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| HCH2022 Awards Nominations Due March 1
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Click on each award below to learn more about criteria and how to submit a nomination:
Applications are also being accepted for the John N. Lozier Scholarship for New Members. Eligible applicants must be employed by an Organizational Member of the Council and have never attended a previous HCH National Conference. Scholarship applications also are due March 1.
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Take Advantage of Early Bird Discounts for HCH2022
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We look forward to welcoming attendees to our in-person conference in Seattle, May 10-13, and ore offering two discounts to help make it happen!
Register now to receive:
- Ultra Early Bird discount of 25 percent off all registrations (Pre-Conference Institutes, Main Conference, and Learning Labs) received by February 25. Use this code: EB25
- Early Bird Discount of 15 percent off all registrations (Pre-Conference Institutes, Main Conference, and Learning Labs) received by March 9. Use this code: EB15
If you registered before February 9, you will receive a 25 percent refund. If you are a presenter, you can either take advantage of the early bird discount or use the presenter discount code for $150 off of main conference registration. (Discounts are not stackable.)
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New Resources Available on Medical Respite Care
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The field of medical respite care (MRC) continues to grow as more communities recognize the importance of providing people experiencing homelessness with a safe place to heal from illness or injury. To capture and highlight this growth and the invaluable work happening in medical respite programs across the country, the National Institute of Medical Respite Care has developed a new resource: The State of Medical Respite Care 2022. The data provides a snapshot of MRC programs in 2022. This resource is intended to support MRC advocacy, education, program planning, and quality improvement in communities across the U.S. The data is primarily based on self-reported information from MRC programs’ directory profile submissions.
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NIMRC also has published a new issue brief, Barriers to Accessing Higher Levels of Care: Implications for Medical Respite Care Programs. There is an existing tension for medical respite programs in addressing the needs of individuals who require higher levels of care who are frequently referred to, but may not be appropriate for medical respite care. This issue brief provides an overview of the levels of care, and highlights barriers people experiencing homelessness encounter when they need access to more comprehensive health care services. This resource can be used by programs to establish an understanding of these levels of care, and recommendations for advocacy to address these barriers within this communities.
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| | First-Ever Consumer Leadership Summit, June 10-13
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Engaging people with lived experience has become an increasing trend in the social service industry, but what are the promising practices for doing this work well?
The Council will host its first-ever Consumer Leadership Summit, June 13-14 in Nashville. This working training will bring together individuals with the lived experience of homelessness, those supporting consumers in health center governance or advocacy, and people interested in developing consumer leadership at their health centers to have these discussions.
Participants will work together to develop local action plans for improving consumer engagement, and provide the groundwork for a consumer engagement evaluation tool.
Workshop proposals are being accepted through February 22.
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| | Virtual Symposium to Explore the Roles of Health Care Providers in Law Enforcement Reform, Crisis Assistance, and Public Policy on Unsheltered Homelessness
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The National Health Care for the Homeless Council is partnering with the National Homelessness Law Center and the Street Medicine Institute to host a free virtual symposium exploring the future of public safety and the intersecting issues of unsheltered homelessness, criminalization, crisis response, street outreach, and health care.
Participants can expect a panel of national experts and advocates; active discussions facilitated by leaders from jurisdictions with crisis assistance programs; networking with colleagues from across the country; and information-gathering on needs of local communities.
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HCH Community Survey: LAST CALL!
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This is your last opportunity to participate in the Council’s Health Care for the Homeless Community Survey! If you represent a Health Care for the Homeless health center, please consider completing this survey before February 28. You can click here to begin.
Our main hope for this Community Survey is that it will be beneficial to you. Your participation in this 20-25 minute survey will contribute to a valuable snapshot of the Health Care for the Homeless movement, and the information gathered from HCH health centers across the country will be summarized and reported back to you in the coming months.
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| | Council Voices in the News
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- Funding Delays Worry Housing Advocates (National Journal, February 10), featuring NHCHC Senior Director of Policy Barbara DiPietro (subscription required)
- Clean or Clear: What’s the Best Policy When Homeless Encampments Pose Health Risk (San Diego Union-Tribune, February 9), featuring NHCHC Community Engagement Manager Michael Durham
- “Homelessness is Lethal”: U.S. Deaths Among Those Without Housing Are Surging (The Guardian, February 7), featuring NHCHC Consumer Advocacy Manager Katherine Cavanaugh
- Serial Murders, Beatings, and Beheadings: Violence Against the Homeless Is Increasing, Advocates Say (Washington Post, January 24), featuring NHCHC CEO Bobby Watts
- All Nashvillians Are Affected By Homelessness and Have the Ability to Create Change (Tennessean, January 20), opinion piece by NHCHC CEO Bobby Watts
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