Albuquerque Health Care for the Homeless

Harm reduction is a vital component in preventing the spread of infectious disease, reducing the risk of serious health conditions, and building bridges for clients to meet their goals at whatever capacity they are comfortable with. But it’s so much more than just the syringe exchange. Meeting our clients where they are and creating familiarity by just showing up and asking how things are makes a huge impact for our clients every day. We do our best at making every interaction count, help to meet immediate needs as much as possible, and hold space for clients when they need it. #narcansaveslives #harmreduction #reducetheharm #healthcare #healthcareforall #endhomelessness #AHCHcares

This Giving Tuesday, give back, and give the gift of second chances. Donate today and support health care and housing for all: abqhch.org/donate

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Grateful for Our Amazing Community This Thanksgiving 🍂🦃 As we reflect on all we are thankful for this season, we want to take a moment to express our deepest gratitude to all of you — the incredible supporters, friends, partners, and members of this community. Your unwavering encouragement, kindness, and support continue to touch thousands of lives and make a real difference for health care and homelessness in our community. Wishing you all a Thanksgiving filled with love, joy, and countless blessings. Thank you for being a part of our journey! 🙏🧡 #Grateful #Thanksgiving #Community #Support #Blessed

This Thanksgiving we are grateful for the incredible people that we serve and learn from every day. Their stories continue to inspire us and the work that we do. 💕 💕 Meet Steve*. A 55-year-old father who suffered a serious stroke during the COVID-19 pandemic. Overnight, Steve’s whole life changed and he became permanently disabled. Steve was unable to work, lost his job, and struggled to provide for his family. In a matter of weeks, his family was living out of their minivan on the streets of Albuquerque. AHCH helped him and his family exit homelessness, get health care, and connect them to resources. Now they are thriving in their new home. Read his full story on our blog: https://lnkd.in/g62VmrX3 *name changed to protect client's privacy

Our Integrated Health Outreach (IHO) is unique in that we staff our outreach teams to adapt to our client's complex needs, and that might not always be primary health care. Sometimes it's housing, or harm reduction, or resource navigation, or crisis management etc. We staff our teams to be prepared to meet whatever needs the client expresses in the field, such as dental, primary care, behavioral health, and psychiatry as well as social services. ✨✨ Our outreach programs are one of the programs at AHCH that are funded primarily through philanthropic revenue. The reason for this is so that AHCH can remain flexible and agile as we innovate and respond to the complicated and growing homelessness crisis. That means every dollar that you give during this campaign goes to help support our impact and help us reach out to those in need. 💕 💓 If you would like to help support health care for the homeless, please, consider making a gift today. We couldn't do this without you. www.abqhch.org/donate 💗

🚨 Urgent Action Needed: This season is hard enough, let's lend a helping hand for our Neighbors on the Street 🚨 Homelessness already presents immense challenges, but the additional strain of winter conditions compounded by the threat of losing winter survival equipment and medications, without adequate and safe spaces to sleep, can be life-threatening. On a given night, there are generally 1,537 shelter beds for individuals and 89 rooms for families in Albuquerque. Meanwhile, the most recent Point in Time count reported that there are at least 2,734 people experiencing homelessness. The situation is worsening, and we can’t stand by and watch. Here's how you can help: 💙 Donate: Every dollar helps provide critical care, from cold weather health outreach to housing support and social services. www.abqhch.org/donate 🤝 Take Action: Share this message, volunteer, or raise awareness. Your voice can make a huge difference. We have the power to change lives. Let’s make sure no one is left behind. 💪 #HealthcareForAll #HomelessnessAwareness #ActNow #Donate #TakeAction #FirstDayofWinter #SocialJustice

AHCH's Integrated Health Outreach model has stood the test of time. With 39 years of experience, we learned, we innovated, and we grew! Expanding our program offerings, adding new vehicles to our fleet, and moving into our current campus at 1st and Mountain. Throughout our decades of growth, outreach has been at the core of our activities and remains a key part of our strategy to end homelessness by providing equitable access to health care and housing. Our IHO team delivers low-barrier care to people experiencing homelessness via roving outreaches to encampments and other client-occupied public spaces all throughout Albuquerque. Additionally, our outreach teams meet clients on a weekly and rotating basis across seven site-based locations, including the Gateway West, also known as the WEHC or Westside Shelter.

Have a corporate holiday party coming up and want a way to make it special and unique? Tired of the same random White Elephant or Secret Santa gifts that are shuffled into a closet only to end up in a landfill come spring? Want to do something truly meaningful to give back to your community without waking up at the crack of dawn to sling soup on Thanksgiving morning? Host a Grassroots Party-for-a-Cause or Start a Collections Drive for Health Care for the Homeless! What does that look like, you ask? Visit our blog to see how you can get started, today! https://lnkd.in/gvEidYf8

~65% of AHCH's funding comes from public sources, with our Health Center grant from the US Department of Health and Human Services, Human Resources Service Administration, being our largest funding stream. Because of this public funding, we are able to provide services to people experiencing homelessness regardless of ability to pay. With recent Medicaid expansions in the State of New Mexico over 80% of our clients are eligible for public benefits. Therefore, as an organization, we are prioritizing public benefits enrollment in Medicaid and SNAP so that our clients have access to a wide network of care and the resources they need to be able to stay healthy and meet their needs.