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Preventing Youth Homelessness Series Webinar: The Role Of Healthcare

Posted by 5sc on October 14, 2022

Tuesday, November 29, 2022 | 2:00PM ET, 1:00PM CT, 12:00PM MT, 11:00AM PT 

The combination of many failed systems causes people to lose their housing, including the healthcare industry and its complexity of insurance and the patchwork of so-called safety-net programs.  

Join this discussion to explore the range of intersections between youth homelessness and healthcare, focusing on health policy that would improve young people’s housing security and what healthcare providers need to support young people at risk of homelessness. Ample time will be dedicated to group discussion with attendees, so come prepared to discuss your own funding at this intersection.  

This webinar series is a continuation of a February convening on the prevention of youth homelessness. View the September editions on the roles of employment and education.   

Learning Objectives: 

  • Describe the insurance landscape and health infrastructure affecting youth and young adults experiencing housing insecurity.  
  • Describe how health care providers (hospitals, FQHCs, etc.) can screen for housing insecurity and connect people to housing resources  
  • Understand the distinct health needs of LGBTQIA+ young people 
  • Define at least one strategy funders should consider related to youth homelessness and health 

Speakers: 

  • Aruna Krishnakumar, Health Center Director - Brooklyn, Callen-Lorde Community Health Center
  • Barbara DiPietro, Sr. Director of Policy, National Health Care for the Homeless Council  
  • Michael Durham, Director of Networks, Funders Together to End Homelessness (moderator)

How to Register:

Funders Together staff will approve your registration, and you will receive a unique Zoom link to join this webinar. To register for this webinar, please use the register button below. 

 

Register here for the Re-Entry Webinar

 

Please note: Participation in Funders Together programming is limited to private funders, United Ways, philanthropy-serving organizations, and/or members of Funders Together. Public funders, government employees, and staff at organizations where grantmaking is not the primary function are not eligible to participate. If you have any questions about your eligibility to participate, please contact Michael Durham, Director of Networks.    

WHEN
November 29, 2022 at 2:00pm - 3pm
CONTACT
Michael Durham · · (617) 245-0314 x102

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  • Jack Zhang
    published this page in Programming 2022-10-14 14:57:12 -0400

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Very often a lack of jobs and money is not the cause of poverty, but the symptom. The cause may lie deeper in our failure to give our fellow citizens a fair chance to develop their own capacities, in a lack of education and training, in a lack of medical care and housing, in a lack of decent communities in which to live and bring up their children.

-President Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964 State of the Union Address

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