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In Collaboration with VHA Employee Education System, VA’s National Center on Homelessness among Veterans, Homeless Programs Office, VACO Presents:
Establishing a Care Environment for Homeless Housing Settings: Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic
Wednesday, April 21, 2021: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. EST
Facilitators:
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Dina Hooshyar, MD, MPH, Director, National Center on Homelessness among Veterans (the Center), Dallas, TX |
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Barbara DiPietro, PhD, Senior Director of Policy, National Health Care for the Homeless Council, Baltimore, MD
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Discussants:
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Shannon Gregory, USMC (ret), MBA, Regional Leader, Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans (MACV) |
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James McCloden, Hotel Program Manager, Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans (MACV) |
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Lynea Seiberlich-Wheeler, LCSW, Associate Director of Behavioral Health, West County Health Centers, CA |
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Debra Hayes, MBA, Executive Director, My Brother's Keeper, Inc. Genesee County, MI |
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Kirsten Cahoon, BA, Director, Shelter Operations, Good Samaritan Shelter, Santa Maria, CA |
Overview:
As evidence by the evolving nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, room for growth exists in creating a care environment for homeless housing settings that mitigates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and promotes person-centered care. To address this need, VA's National Center on Homelessness among Veterans partnered with the National Health Care for the Homeless Council to create A Clinical Resource Guide for Community Care Centers During the COVID-19 Pandemic. This live webinar will provide a roundtable discussion with homeless housing program managers and others involved in providing care to homeless populations. This discussion will explore practical ways to implement this clinical resource guide’s guidance and reflect on the challenges of providing a homeless housing care environment and lessons learned. We will also consider recommendations that may further mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic while promoting person-centered care in homeless housing settings and that may be utilized post-COVID-19 pandemic.
A Clinical Resource Guide for Community Care Centers During the COVID-19 Pandemic may be accessed on VA's Homeless Programs Office COVID-2019 website (under Information for Service Providers Helping Veterans Who Are Experiencing Homelessness) and VA's Homeless Programs Office Outreach Tools site (under Medical Booklets).
Audience: Multidisciplinary staff serving Veterans at risk of homelessness or experiencing homelessness. Participants may include but are not limited to physicians, nurses, psychologists, social workers, counselors, case managers, housing specialists, peer support specialists, team leaders, supervisors, and Network Homeless Coordinators.
Modality: Virtual conference (webinar)
Credit/hours: 1
Accreditations: ACCME, ACCME-NP, ANCC, APA, ASWB, NBCC, ADA, NYSED, SW
Objectives:
At the conclusion of this educational program, learners will be able to:
- Identify challenges in creating a homeless housing care environment during the COVID-19 pandemic;
- Apply concepts from A Clinical Resource Guide for Community Care Centers During the COVID-19 Pandemic to providing care in homeless housing settings; and
- Describe lessons learned from creating a homeless housing care environment during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Registration: To receive credit for attending, VA employees need to register in TMS before the training begins:
To find a course when logging into TMS:
Go to Learning, scroll down to My Learning, type in course # and Title
VA Item # 44009 NCHV: Establishing a Care Environment for Homeless Housing Settings: Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic
Be sure to click Register Now rather than Assign to Me or Start Course
For audio use VANTS: 1-800 767-1750 Passcode: 22202# for audio to hear the presentation
For more information on education opportunities, please call Derrick Crowley, Management Analyst, (813) 903-4425 or email Derrick.crowley@va.gov
The National Center on Homelessness among Veterans promotes the development of policy and practice that targets ending and preventing Veteran homelessness through supporting the implementation of relevant research findings into clinical practice, providing education and training for VA and community partners, disseminating evidence-based and emerging best practices, and developing new empirical knowledge.
To learn more, visit our Center Education and Training Website
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