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Health Care for the Homeless 101   An orientation for clinicians, administrators, consumers, and  board members National HCH Conference Washington, D.C. June 13, 2007
Sponsored by National HCH Council  & HCH Clinicians’ Network
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Realities of homelessness  in the United States Homeless people are the sum total  of our dreams, policies, intentions, errors, omissions, cruelties, and kindnesses as a society. Peter Marin, sociologist
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Estimates of number of people experiencing homelessness ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Single  Women 17% Single  Men 51% Families with  Children 30% Unaccompanied  Youth 2% A portrait of homelessness The US Conference of Mayors 23-City Survey: Hunger and Homelessness, December 2006
White 39% Native American 4% African- American 42% Asian 2% Hispanic 13% A portrait of homelessness The US Conference of Mayors 23-City Survey: Hunger and Homelessness, December 2006
Where do we find people who are homeless? Urban Institute, 1999
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Realitiesof Homelessness2007

  • 1. Health Care for the Homeless 101 An orientation for clinicians, administrators, consumers, and board members National HCH Conference Washington, D.C. June 13, 2007
  • 2. Sponsored by National HCH Council & HCH Clinicians’ Network
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  • 8. Single Women 17% Single Men 51% Families with Children 30% Unaccompanied Youth 2% A portrait of homelessness The US Conference of Mayors 23-City Survey: Hunger and Homelessness, December 2006
  • 9. White 39% Native American 4% African- American 42% Asian 2% Hispanic 13% A portrait of homelessness The US Conference of Mayors 23-City Survey: Hunger and Homelessness, December 2006
  • 10. Where do we find people who are homeless? Urban Institute, 1999
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