UNITED HOMELESS HEALTHCARE PARTNERS

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UNITED HOMELESS HEALTHCARE PARTNERS

JANUARY 2008 NEWSLETTER

In This Issue

Financial Models for Supportive Housing Workshop

Results of the "Executive Summit On Homeless Healthca= re Service Delivery Models"

January 30th	Policy Development Committee - Conference call 10:00 - 11:00 a.m= . The call in information is: (866) 445-1131 passcode: 9982100	<= /span>
February 20^th	Service Delivery Committee 9 - 10:30 a.m. The California Endowment=	Organization Development Committee 10:30 a.m. - 12 noon T= he California Endowment
February TBD	Policy Development Committee Date & location TBD	<= /span>
March 20th <= /span>	General Membership Meeting 9 a.m. - 12 noon <= /span> The California<= /st1:State> Endowment	<= /span>
April 17th <= /span>	Service Delivery Committee time & location to be determined=	Organization Development Committee time & location TBD
May or June	SSI- Disability documentation Training date & location TBD	<= /span>

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March General Membership Meeting - March 20th

The agenda for the next general membership meeting is shaping up. Look for an announcement email in the next few weeks and please save the dat= e.

Sincerely,

Peggy Edwards
United Homeless Healthcare Partners

Interim Staff for UHHP =

Peggy Edwards and Pat Bowie will serve as interim staff for UHHP for the ne= xt few months. Peggy has been named Executive Director and will be responsible for coordinating programs, seeking funding for permanent staff, and supporting networks in SPA's 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5. Pat will support homeless healthcare networks in SPAs 3, 6, 7, & 8.&n= bsp;

Peggy can be reached at pegwards@pacbell.ne= t
Pat's email is patriciabowie@earth= link.net

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Email: UHHP_LAC@yahoo.com

New UHHP Newsletter

Welcome to the inaugural edition of this newsletter.&n= bsp; It is a work in progress and will involve based on your feedback.&nbs= p; Contact us at the email listed below with any comments and suggestion= s.

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New Meeting Schedule

At the December general meeting. m= embers opted to change the schedule for quarterly, with committee meetings. General membership meetings will be held quarterly, w= ith committee meetings held each month on the other two months of the quarter. The day will generally be the third Thursday of the mo= nth. =

As our membership grows, it is becoming rather unwield= y to conduct detailed business at our monthly meetings. This new approach will allow us to focus on the committee structure we had in place while we developed our strategic plan. This structure is based on three working committees, each with its own strategic object= ives and work plan.

Quarterly general membership meetings will focus on specific topics of interest to members. Look for a survey to identify the topics of most interest to members.<= /span>

The 2008 schedule is still in draft form, as reflected= in the chart on the left.

UHHP Committees & Areas of Focus=

The three UHHP committees are: Service Delivery, Policy Development, & Organization Development.<= /span>

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<= span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#0= 00033'>The Service Delivery Committee is co-chaired by Libby Boyce (Dept.= of Health Services) and Mark Casanova (Homeless Healthcare Los Angeles). This committee was responsible for the Executive Summ= it held in November 2007. Members will be focused on supporting the growth of SPA-based and other networks of homeless healthcare provide= rs and offering training in best practices, and well as offering UHHP networking and opportunities to collaborate.<= /span>

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<= span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#0= 00033'>The Policy Development Committee is co-chaired by Yolanda Vera (Los Angeles Health Action) & Dana Knoll (Watts Healthcare Corp.).&nbs= p; The focus of this committee is to advance our policy priorities throu= gh advocacy and to develop UHHP into a nimble organization that can resp= ond quickly to changing legislation and policy. This committee is sponsor advocacy training for UHHP members.<= /span>

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<= span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#0= 00033'>The Organization Development Committee is co-chaired by Jennifer B= ayer (Hospital Assoc. of Southern California) and Carrie Back (Dept. of Pu= blic Health). This committee has two subcommittees: Development/Grants & Membership/Programs. The internal operations of UHHP fall under this committee's oversight.<= /span>

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<= span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#0= 00033'>UHHP members are urged to serve on one of these committees. Send a message to the email at the end of this newsletter to sign up for a committee.

Financial Models for Supportive Housing Workshop<= /span>

UHHP is sponsoring a technical assistance workshop/discussion to explore financing models to pay for services f= or people in supportive housing.

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Time:= 1:30 - 4 pm<= /span>

Location: Dept. of Hea= lth Services, 313 N. Figueroa, Los Angeles 90012, 1st. floor auditorium.

Dr. Josh Bamberger, Medical Director, Housing and Urban Health and Marc Trotz, Director of Housin= g and Urban Health from the San Francisco Dept. of Public Health will be discussing their financing models and how they use their FQHC status = to care for people in supportive housing. Send a message to the em= ail below to register for this event.

<= u>Results of the "Executive Summit On Homeless Healthcare Service Delivery Models"<= /span>

<= span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi= -font-family: Arial;color:#000033'>The results of an on-line survey and comments received during and after the conference indicated that it was very successful. On a rating scale of 1 - 5, with 5 as the highest, = the ratings were:

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Ø &nbs= p; O= verall, how would you rate the Executive Summit on Homeless Healthcare Service Delivery? 4.3

Ø &nbs= p; H= ow would you rate the quality of the material presented during the conference? 4.2

Ø &nbs= p; H= ow would you rate the quality of the presenters? 4.3<= /span>

Ø &nbs= p; H= ow important was this conference to your work? 4.0<= span style=3D'mso-bookmark:"LETTER\.BLOCK13"'><= /span>

Ø &nbs= p; H= ow well did the conference address the issues of homeless healthcare ser= vice delivery? 4.2

Ø &nbs= p; H= ow likely are you to become or stay involved with collaborative efforts = to provide homeless healthcare in your community? 4.4<= /span>