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Wednesday, June 1, 2016

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Beating the blues: Improving depression screening rates in two FQHCs
Laura Garcia, CRNP and Nikki Allen, LCSW, LAC

Crossing the abyss: Engaging people experiencing homelessness in health care through innovative service delivery models
Mary Tegger, PA-C, AAHIVS, MA, Bryan Swisshelm, MPH and Eowyn Rieke, MD, MPH

Health care for the homeless for dummies: How to integrate and navigate the system
Joseph Mega, MD, MPH and Heather Cedermaz, NP

Improving access to housing choice vouchers for people experiencing homelessness
Ehren Dohler, MSW and Frances Isbell, MA

What did you say? Reframing and messaging in HCH advocacy
Jeff Foreman, JD, MGA, MA, MS, Philip Malebranche, B.A., Sociology and Dominiq Williams

When street medicine isn't enough: Effective transitions from the street to the clinic
Brett Feldman, MSPAS, PA-C and Joel Hunt, MSPAS, PA-C

Thursday, June 2, 2016

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1:00 PM-2:00 PM


Adapting housing first models for new projects in the midst of an affordable housing shortage
Matthew Mollica, MBA, Lisa Thompson, DNP, PMHNP-BC and John Parvensky, J.D.

Are We Doing Enough to End Homelessness? A Thoughtful Discussion of What is Working and What Remains to be Done
Jeff Olivet, MA, Jim O'Connell, MD, Barbara DiPietro, PhD, Kevin Lindamood, MSW and Wayne Centrone, NMD, MPH

Crucial conversations to empower the underserved: Integrating alcohol, drug and tobacco interventions into primary care.
Kerith Hartmann and Amy Hardy, RN, BSN

Enabling access to hepatitis C cure for people experiencing homelessness
Marguerite Beiser, NP

More than lockers: Chicago's plan to promote health, safety, and connection through storage
Lara Brooks and Ka'Riel Gaiter

State-based strategies for implementing universal health care
Peter Mahr, MD, Samuel Metz, MD and Charlie Swanson, PhD

The personal is political: Liberating consciousness through storytelling
Vanessa Borotz, Tony Simmons, Gary Cobb and Morgan Fritz, PhD