculum was supported through a grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. June 2002.