Last month, CSH celebrated National Health Center Week raising awareness of America’s 1,400 Community Health Centers (CHCs) and their role in providing healthcare to supportive housing tenants. We recognize the dedication and passion of CHC staff, board members, and supporters who provide quality, comprehensive healthcare services to more than 31.5 million patients across nearly 15,000 communities annually.
CHCs serve more than 1.3 million patients experiencing homelessness each year, a vast majority of whom seek care from HCH grantee organizations. People who experience homelessness endure higher rates of chronic and acute disease, behavioral health conditions, and other health disparities that make them vulnerable to poor health, disability, and premature death.
CSH offers training and technical assistance to federally qualified health centers and organizations collaborating on health and housing initiatives. Our focus areas include health and housing partnerships, social determinants of health, HUD homeless and housing programs, and supportive housing development. Through training, webinars, publications, and direct assistance, we support those serving individuals facing housing instability and homelessness.
Check out the Latest CSH HRSA Publications and Insights
Housing as an Intervention for HIV Linkage to Care
This publication aims to increase the recognition of housing as an evidence based, multifunctional intervention for people with HIV experiencing homelessness. Housing is a strategic and powerful driver for improving clinical outcome measures on a client, clinic, and systems level. This publication will elevate key findings in research, best practices, and community strategies where housing as an intervention for HIV linkage to care has been realized and implemented.
Optimizing Health and Housing Partnerships: A Toolkit for Health Centers
This toolkit aims to assist health centers and service providers in engaging with the housing sector. It contains resources, including specific action steps and detailed, practical information on the most common housing programs and how to access them. With this information, health centers will know how to navigate the housing sector and build internal support for deep, more sustainable partnerships addressing their community’s SDOH.
Leveraging Opioid Settlement Dollars – Benefits and Strategies for Health Centers
This resource focuses on how health centers can effectively utilize funds from opioid settlement agreements. It highlights the ongoing opioid crisis, noting a 2.8% increase in overdose deaths between August 2022 and August 2023. It emphasizes the importance of a multi-faceted approach, including prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery services.
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