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The following Letter to the Editor from NHCHC CEO Bobby Watts was published in the Atlanta Journal Constitution on December 21, 2021.
On December 21 of each year – the first day of winter and the longest night of the year – communities nationwide observe Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day. Remembering our neighbors, reading their names, and sharing their stories reminds us that every person matters and that all of us can play a part in ending homelessness.
The National Health Care for the Homeless Council works with individuals and organizations throughout the country dedicated to improving care and ending homelessness. The best way to improve health conditions for people experiencing homelessness is to ensure stable housing. As the richest country on earth, we have it within our means to end homelessness – an epidemic that is a public health and humanitarian crisis – by ensuring that all our neighbors have safe, stable housing. Housing IS health care, and a critical step toward ensuring that no more lives are lost due to homelessness.
(Pictured above: The list of names displayed at Nashville's HMPD commemoration.)
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Learning Collaborative to Focus on "Ensuring Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Workforce Development"
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The Council will launch a learning collaborative in the spring, "Ensuring Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Workforce Development," geared toward health center staff who participate in the recruiting, hiring, training, and/or retention of staff at any level.
This four-session interactive learning collaborative will explore how to apply a DEI framework with each step of the hiring and onboarding process, including posting and promoting new positions; screening applications; interviews; orientation and onboarding; and retention.
Sessions will be held January 18, February 15, March 15, and April 19, at 3 p.m. ET / 2 p.m. CT / 1 p.m. MT / 12 p.m. PT / 11 a.m. AT / 10 a.m.HAT.. Applications are due on January 7.
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New Webinar: Promoting Safety in Street Outreach
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The overall rise in homelessness over the last five years is largely attributable to the spike in unsheltered homelessness specifically. This was exacerbated by COVID-19, as gathering spaces for people experiencing homelessness closed or decompressed. Simultaneous to this increase in unsheltered homelessness has been a growing need for trauma-informed approaches to safety and security.
Join us for an hour-long webinar on Thursday, January 20, at 2 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. CT / 12 p.m. MT / 11 a.m. PT / 10 a.m. AT / 9 a.m. HAT as we attempt to train the new street outreach workforce in core competencies for promoting safety.
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2022 SDOH Academy Innovations Showcase Competition: Helping Health Centers Build Healthier Communities
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The Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Academy invites staff of Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), FQHC look-alikes, Primary Care Associations (PCAs), and other organizations working in partnership with health centers to participate in the 2022 SDOH Academy Innovations Showcase Competition: Helping Health Centers Build Healthier Communities. This interactive training opportunity will allow health centers to learn about SDOH and showcase their SDOH innovations.
Participants will be able to:
- Attend a live kick-off webinar featuring dynamic speakers from the SDOH field.
- View three on-demand (pre-recorded) micro-training modules and receive a certificate of completion to document their foundational knowledge of the SDOHs and Healthy People 2030 goals.
- Enter an abstract to compete for an opportunity to be featured on a live national audience webinar showcasing their innovations, “Helping Health Centers Build Healthier Communities.” This opportunity will allow you to learn how other multidisciplinary health care teams apply and share solutions to unmet needs while addressing SDOH.
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| | Learn About Council Benefits Partner, Nonstop Wellness
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Join NHCHC partner Nonstop Administration and Insurance Services, Inc. for an upcoming 15-minute webinar scheduled for Thursday, January 20,at 1 p.m. ET / 12 p.m. CT / 11 a.m. MT / 10am PT / 9 a.m. AT / 8 a.m. HAT to learn about Nonstop’s partially self-funded health benefits program (Nonstop Wellness), designed for employers with more than 50 employees enrolled in benefits. In addition to reducing or eliminating employees’ out-of-pocket costs, Nonstop Wellness also potentially reduces the cost of premiums to employers by an average of 8-10%.
To attend this webinar on how to provide your employees equitable benefits for less, register here.
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Support the Council through the Every Member Campaign and Amazon Smile!
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Donations to the annual Every Member Campaign help to support the work of the Council not covered by government grants, such as equity and advocacy. Every contribution, regardless of amount, is important. Every gift matters! Every dollar counts!
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You also can support the Council while you shop -- during the holiday season and beyond -- through Amazon Smile. When you select us as your charity, we will receive 0.5% of all eligible purchases you make at Amazon.
It's easy to support the Council with Amazon Smile:
- Visit smile.amazon.com. (Be sure to bookmark this page as your starting point on Amazon!)
- If you already have an Amazon account, sign in as you normally do. (If you do not have an Amazon account, you can create one at this step.)
- Designate National Health Care for the Homeless Council as the charity you wish to support.
- When you’re ready to shop, go to smile.amazon.com and shop as you normally do; there are no additional steps or costs for you!
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| December 22, 2021 | Volume 4, Issue 12| Archives
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