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| The National HCH Council assisted the Bureau of Primary Health Care in evaluating their ten respite pilot projects. The primary goal of the evaluation was to assess the effect of respite services on the health of homeless people, which included examination of differences in outcome based on client or program characteristics. A common database was developed to collect client-level data from each of the pilot projects. These results will enable the HCH Program to determine the efficacy of respite services and in what configuration they are most appropriate. |  Trudi Fajans, Program Analyst, HCH Network Seattle-King County Medical Respite Program |
| Findings from this evaluation have been presented at the Respite Provider Network Conference, (in Houston, TX in late September 2005), the American Public Health Association meeting (in Philadelphia, PA in early November 2005), and at the Region IX HCH Conference (San Diego, CA in March 2006). Findings were also presented at the Academy Health annual research meeting in Seattle, WA in June 2006. Click on the following links to see the Respite Pilot Initiative Evaluation Results: presentation (ppt) full report (pdf) 
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