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PWG2
No Mission, No Margin: Addressing Homelessness from a Public Health Perspective
Date
March 18, 2020
Health centers were built on a foundation of social justice. Over the past 50 years, health centers have emerged not only as important venues of care for underserved people, but also as advocates for social change. We cannot improve our patients’ health unless we change the broader communities where they live, work, and raise families. As unsheltered homelessness reaches a crisis point in many communities across the country, health centers are well-positioned to be strong voices for constructive, evidence-based public policy responses. In doing so, we elevate our profile, invite new funding opportunities, and open possibilities to create new lines of service that advance our mission (such as partnering with developers to build housing).
This workshop will address how health centers can fulfill the mission by framing advocacy efforts in a public health context and be active partners with local officials to bring humane and dignified solutions to homelessness. Health center leaders will present their approach to homeless advocacy and public health, and discuss how their focus on mission only adds to their financial margin and overall effectiveness as community leaders.
Learning Objectives
Identify public health issues associated with homelessness.
Identify advocacy strategies that align health center mission with public health issues.
Identify ways that advocacy can promote the value of health centers.
Coordinating and integrating behavioral health and substance use treatment services within primary care has been proven to be a highly effective care strategy. Health centers have long provided these services to better meet the multi-faceted needs of their patients under one roof…
The National Health Care for the Homeless Council defines medical respite care for homeless persons as "acute and post-acute care for those who are too ill or frail to recover from a physical illness or injury on the streets, but are not ill enough to be in a hospital…
The impact of COVID-19 on communities served by health centers has been profound, and this is acutely the case for homeless populations, residents of public housing, and migrant and seasonal farmworkers…
Health centers are on the front lines of the national drug epidemic, providing a continuum of much needed services to care for patients and families affected by opioid and other substance use disorders…
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