The Framework for an Equitable COVID-19 Homelessness Response (Framework) released a new issue brief, “Expanding Options for Health Care Within Homelessness Services: CoC Partnerships with Medical Respite Care Programs.”
The brief illustrates how medical respite care (MRC) programs and Continuums of Care (CoC) can effectively partner to improve systems of care and better meet the healthcare needs of individuals experiencing homelessness. The brief describes existing service gaps, provides perspectives from MRC and CoC program staff, and identifies steps that can be taken to improve collaborations. The brief also spotlights a notably successful CoC-MRC partnership in Yakima, Washington.
Though every community has unique needs, the Framework expects that CoC staff, homelessness services providers, MRC program staff, hospital systems, and Medicaid payers will be able to use the document as a guide for improving health and housing outcomes.
Read the brief at: https://tinyurl.com/3tn5tyad
View other Framework materials at: housingequityframework.org