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How health center care teams can address health and housing for patients involved with the justice system

The National Nurse-Led Care Consortium, the National Health Care for the Homeless Council, the National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership

This issue brief aims to provide an overview of both the civil and criminal justice systems in the United States. It also describes the cyclical relationship between those systems and housing insecurity (including homelessness). Based on this foundation, the brief outlines potential workflow considerations for health centers working to reduce health disparities for patients and families.

How Health Center Care Teams Can Address Health and Housing for Patients Involved With the Justice System. The National Nurse-Led Care Consortium, the National Health Care for the Homeless Council & the National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership; May 11, 2021. Available online.

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Issue Briefs & Reports
Social Determinant of Health
Criminal Justice
Housing Stability