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| In Case You Missed It: A Review of the Council's 2020-2021 Research and Resources
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The staff members of the National Health Care for the Homeless Council have been committed for decades to creating and developing resources to address the intersecting issues of homelessness and health care. In 2020, the coronavirus pandemic brought challenges unlike any ever faced. People experiencing homelessness have been particularly vulnerable during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Council moved quickly to create resources and collect guidance to help meet their needs.
This special issue of Council R&R is a compendium of resources developed between June 2020 and July 2021. The purpose of the compendium is to share issue briefs, policy briefs, guidelines, toolkits, recommendations, webinars, interactive discussions and other materials covering a variety of topics, with the majority of the resources relevant to support the needs of people experiencing homelessness during the pandemic. We hope health centers serving people experiencing homelessness and homeless service providers will use and implement the recommendations found in these resources to inform and assist you in your efforts to provide quality care and needed services to marginalized populations.
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- Antigen Testing in Congregate Shelters: Process Outline and Implementation Playbook -- Provides key strategy, planning, and operational considerations for implementing screening testing in congregate shelters to monitor, prevent, and respond to COVID-19 outbreaks using quick, inexpensive, rapid testing solutions that present an alternative to PCR-only testing.
- Healing Hands Newsletter
COVID-19 Series, Issue 1, Trauma, Mental Health, and Access to Services for People Experiencing Homelessness During the COVID-19 Pandemic
COVID-19 Series, Issue 2, Staff Wellness During the COVID-19 Pandemic - Things To Do During COVID-19 If You Have Diabetes -- A resource for clients.
- Maintaining Access to Dental Services -- Synthesizes the prevailing recommendations from national dental organizations, adds considerations for serving people without homes, examines innovative strategies, and outlines remaining challenges.
- Winter Is Coming Webinar Series -- Infographic and recorded webinars on six crises leading into Winter 2020: COVID-19; flu season; disasters; cold weather; evictions; and social upheaval.
- Trust or Trustworthiness: Which Comes First? -- Provides insight into the historical background of how trust has been broken among marginalized populations, including people experiencing homelessness and the principles of trustworthiness.
- COVID-19 Vaccines Infographic
- Vaccine Equity in Action: Public Health and Primary Care Connection - Homeless Population Highlight -- HRSA webinar.
- Integrating Behavioral Health Approaches to Address Gender, Violence, and Homelessness -- Addresses gender, homelessness, and a constellation of intersecting issues including substance use disorder, mental health, homelessness, human trafficking, and interpersonal violence.
- SDOH Lessons Learned, Challenges, and Barriers: A Resource for Health Centers, Vol. 1 -- Includes information from lessons learned, challenges, barriers, and impact stories shared from the four sessions of the “Screening Methods and Using Outreach and Enabling Services to Address Social Determinants of Health” Learning Collaborative, interwoven with information gleaned from research.
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Implementation Research Resources
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Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
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Medical Respite/Recuperative Care
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Mortality and Homelessness
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- Homeless Mortality Toolkit -- Shares findings and implications from communities that conduct homeless mortality reviews, and provides guidance on developing or improving a homeless mortality review.
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Policy & Advocacy Resources
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- Issue Brief #12 -- Using HRSA Health Center Funding from the American Rescue Plan Act to Improve Systems of Care for People Experiencing Homelessness
- Blog/British Medical Journal -- Bringing COVID-19 Vaccines to High-Risk Populations -- Like Those Who Are Homeless -- Requires a Tailored Approach
- Resource -- Summary of Key Provisions in the American Rescue Act
- Letter to Governors and Local Officials -- Increasing COVID-19 Vaccine Access for People Experiencing Homelessness
- Written Testimony -- House Energy & Commerce Committee: Subcommittee on Health
“Road to Recovery: Ramping Up COVID-19 Vaccines, Testing, and Medical Supply Chain” - Summary -- Biden Administration’s "National Strategy for the COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness" (read the full plan here
- Resource -- Strengthening Partnerships for Better Health Outcomes During COVID-19 (as part of The Framework for an Equitable COVID-19 Homelessness Response)
- Issue Brief #11 -- COVID-19 & the HCH Community: Consumer Perspectives of the COVID-19 Vaccine
- Fact Sheet -- Summary of Key Provisions in the COVID-19 Relief Bill: H.R.133-Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021
- Statement -- Long-Overdue COVID-19 Relief Bill Passes
- Issue Brief #10: -- COVID-19 & the HCH Community: Vaccines for Patients and Staff
- Issue Brief #9 -- COVID-19 & the HCH Community: Six Crises Leading Into Winter 2020
- Fact Sheet -- COVID-19 Relief Money & Support for the HCH Community
- Issue Brief #8 -- COVID-19 & the HCH Community: Ensuring Access to Care Through State Medicaid Telehealth Policies
- NHCHC’s comment letter to the National Academies of Science on their discussion draft of the Preliminary Framework for Equitable Allocation of COVID-19 Vaccine
- Comparative Analysis Paper -- COVID-19 Response in Countries with Single-Payer & Implications for Impoverished Populations
- Resource -- Summary of Key Provisions in HEALS Act
- Issue Brief #7 -- COVID-19 & the HCH Community: Further Illustrating the Benefits of "Medicare-for-All"
- Issue Brief #6 -- COVID-19 & the HCH Community: Strategies for Proactive Universal Testing
- Testing for COVID-19 in Homeless Shelters and Encampments (Webinar, July 2020)
- Medicaid and Managed Care Financing Strategies that Support Medical Respite Care (September 2020)
- How to be a Single-Payer Advocate (Webinar, September 2020)
- Winter is Coming: Cold Weather and Disasters (Webinar series, (November 2020)
- COVID-19 & the HCH Community: Vaccines for Clients and Staff (December 2020)
- Homeless Mortality and the Impact of COVID-19 (January 2021
- April: Increasing Access to COVID-19 Vaccines Among Homeless Populations: Successful Partnerships Series (April 2021)
- Washington, DC
- Hennepin County, MN
- Chicago, IL - Discussion Forum: Using Health Center Funding from the American Rescue Plan to Improve Care for People Experiencing Homelessness (April 2021)
- Insurance Coverage at HCH Programs, 2019 (April 2021)
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- Trauma-Informed Organizations Toolkit -- Provides resources and tools for organizations to begin the process of assessing their current practices, developing and implementing trauma-informed change strategies, and creating a structure for ongoing trauma-informed evaluation.
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