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Join UN Special Rapporteur Leilani Farha for a Keynote Speech at #HCH2019
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Conference & Training Updates
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| Book Your Hotel for #HCH2019 by April 23rd to Enjoy Our Room Block Rate The cutoff to reserve your room at the Grand Hyatt Washington with our discounted room rate is fast approaching! Book your room by April 23rd to take advantage of our special conference rate. If one night of our room block is sold out at the hotel, we hope you will still book for the remaining nights to maximize your #HCH2019 experience: all sessions and nearly all other events will take place within Grand Hyatt. If you have any difficulty in securing your reservation, please contact Training Coordinator Cecilia Teichert. Reserve your room.
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| #HCH2019 Site Visits Offer an In-Person Look at Homeless Health Care The 2019 National HCH Conference won’t only be about learning in workshops, networking, and sharing best practices with the HCH community within the Grand Hyatt Washington. You will also have the chance to see our field in-person through a limited number of site visits to area homeless service organizations including Christ House Medical Respite, Miriam’s Kitchen, and Unity Health Care at the Downtown Services Center and Community for Creative Non-Violence’s Federal City Shelter. Learn more about how each site is impacting the lives of our neighbors without homes, and don’t miss your chance to join hundreds of colleagues working together for justice at #HCH2019. Stay tuned for more information about how to sign up for site visits; capacity is highly limited.
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| Archived #HerHealthHerHousing Webinar Series Materials Now Available
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| New Healing Hands Explores Non-Opioid Substance Use, Mental Health, & Homelessness
The Council’s latest Healing Hands examines non-opioid substance use disorders among people experiencing homelessness. While the opioid crisis has received considerable attention in the health care community and media in recent years, substance use disorders go well beyond opioids, including additional drugs such as methamphetamines, cocaine, alcohol, and K2. Our new publication—by and for homeless health care clinicians—explores these substances, as well as critical issues that intersect with substance use and mental health in homeless populations and providers’ strategies to reduce the impact of stigma on patient treatment. Read the full issue or view our Healing Hands archive.
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| Policy Brief Examines Medication-Assisted Treatment in Health Care for the Homeless Our new publication with the Kaiser Family Foundation outlines strategies for how Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) programs can start or expand medication-assisted treatment (MAT) services to address the opioid epidemic. While HCH programs serve only four percent of all health center patients nationally, they are responsible for serving nearly 40 percent of all patients receiving MAT. Learn how to overcome the common challenges that HCH programs face in growing MAT programs in primary care environments in our policy brief, and don’t miss our accompanying webinar at 2-3 p.m. ET on May 1.
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| New Webinar Explores Medication-Assisted Treatment in HCH Programs
Learn more about the strategies HCH programs have implemented to provide medication-assisted treatment (MAT) to patients experiencing homelessness in our upcoming webinar on May 1 from 2-3 p.m. ET. Complementing our recently published policy brief, this free session will feature staff from two very different HCH programs (urban and rural) who will discuss how they developed their programs and provide advice for others looking to do more with MAT. Join the conversation and learn more about how we can effectively fight the opioid epidemic by increasing access to treatment.
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| Upcoming Webinar with CDC Explores Hep A Vaccinations for Homeless Populations
Join the Council and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for a free webinar from 2-3 p.m. CT on May 7 to learn about hepatitis A vaccinations for people without homes. People experiencing homelessness across the U.S. have coped with debilitating hepatitis A outbreaks due to a lack of safe and clean housing and facilities. To help address this crisis, our webinar will examine the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommendation that all people without homes who are at least one year old receive routine immunizations against hepatitis A—and how this measure can help protect vulnerable populations. Register now.
