Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program receives HHS funding and has Federal PHS deemed status with respect to certain health or health-related claims, including medical malpractice claims, for itself and its covered individuals.
Ensuring Access
BHCHP’s street outreach team proactively develops connections with people experiencing homelessness and connects them to care, very commonly mental health care. The team also includes a psychiatrist who can provide care directly on the street. BHCHP’s other mental health care providers follow suit, offering psychiatric consultations and therapy appointments not just in clinics, but where patients already are—from alleyways to shelters to church basements to the homes of patients who’ve been housed since they started coming to us for care. For patients who struggle to make and keep appointments, we offer open access mental health care, enabling patients to be seen by a mental health professional on a same-day, walk-in basis. This low-threshold approach means anyone can access mental health care when they need it, even without traveling or scheduling in advance.
