2018 National Health Care for the Homeless Conference & Policy Symposium

This May, staff members and clients headed to Minneapolis, Minnesota to attend the 2018 National Health Care for the Homeless Conference & Policy Symposium. Enjoy photos below and check out who presented on what…

• Chauna Brocht: Medical Respite Care: Engaging your Community
• Regina Reed: 
  • Medical Respite Care: Engaging your Community 
  •  Single Payer NOW! Achieving the Universal Solution in an Incremental World 
  • They work for US! – Congressional Advocacy 101 for the HCH Community
  • Real World Immigration and Other Legal Enforcement Issues at HCH Health Centers
  • If You’re Not at the Table You’re on the Menu- Voter Registration and Engagement for People Experiencing Homelessness 
  • Advocacy 101 for Providers 
• Barbara DiPietro 
  • Expanding Access to Housing & Health Care Through Policy & Community Collaborations  
  • Encampments: The Expanding Frontline of Homelessness in America Poses Challenges for the HCH Community 
  • Are We Doing Enough to End Homelessness? Part IV 
  • Medicaid Accountable Care Organizations: A Fancy New Care Model Tries to Improve Health 
  • Advocacy 101 for Providers 
• Vanessa Borotz: ​Building Inclusive Communities Begins at Home  
• Lawanda Williams
  • ​Beyond the Medical Model: Managing Diabetes and Chronic Disease through a Social Determinants Lens 
  • Advocacy 101 for Providers 
• Katherine Cavanaugh
  • ​If You Build It, Will They Come? Strategies for Recruitment and Retention in Consumer Engagement 
  • Activating your Inner Aesop: Developing and Sharing Passionate Stories with Impact 
  • Fostering Trauma-Informed Leadership Skills for Consumers
• Kevin Lindamood: ​Are We Doing Enough to End Homelessness? Part IV | Advocacy 101 for Providers
• Tyler Gray: ​Hep C: Working Towards a Cure as a Community

At the conference, John Parvensky, leader of the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, was awarded the Philip W. Brickner National Leadership Award, named in memory of the physician credited with initiating the health care for the homeless movement. John shared some poignant reflections during the ceremony—and are worth a read here.