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Public Health and Homeless Response systems join forces to …

WEBCOVID-19 has underscored that it’s a public health crisis for all of us. Recently Built for Zero brought together leaders from homeless response and health

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Learning Brief: How are public health and homelessness systems

WEBAccording to Dr. Sandro Galea, the dean of the Boston University School of Public Health, three criteria must be met for an issue to be considered a public health …

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Expert Roundup: Public Health and Homelessness

WEBAt least 25% of people experiencing homelessness have a serious mental illness, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, or major …

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FAQs about Mental Health and Homelessness

WEBThere are many questions and misunderstandings about the relationship between mental health and homelessness. In order to strengthen our own …

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Understanding the links between health and homelessness

WEBThe health system in each community will focus on improving population-level outcomes for people facing chronic homelessness, including: driving reductions in …

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Learning Brief: Embedding Medical Providers in Shelters to …

WEBThis learning brief focuses on how embedding medical providers within shelters can increase access to health care and address barriers preventing people …

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Health Care Is Key to Coordinating Homelessness Solutions

WEBIn December 2020, Community Solutions launched a pilot project with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) to explore the critical role that health care …

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Health Care Systems

WEBHealth systems committed to advancing and upholding the overall health of their communities have embraced an “anchor” mission. This concept, developed by The …

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Health care and homelessness

WEBWe’re seeking to find the most meaningful contributions health care can make toward ending chronic homelessness. In December 2020, Community Solutions and the …

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Forbes: Will The Covid Crisis Spur Us To End Homelessness

WEBThe Covid pandemic is exposing cracks in numerous public systems—including health care, finance, and housing. In fact, says Rosanne Haggerty, founder of Community …

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The Costs and Harms of Homelessness

WEBA study conducted by the Central Florida Commission on Homelessness found that the costs of arresting, booking, incarcerating, and providing mental health …

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Health systems work together to help end chronic homelessness

WEBDignity Health, Kaiser Permanente, Sutter Health, and UC Davis Health have partnered with Sacramento Steps Forward on a pilot supported by Community …

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Affirming Truths about Homelessness

WEBFifty-three percent had either lived locally for 10 years or longer, or were born and grew up in King County. 4. Los Angeles: Well over half — 68% — of those …

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TO END HOMELESSNESS AND THE CONDITIONS THAT …

WEBwhat makes community solutions different? “homelessness is a manmade disaster, and it can be solved. community solutions works upstream and downstream of the problem by …

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The Costs and Harms of Homelessness: Key Things to Know

WEBThe costs associated with homelessness are multidimensional, spanning social, medical, behavioral, economic, and moral concerns. Evidence demonstrates that …

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In Anchorage, a complex care shelter supports medically …

WEBOperationalizing the shelter. Six months after opening, the complex care shelter is operating at full capacity. It has a mix of single and double occupancy rooms, …

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PRESS RELEASE: Washoe County, Nevada, becomes second …

WEBWashoe County is part of Built for Zero, a national initiative of more than 100 cities and counties working to measurably end homelessness, and is working to …

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Dave A. Chokshi, MD MSc

WEBDave A. Chokshi, MD, MSc, FACP was the 43rd Commissioner at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, one of the leading health agencies in the …

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Learning Brief: Data-Sharing Between Homelessness and Health …

WEBData-sharing between homeless response systems and health systems can lead to cross-sector case conferencing that brings expertise and resources from both …

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TechCrunch: Getting tech right in Iowa and elsewhere requires …

WEBGetting it right starts with understanding the humans who will use what you build to solve an actual problem. What do they actually need? …Another example is the work of Built for …

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Jackson Free Press OPINION: Partners Needed to Fight …

WEBIn the past year, the Central MS-500 CoC has joined the Built for Zero, or BFZ, movement, also referenced in Veal’s article. (BFZ is the program that helped Open Doors Homeless …

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