&
Shelton Kay
Director of Community Services
Crusader Community Health

Health care may be a low priority for
homeless individuals.

• Core issues other than health care impact homelessness
INCOME
HOUSING NUTRITION
• Health care programs do not provide housing, healthy food,
employment services…

Outreach Staff Sites
Over 18 years of
3 Nurses 2 Crusader locations
service
Over 2,000 patients Over 10 additional
served / year 3 Case Managers outreach sites
1 Outreach worker
2 Intake workers

Within
• Salvation Army • Promise of Life
• Jubilee Center • Rockford Rescue Church
• Maya’s House Mission • WAVE
• Carpenter’s
Place
Reach

• Address presenting issues
• Assess underlying risk factors
• Set goals with action steps
• Identify specific support services
• Coordinate multi-provider care
• Link to long-term support
• Identify outcomes

• HCH program eligibility, homeless status
• Other services accessed & resources needed/provided
&
• Encourage holistic care and coordinate care plans
• View progress on self-selected goals and steps

Comprehensive coordinated care plans
Support Services Accountability
Community S.S. Agencies
Better health outcomes
Public Health Centers
Reduced duplication of services
Government Organizations
Collaborative Long Term
Case Management Churches Relationships Improved E.R. diversion
Faith Based Organizations
Self -Sufficiency

Director of Community Services
815.490.1670
skay@crusaderhealth.org
www.crusaderhealth.org
Community Collaboration Inc.
815.316.6390