CSH Initiatives and Products: HRSA

This short, animated video presents an overview of social determinants of health and the impact on managing patient outcomes and most importantly, how health centers can begin to screen and track the housing stability of patients.

This introductory webinar on health and housing partnerships highlights the new accessible guide and resources created by CSH. This webinar promotes the understanding of health and housing partnerships and how health centers can make them happen.

In a January 2021 State Health Official letter, The Center’s for Medicare and Medicaid Services outlined the many ways that states can address the SDOH needs of their Medicaid population. This webinar will outline these strategies and how healthcare for the homeless and other health centers can prepare to effectively advocate for strategies in their states; create new networks and partnerships to capitalize on these opportunities and be effective implementation partners are the federal government and states invest to address SDOH need.

In this webinar, participants will learn the components that comprise a successful care coordination model and will outline the role of individuals on the care team via lines of responsibility. Participants will benefit from learning about models already employed in the field.

Collaboration and partnership between health and housing providers contribute significantly to the health of a community, particularly in a pandemic. Addressing the COVID-19 pandemic through vaccine distribution gives communities the opportunity to find strategies and activities that ensure all are included. Health and housing partnership can work to break down structural barriers to ensure there is access to vaccines. This brief will examine those partnership for vulnerable populations, particularly homeless populations.

The trend toward measuring outcomes to understand successful social interventions has generated new models of investment engaging government, business, and social service sectors in activities addressing the Social Determinants of Health (SDOH), including housing.  Learn more about Performance Based Contracting, Pay for Success Models, and the key roles for Health Center participation in these models to build thriving communities.

In this webinar, three expert panelists from across the US discuss the innovative approaches to housing deployed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes shelter decompression, hotel/motel emergency shelter and the essential services provided to support patients.

This webinar outlines best practices for working with individuals with substance use disorder and the housing options available to support those experiencing instabilities. This webinar includes an overview of the state of the substance use epidemic in the United States, a high-level review of harm reduction and explains the approach and differences between Supportive Housing and Recovery Housing.

Community Health Workers and Peer Specialists (CHW and Peers) are trusted members of the community who empower their communities through education and connections to health and social resources.  COVID-19 emphasized the value of the ‘lived experience’ that this workforce brings to their work, yet within health centers there remain barriers to both hiring and also effective deployment CHW and Peer staff.  This guide – created by CSH, MHP Salud, and National Healthcare for the Homeless Council – shares best practices for 1) recruiting, hiring and retaining, 2) integrating the CHW and Peer in the work 3) key role for CHW and Peeers in screening for SDOH.

Federally funded health centers and health center “look-alikes” (collectively health centers) report on all sorts of data about patients and performance, including housing and homeless status. In fact, as part of the 2019 Uniform Data System (UDS) Data Standard Updates, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) introduced for the first time a requirement that certain health centers track those patients who report living in permanent supportive housing. This UDS Quick Guide will inform health center staff on how UDS offers rich and quite detailed insight into the important operations of health centers.