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How Health Center Care Teams Can Address Health and Housing for Patients Involved With the Justice System
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How Health Center Care Teams Can Address Health and Housing for Patients Involved With the Justice System

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This report provides an overview of both the civil and criminal justice systems in the United States and describes the cyclical relationship between those systems and housing insecurity, including homelessness.

The report outlines potential workflow considerations for health centers working to reduce health disparities for patients and families.

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Author Organization

The National Nurse-Led Care Consortium, the National Health Care for the Homeless Council & the National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership

Publication Date

05.11.2021

Topic Area

Health Care
Social Needs
Brief

Intermediary Organizations Are Urgently Needed to Assist in Modernizing Public Health and Addressing the Drivers of Health in the United States

This issue brief describes the different roles intermediaries can play; provides examples of where they have been used in practice; and identifies the risks, benefits, and possible innovations of intermediaries as well as policy approaches that might facilitate their appropriate use.

Publication

“More Than Just Giving Them a Piece of Paper”: Interviews with Primary Care on Social Needs Referrals to Community-Based Organizations

This publication characterizes referrals to community-based organizations by primary care practices, which are increasingly being used by healthcare organizations to invest in social care.

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Revising the Foundational Public Health Services in 2022

This publication provides a framework outlining the unique responsibilities of governmental public health and can be used to explain the vital role of governmental public health in a thriving community; identify capacity and resource gaps; determine the cost for assuring foundational activities; and justify funding needs

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