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Attend Our Moderated Community Forum from 12-1 p.m. CT on Friday, June 12
Racism, violence, trauma, poverty, poor health, and homelessness are all related, and our spirit is heavy. Join us for an online gathering of the Health Care for the Homeless community to discuss how we can move forward in the midst of crisis.
This moderated community forum will allow us to express our individual and collective feelings about how racism impacts us, our clients, our families, and our communities. Please join us to strengthen our community and recommit to our fight for justice.
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It's Not Too Late to Register for Our Webinar on PrEP for HIV PreventionWednesday, June 17 | 1-2 p.m. CT
Connecting individuals who are at high risk of HIV infection to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a critical step towards ending the HIV epidemic in the United States. HCH providers face many challenges in implementing PrEP for their patients.
Don’t miss our webinar, “A Year On: Revisiting PrEP for HIV Prevention.” Learn from members of the Homeless Patient Aligned Care Team (HPACT) clinic at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System as they share their work to initiate PrEP for patients in the VA system, and hear how HPACT’s past efforts informs the current work of HIV prevention across the region.
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New Webinar: Testing for COVID-19 in Homeless Shelters & Encampments: Discussing CDC’s Upcoming Health Dept. Guidance & a New NHCHC Issue BriefFriday, June 19 | 12-1 p.m. CT
As capacity for COVID-19 testing grows in most communities, high-risk settings such as homeless shelters and encampments are being prioritized for universal testing events. Soon-to-be-released CDC guidance for health departments outlines factors that local and state agencies can use to further inform specific policies being developed for these venues.
A forthcoming National HCH Council issue brief will provide lessons learned and testing strategies that HCH programs in five cities have found to work successfully when conducting universal testing. Join our webinar to learn about these new resources and ask questions about testing in your community.
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Reminder: Help Us Collect Crucial Data on COVID-19 Testing for Homeless Populations
Have you been involved with homeless shelter or encampment testing events in your community? We need your help to inform national responses to COVID-19! The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and NHCHC have partnered to collect data on COVID-19 testing events among homeless populations. We aim to better understand the impact of COVID-19 on this vulnerable group and to inform future public health actions.
Homeless populations are often overlooked and undercounted in public health initiatives. We want to change that, but we need your data to advance an effective and humane response to COVID-19. Add one entry per universal testing event to our data collection tool. Please also forward the link to others in your community who are also conducting broad testing in this population in order to obtain as much data as possible to inform future guidance.
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Read Oral Histories of People Who Lost Their Lives in Homelessness: Life, Death, and the Streets in Between
From 2019-2020, the Council interviewed clinicians, administrators, and consumers of homeless health care to create the first national collection of oral histories of people who died while experiencing homelessness.
The resulting stories—15 lives spread across the United States—illuminate the perspectives and personalities of people who died without housing. Our hope is to illustrate not only their lives but the conditions that led to their deaths to reduce stigma, spotlight barriers to care, and bring attention to the preventable tragedy of homeless deaths.
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SAMHSA Presents a Free Virtual Forum on the Needs of People Experiencing Homelessness, Serious Mental Illness, and Substance Use DisordersJune 18 | 10:30 a.m.-4:45 p.m. ET
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA’s) Homeless and Housing Resource Network (HHRN) invites you to a free, national online event—Forward Together: A Virtual Symposium. Learn about improving access to effective care for people without homes, mental illness, and substance use disorders, and engage with numerous national experts, policy makers, and providers on these important topics.
This event features two plenary sessions and six breakout sessions to choose from. Continuing education credits are available, and participants may attend the full day of sessions or only particular sessions of interest.
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| June 10, 2020 | Volume 2, Issue 24 | Archives
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