Corporation for Supportive Housing's Optimizing Health and Housing Partnerships: A Toolkit for Health Centers

Most Community Health Centers (CHCs) in the United States are now screening patients on Social or Drivers of Health (SDOH). A significant portion of patients served by CHCs experience homelessness and 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. Many health center staff report challenges with securing leadership support and adding the capacity necessary to manage partnerships and referral networks. To address this need, the Corporation for Supportive Housing has developed a Health and Housing Partnerships Toolkit to assist health centers in engaging with the housing sector. This toolkit contains resources, including a readiness assessment tool, health and housing infographic, specific action steps and detailed, practical information on the most common housing programs and how to access them. 

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