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Health Care for the Homeless
Emery Shelter
1725 Lincoln Road, NE
Washington, DC 20017

http://www1.va.gov/VI-WashingtonDC/page.cfm?pg=2
www.nhchc.org

Anticipated Project(s): Healthcare for the Homeless Education Project
The team members will have the opportunity to develop health presentations for residents of a DC homeless shelter/transitional home for men. Topics were identified by residents and students in the past year but should be updated with a resident’s survey to be done by the new ISCOPES team.

Expectations of Team Members
Each team member will be expected to give at least two presentations each semester, attend the team meetings and participate in developing presentations which can be used by other team members. Presentations are on Thursday evenings from 6-8pm.

Past Projects
--Providing presentations for the homeless shelter.
--Organizing participants and support for the Walk for the Homeless held in DC.
--Two articles have been written by HCH group and published in the Street Sense
   newspaper which deals with issues of homelessness.

Site Description
The National Health Care for the Homeless Council (NHCHC) is an organization that advocates for the health of the nations homeless population. NHCHC advocates for universal healthcare in the United States, researches critical issues, trains health professionals to improve the care of the homeless, publishes newsletters, training videos, and other educational resources, and collaborates with both public and private entities to solve problems faced by the homeless. NHCHC is active in Washington, DC and is supported by Unity Healthcare, Inc. On any given day in the District, there are 7,225 homeless individuals. In 2001, 16,350 individuals experienced homelessness. The District’s homeless rate is twice the national average.

Emery Shelter provides transitional housing for males for periods of 6-12 months.  The majority of the residents are middle-aged African-Americans.  Residents must be substance free while living in the shelter.

Additional Information (coming soon)

• Health Care for the Homeless Executive Summary 2003-2004
• Health Care for the Homeless Executive Summary 1999-2000, 2000-2001