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Brief: Leveraging legal services on the Homeless Patient Aligned Care Team (H-PACT)

Year Developed: 2020

Resource Type: Publication.

Primary Audience: Enabling Staff
Secondary Audience: Outreach Staff

Language(s): English

Developed by: National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership (See other resources developed by this organization).

Resource Summary: The Homeless Patient Aligned Care Team (H-PACT) is a medical home treatment model being implemented at over 50 VA medical centers (VAMCs) nationwide. The goal of the H-PACT model is to provide the collaborative care necessary to tackle the physical, mental, and social determinants of health which can lead to homelessness. Currently, one-quarter (25.9 percent) of VA health care systems that have an H-PACT, also have an on-site VA medical-legal partnership.

Resource Details: This brief highlights the potential for partnership between the legal community and H-PACTs at VAMCs, and profiles MLPs that are successfully tackling the unmet legal needs of Veterans experiencing and at-risk of homelessness through this approach. This brief is possible with support from the Bob Woodruff Foundation.

Resource Topic: Social Determinants of Health (SDOH), Special and Vulnerable Populations,

Resource Subtopic: Patient Centered Medical Home, Community, Health, and Housing Partnerships, Behavioral Health, Enabling Services (ES).

Keywords: Medical Legal Partnerships (MLPs), Access to Care , Chronic Diseases and Care, Legal Issues, Mental Health, Screening.

This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $6,625,000 with 0 percentage financed with non-governmental sources. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government. For more information, please visit HRSA.gov.