Thank you to everyone who attended the National Health Care for the Homeless Council’s 2018 Spring Virtual Training. If you missed #HCHVirtual, now is your chance to view archived recordings of our webinars and download materials from all eight “Responding to Crises” sessions.
Visit our Archived Materials page to access recorded sessions on topics ranging from smoking in public … More
Presented by the National Health Care for the Homeless Council
Monday, April 23, 2018 | 12-1 p.m. CT
Street medicine is the provision of direct patient care to those sleeping outside. Understanding that many patients either can’t or won’t access care in a traditional setting, the goal is to deliver high quality care in the location of the patients’ choice, … More
Presented by the National Health Care for the Homeless Council and the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty
Thursday, April 12th, 2018 | 12-1 p.m. CT
People experiencing homelessness often have nowhere to sleep or spend their time other than public spaces, such as parks and sidewalks. But metropolitan regulations often prohibit acts housed people can safely perform indoors, … More
Please join the Council in recognizing Patient Safety Awareness Week from March 11-17. Creating an environment of safety in health care settings is crucial to providing comprehensive care and positive health outcomes. For people experiencing homelessness, feeling safe is especially complex due to higher rates of previous experience with violence and trauma, mental health disorders, and other challenges.
Learn more … More
On March 1, Massachusetts rolled out a new way of organizing its Medicaid program and has now implemented Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). These ACOs will directly impact how health care is delivered to more than 800,000 people, and the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program (BHCHP) has been at the center of planning for these changes. Read our case … More
Read a new case study on how changes to Medicaid delivery can affect HCH programs and learn the basics of medical respite in Council News. Also included: recent webinars on hospitals and homeless populations, #HCH2018 news, a new partnership for youth without homes with the National Center for Homeless Education (NCHE), recently posted HCH jobs, & … More
The National HCH Council is pleased to announce that motivational speaker and singer/songwriter Mario Arnauz Bonds will give the closing address of our 2018 National HCH Conference & Policy Symposium. After losing both his vision and his parents, Bonds experienced abandonment and homelessness before overcoming these setbacks to pursue higher education. Now a technology expert, Bonds provides computer guidance … More
Presented by the National Health Care for the Homeless Council
Tuesday, March 27th, 2018 | 12-1:30 p.m. CT
Medical respite care is a critical component in the continuum of health care for people experiencing homelessness. While communities nationwide are developing medical respite programs to close the gap in care faced by people with no safe place to heal after a … More
Presented by the National Health Care for the Homeless Council
Thursday, March 8, 2018 | 11 a.m.-12 p.m. CT
Don’t miss this upcoming session in our CME-accredited 2018 Spring Virtual Training webinar series, “Responding to Crises.”
This webinar is presented by the National Nurse-Led Care Consortium in partnership with the National Health Care for the Homeless Council. The United States … More
Presented by the National Health Care for the Homeless Council
Thursday, March 8, 2018 | 2-3 p.m. CT
Join us for another session in our CME-accredited 2018 Spring Virtual Training webinar series, “Responding to Crises.”
By design, HCH organizations are committed to engaging and serving the most vulnerable populations in unconventional settings, through innovative mechanisms. As such, the work is … More
