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Health Access and SDOH: Mobile Outreach for the Unsheltered Homeless (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: The COVID-19 pandemic exposed and exacerbated the long-running housing crisis in the United States. The rise in unsheltered homeless encampments in many communities require new partnerships and expanded services in non-traditional settings to reach vulnerable populations in need of both primary care, chronic disease management and connection to housing resources. More Details...

Housing First 101 – A Quick Guide for Health Centers (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This resource provides a guide to Housing First, the basic idea that everyone is ready for housing regardless of the complexity or the severity of their needs. Most importantly, it is more than a project or program model, it is a system-wide framework. Housing First stands opposed to the “Housing Ready” approach where patients must achieve certain benchmarks, such as consistent sobriety or engagement with a healthcare provider, before receiving housing placement. More Details...

Centering Equity in Health and Housing Partnerships in Times of Crisis and Beyond (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This paper addresses how health centers, other health system providers, and housing partners can center considerations of equity in their shared work to address the needs of people most impacted by structural racism and its impact on health and social determinants of health, including Black people, people of color, and Indigenous people. More Details...

Improving Vaccine and Healthcare Access Among Residents of Supportive Housing: Lessons Learned From COVID-19 (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: The COVID-19 pandemic has had an outsized impact on people experiencing homelessness, residents of supportive housing, patients of health centers, and people living with chronic conditions and disabilities. With the advent of the vaccine, numerous studies have sought to understand the calculus of people to take or refrain from taking the vaccine. More Details...

The Key Ingredient for Diabetes Prevention and Control Programs (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This publication provides a fact sheet that Community Health Workers and Peer Specialists are trusted members of the community who empower their peers through education and connections to health and community resources in diabetes prevention and control. More Details...

Capital Expansion for Health & Housing Webinar - Everything You Need to Know (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This national webinar will assist health centers in understanding the basics of health and housing capital expansion and essential first steps for project development. More Details...

Connections to Housing: Everything you need to know on HMIS and becoming a Coordinated Entry Access Point (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: A Homelessness Continuum of Care (CoC) is the primary resource for individuals experiencing homelessness or housing instability in their local community. Access points within a CoC are vital organizational partners that conduct assessment and screening for prioritization of housing resources. More Details...

Guide to Attracting Funding Resources to Address Social Determinants of Health Needs (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This Guide to Attracting Funding Resources to Address Social Determinants of Health Needs will explore, from the community health center perspective, approaches to attract investments in SDOH that meet common, critical patient needs such as housing. More Details...

All About Nutrition: How Health Centers Can Promote Nutrition Education in Efforts to Prevent Diabetes and Chronic Disease (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar focused on promising strategies and lessons learned from nutrition education experts, who will help guide a conversation around supporting chronic disease prevention through nutrition, food access, and connections to community resources. More Details...

Health Center Role in Housing Innovations: Coordinated Entry (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Building upon the original CSH Coordinated Entry publication, this paper will examine the current state of CE and the importance of health center involvement in the homeless response system. CE is a process that assesses, prioritizes and refers people experiencing homelessness with community housing resources. More Details...

Connections to Housing: Everything You Need to Know on HMIS and Becoming a Coordinated Entry Access Point (2022). Resource Type: Webinar. Description:  Homelessness Continuum of Care (CoC) is the primary resource for individuals experiencing homelessness or housing instability in their local community. Access points within a CoC are vital organizational partners that conduct assessment and screening for prioritization of housing resources. This pre-recorded module and accompanying resource document will provide information to health centers interested in becoming an Access Point within their CoC. More Details...

Workforce Self-Care: Self-paced module (2022). Resource Type: E-Learning. Description: This self-paced learning module is designed for supervisors and provides strategies for promoting self-care among teams and direct reports. Learn techniques to integrate trauma-informed supervision, model self-care behaviors, and promote resilience among your team. More Details...

Voices from the Field: Recruiting and Hiring for Social Determinants of Health Screening (2022). Resource Type: E-Learning. Description: This self-paced resource includes modules exploring the success and challenges of recruiting, hiring and retaining staff to provide screenings for Social Determinants of Health within community health centers. Learn from the voices of professionals in the field on how to address barriers and amplify the role of peer specialists. More Details...

Housing Focused Mobile Outreach for Health Centers (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: n.a. More Details...

Health and Housing Partnerships to Support the Needs of Aging Patients (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This national webinar provides an overview of best practices for developing or strengthening health and housing partnerships to support aging patients. More Details...

Non-Clinical Approaches to Diabetes Prevention: Lessons Learned from Health Centers and Community Partners (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: The purpose of this publication is to share lessons learned from health centers and other community-based partners that are implementing new strategies for preventing diabetes in their communities. More Details...

Leveraging Federal Recovery Money to Maintain and Expand Health Center Services and Partnerships: Substance Use and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA) (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: States and localities have significant new funding via the CARES Act and the American Rescue Plan Act. This brief is part of a series that will describe in detail the SAMSHA funding sources, the differing processes by which funding becomes available at the state and local level, and the planning and stakeholder input process each funding stream requires before awarding or implementing funds. More Details...

Leveraging Federal Recovery Money to Maintain and Expand Health Center Services and Partnerships: Medicaid Home and Community Based Service (HCBS) (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: States and localities have significant new funding via the CARES Act and the American Rescue Plan Act. This brief is part of a series that will describe in detail the Medicaid funding sources, the differing processes by which funding becomes available at the state and local level, and the planning and stakeholder input process each funding stream requires before awarding or implementing funds. More Details...

Leveraging Federal Recovery Money to Maintain and Expand Health Center Services and Partnerships: Department of Housing and Community Development (HUD) (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: States and localities have significant new funding via the CARES Act and the American Rescue Plan Act. This brief is part of a series that will describe in detail the new HUD funding sources, the differing processes by which funding becomes available at the state and local level, and the planning and stakeholder input process each funding stream requires before awarding or implementing funds. More Details...

Leveraging Federal Recovery Money to Maintain and Expand Health Center Services and Partnerships: Center for Disease Control (CDC) (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: States and localities have significant new funding via the CARES Act and the American Rescue Plan Act. This brief is part of a series that will describe in detail the CDC funding sources, the differing processes by which funding becomes available at the state and local level, and the planning and stakeholder input process each funding stream requires before awarding or implementing funds. More Details...