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Join Us for Our Free Virtual Training: Her Health, Her Housing: Improving Services for Women Experiencing Homelessness
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| Registration is open for our free, CME-accredited #HerHealthHerHousing webinar series! Women and families are the fastest-growing segments of the American homeless population, and they face complex challenges such as increased risk of sexual assault, lack of access to preventive and prenatal care, and all-too-prevalent trauma. Learn how you can improve services for women experiencing homelessness through trauma-informed, quality care in our eight webinars from March 6-28. Featuring national experts, our sessions will explore the impact of violence, sex work, and racism on women without homes as well as best practices for medical respite care, cervical cancer screening, prenatal services, and more! Register now.
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| #HCH2019 Keynote Speaker and Full Session Descriptions Announced: Join Us in D.C.
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| #HCH2019 Consumer Subsidies Are Still Available! Apply by Feb. 28 Encouraging consumer engagement in all our work, the Council is offering a number of subsidies to help consumers attend our 2019 National HCH Conference. If you have previously or are now experiencing homelessness and have used services at an HCH program, please consider applying for a scholarship—these funds will help cover your registration, lodging, meals, and some travel expenses. At #HCH2019, consumers will learn, network, and build leadership skills to make their voices heard. Apply by Feb. 28 to secure your spot, share this opportunity with consumers you know, or contact us with any questions.
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| It’s Not Too Late: Apply by Feb. 28 for our Lozier Scholarship to Attend #HCH2019 On Us
Will #HCH2019 be your first National HCH Conference? Don’t forget to apply for our John N. Lozier Scholarship for New Members! Honoring our founding Executive Director, this scholarship will help one individual attend #HCH2019 with funds covering registration, lodging, and related costs up to $1,000! The scholarship is open to staff of our Organizational Members, and strong applicants will be early-to-mid-career professionals (of any age) with relatively little experience in HCH. If our eligibility requirements describe you, please apply by Feb. 28! Contact us with questions or for further details.
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| Nominations Closing Soon for #HCH2019 Awards and Steering Committees Don’t miss your chance to nominate worthy consumers, respite providers, clinicians, and other leaders for one of four awards to be presented at our 2019 Conference. If you know someone who would qualify for honors such as our Philip W. Brickner National Leadership Award, please submit a nomination. Winners will receive financial support to attend #HCH2019 and accept their award in-person! You can also nominate yourself or a colleague to become a Steering Committee member for the Council’s HCH Clinicians’ Network, National Consumer Advisory Board, or Respite Care Providers’ Network; terms begin July 1. All nominations are due Feb. 28.
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| Upcoming Webinar to Examine Nutrition and Diabetes
Learn about the important role Registered Dietitians (RDNs) play in the complex care of patients experiencing homelessness with diabetes in our free webinar at 1-2 p.m. CT on Thursday, Feb. 28. For people without homes coping with diabetes, the most challenging part of the treatment plan is determining what to eat and following a meal plan. To help address this, RDNs provide self-management education, support, medical nutrition therapy, and innovative approaches to nutrition care. This webinar will present a recent Council publication on nutrition and diabetes authored by RDNs at health centers in both urban and rural communities. Register now.
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| Join Our Clinicians’ Coffee Chat to Discuss Adverse Childhood Experiences Sign up for an interactive discussion on adverse childhood experiences and homelessness at 12:30-1:30 p.m. CT on Wednesday, Feb. 27. The third webinar in our four-part “Clinicians’ Coffee Chat” series, this webinar will allow you to share questions, wisdom, and resources with colleagues and learn from experts from the Bassuk Center on Homeless and Vulnerable Children and Youth and homeless health care programs across the country. Registration is open.
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| Recent Webinars Examined Humanistic Care for Challenging Patients and Cultural Competency
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| Prepare for the Possibility of Another Shutdown and Read Up on Policy News in Mobilizer
This month Congress ended the longest shutdown in government history, affecting several programs vital to the HCH community such as Section 8 housing and SNAP (food stamps). Another shutdown is possible if Congress cannot reach an agreement by the end of the week on issues related to immigration and a wall along the southern border. Catch up with our Shutdown 2019: Frequently Asked Questions which includes on update on critical programs and tips for talking with clients. Learn about the aftermath and what you can do to prevent another shutdown in our latest Mobilizer, which also features our 2019 Federal Policy Priorities—the foundation of our federal policy work. Subscribe to Mobilizer to learn about national policies relevant to the HCH community and take action!
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| Join us In Our Advocacy Against Harmful Changes to State Medicaid
This year the Council will continue fighting against work requirements and other harmful changes to state Medicaid programs. States can make changes to their Medicaid programs by applying for an 1115 waiver. Currently, eight states are awaiting federal approval for a waiver with work requirements (AL, MS, OH, OK, SD, TN, UT, VA), seven states have received approval for them (AZ, AR, IN,KY, MI, NH, WI), and two states have already moved forward to implement them (AR, IN). As the first state to implement work requirements, Arkansas already has seen over 18,000 people lose Medicaid coverage. Join us in our advocacy: keep track of Medicaid waivers using Kaiser Health’s Tracker, be vigilant and active in your state’s Medicaid proposals, use our latest comment letter on the Tennessee waiver as a template to submit comments in your own state, and refer to our issue brief and statement to learn more about what these waivers mean for the HCH community.
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| New HCH Stories: Joseph “Cowboy” Benson of Houston, TX
Learn about our Board Member Joseph Benson’s journey with homeless health care in a new Health Care for the Homeless Stories video. An accident took Benson’s legs, his livelihood, and his housing, but a drive to succeed and help from Healthcare for the Homeless - Houston helped him reclaim his life—and become a leader. View Benson’s tale and more entries such as Carmon Ryals of Albuquerque HCH in HCH Stories, an online video series illuminating the journeys of hope and recovery that Health Care for the Homeless makes possible.
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| #VisualizeHomelessness Series Focuses on Awareness
Americans experiencing homelessness cope not only with barriers to accessing health care and housing, but also with the stigmas and stereotypes that come with living without a home. To increase the public’s knowledge of and to help end this crisis, our Visualize Homelessness image series aims to bring awareness to the many challenges and barriers faced by people without homes. We encourage you to use the images in this collection in any of your work in health care or homelessness and to share on social media using the hashtag #VisualizeHomelessness. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter to see new entries and view archived images in our series!
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| Council Seeking Proposals for Website Audit Contractor
The National HCH Council is seeking proposals for a contractor to help update our website to reflect best practices and adhere to established criteria. This individual will work in concert with our Communications Manager, editing and optimizing website content to help us better accomplish our mission to end homelessness. Competitive candidates will possess significant, demonstrable experience with WordPress, familiarity with best practices in websites and user experiences, and other core computer skills. Learn more and apply by Feb. 28, 2019.
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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 Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner at Hennepin County HCH in Minneapolis, MN, Care Management Outreach Medical Assistant at Community Health Center of the Black Hills in Rapid City, SD, and multiple positions at Central City Concern in Portland, OR, including a Clinical Supervisor, Program Manager, Associate Medical Director, and Human Resources Partner. View further listings and learn how to submit your own, or contact Jennifer Dix, Communications Assistant, with any questions.
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