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| Free Webinar to Offer Clinical Strategies to Address Diabetes in Children and Adults
Learn evidence-based strategies to treat and prevent childhood and adult obesity and diabetes through health promotion and behavioral change in a new webinar at 1-2:30 p.m. CT on April 18. More than 30 million Americans cope with diabetes. Learn critical techniques to address the disease in this new session with the Council, School-Based Health Alliance, Farmworker Justice, National Center for Farmworker Health, and Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations. The webinar is part of a four-part series engaging health centers, primary care associations, and health center-controlled networks to improve diabetes treatment. Register now and learn more about HRSA’s Diabetes Quality Improvement Initiative.
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| Learn About Trump’s Budget Request and Medicaid Work Requirements in Mobilizer
The President’s budget proposal to Congress comes into focus in our latest Mobilizer. Representing the Administration’s priorities, the request sets Congress up for difficult budget negotiations for fiscal year 2020. Learn more about the proposal, its implications for the HCH community, and updates on Medicaid work requirements and other policy news in our action alert (note: after this issue’s release, a judge blocked Medicaid work requirements in Arkansas and Kentucky). Subscribe to Mobilizer to learn about national policies relevant to the HCH community and take action!
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| New Episode of the Poverty Policy Podcast: “Yoga”
The Council’s Poverty Policy Podcast's fourth episode explores the role of yoga in health care settings, the importance of safe spaces for people experiencing poverty, and the implications for our advocacy work. The podcast features an interview with talented individuals from Baltimore’s HCH program: Client Yoga Activist Yogi Albert, Behavioral Health Therapist Deirdre Hoey, and Senior Policy Director Barbara DiPietro. Learn more about the connection between yoga, poverty, and policy in the episode. Our podcast is now available on iTunes and Stitcher: please rate and review us!
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| Beyond Mere Principle: Strategies for Truly Partnering with People who have the Lived Experience
Engaging consumers in our work is a fundamental tenet of the National HCH Council. However, we know that operationalizing these principles can be challenging. Read our blog for the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness to see what lessons health centers have learned about creating genuine partnerships with people with the lived experience. For more information, read our guide to recruiting and retaining consumers in governance as well as our storytelling guide.
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| Media Spotlight on Social Determinants of Health and Barriers to Care
Recent media coverage of homeless health issues in Health Affairs and The American Prospect spotlighted resources and perspectives from the Council. Health Affairs’ “Standardizing Social Determinants of Health Assessments” highlights resources—including our brief on documenting homelessness—to overcome challenges to screening for social determinants of health. NHCHC CEO Bobby Watts contributed to a recent piece detailing the debts that people without homes can face from ambulance rides and other services. Additionally, we are pleased to see our Organizational Member Camillus Health Concern highlighted in South Florida’s Hospital News and Healthcare Report. The Council is always happy to provide guidance on homelessness and health care to the media: learn more.
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| Increase Awareness with Our #VisualizeHomelessness Series
Did you know that over 35 percent of Americans experiencing homelessness are in families or that 50-year-olds without homes are similar in health to 70-year-olds with housing? Learn about these and other issues affecting people without homes in our ongoing Visualize Homelessness series. This frequently updated bank of graphics features sharable images with information on subjects like substance use disorder, mental health, diabetes, affordable housing, and more. These impactful images are free to use in awareness campaigns, educational materials, and in any of your work in health care or homelessness—feel free to share them on social media using the hashtag #VisualizeHomelessness. Contact Jennifer Dix with any questions. Explore #VisualizeHomelessness.
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| HCH Careers: View Recent Listings on the Council's Jobs Board
The Council hosts a variety of job postings from across the Health Care for the Homeless field on our Careers page. We invite Organizational Members to submit listings for our jobs board, which attracts nearly 6,500 views each year. Recent postings include a Finance Manager at Health Care for the Homeless Network of King County in Seattle, WA, and several open positions at Central City Concern in Portland, OR, including a Director of Clinical Applications, Pharmacy Technician Courier, Medical Assistant, Medical Records Clerk, and UDS Technician. View further listings and learn how to submit your own or contact Jennifer Dix, Communications Assistant, with any questions.
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