Optimizing Health and Housing Partnerships
A Toolkit for Health Centers
Year Developed: 2024
Resource Type: Toolkit.Primary Audience: C-Suite (CEOs, CFOs, CIO, COOs, CMOs, etc.)
Clinicians
Enabling Staff
Outreach Staff
PCAs
Secondary Audience: Administrative Staff
Board of Directors
Language(s): English
Developed by: Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) (See other resources developed by this organization).
Resource Summary: This toolkit contains resources including specific action steps to take and detailed, practical information on the most common housing programs and how to access them. With this information, health centers will have the knowledge to navigate the housing sector and build internal support for deep, more sustainable partnerships addressing SDOH.
Resource Details: Nearly all Federally Qualified Health Centers in the United States are now screening patients on Social Determinants or Drivers of Health (SDOH). In 2022, there are over 1.3 million patients experiencing homelessness served in FQHCs and a further 521,299 experiencing housing insecurity. As health centers advance efforts to address this, the role of front-line staff is vital for managing referral networks and connecting patients with those resources. However, partnerships between health and housing systems remain limited in scale and many health center staff report challenges with securing leadership support and added capacity necessary to managing partnerships and referral networks. To address this need, CSH has developed a Health and Housing Partnerships Toolkit to assist health centers to engage with the housing sector. This toolkit contains resources including specific action steps to take and detailed, practical information on the most common housing programs and how to access them. With this information, health centers will have the knowledge to navigate the housing sector and build internal support for deep, more sustainable partnerships addressing SDOH.
Resource Topic: Special and Vulnerable Populations
Resource Subtopic: Social Determinants of Health (SDOH), Community, Health, and Housing Partnerships.
Keywords: Housing.This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $6,625,000 with 0 percentage financed with non-governmental sources. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government. For more information, please visit HRSA.gov.