1. ORALM 651 Health and Homelessness

2. Homeless in Seattle One Night Count 2014 Homeless in King County - 800 Volunteers counted 9,294 men, women and children with no shelter in King County - Another 6,171 in shelters and transitional housing programs (2012) -14% increase - Washington State Ranks 8 th in Rate of Homelessness in 2012 (behind Hawaii, Oregon, Nevada, New York, California, Colorado, Wyoming,) Coming Soon: January 2014 http://www.homelessinfo.org/one_night_count/

3.  “Dental care is one of the most requested services of our homeless population.”  Kristine Cunningham, ROOTS Young Adult Shelter

4. Course Objectives Analyze the major social, cultural, legal and political factors contributing to homelessness in Seattle Understand the challenges and steps for finding shelter for homeless individuals Identify the major oral and systemic health issues confronting homeless individuals in Seattle. Understand health care access problems for the homeless Have completed 6 hours of hands-on experience in providing oral health education and/or care delivery for homeless individuals. Understand how health professionals from different backgrounds can work together to address the needs of the homeless.

5. The Course – An Ideal Match student-led lunch-time elective TO Supplement Outreach  Experts in the Field Physicians Researchers Social Workers Shelter Staff Public Advocates Dentists Nurses Pharmacists  Community Partners

6. What are the Requirements? Discussion Sessions (1 hour/session)  Students must participate in 5 lunch-time discussion sessions per quarter (15 sessions/year) Outreach Activities  (6 hours/quarter)  Students will need to volunteer at least 6 hours per quarter (18 hours/year)

7. Autumn Quarter SCHEDULE Thursdays @ Lunch – Starting TODAY!!! HealthandHomelessness.com  1 – Working with Homeless Youth in the Field (10/9) Kristine Cunningham Executive Director – ROOTS Young Adult Shelter  2 – American Indian/Alaskan Native and Homelessness(TBD)(10/23) Caleb Dunlap Chief Seattle Club  3 – (TBD)  4 – Military Sexual Violence and Homelessness(11/14) (TBD) Tiffany Woelfel VA's Women's Trauma and Recovery Center  5 – LGBTQ and Homelessness (TBD)(11/21)

8. Outreach  Current Opportunities Teeth and Toes ROOTS Young Adult Shelter (U District) Hammond House (Downtown) Mary’s Place (Downtown) Immanuel Lutheran Church (Downtown) 45 th Street Clinic (Wallingford) Union Gospel Mission (Pioneer Square) Medical Teams International (varies) Downtown Emergency Service Center (Pioneer Square) Derm Clinic/Foot Care  On the Horizon Northwest Career and Technical Academy (Mt. Vernon/Skagit Valley)

9. Teeth and Toes @ Mary’s Place - TENTATIVE  Tentative Autumn Quarter Date:  Monday, November 11 th, 2013  VETERANS DAY  Interprofessional Service Learning Nursing Medicine Dentistry

10. Surveys & Evaluations

11. The Crew  Faculty Sponsor  Dr. Beatrice Gandara, DDS, MSD – Dentistry  Student Leaders  Keegan Waldo – 3 nd Year – Dentistry  Rica Mackert – 3 nd Year – Dentistry  David Ludwig – 4 rd Year - Dentistry  Support  Evelyn Cruz– AmeriCorps – Dentistry  Elizabeth Berhanu– AmeriCorps – Dentistry  Awa Seck

12. More Information  Go to… HealthandHomelessness.com  Contact… Keegan Waldo kjw29@uw.edu Rica Mackert mackertf@uw.edu  Track Your Hours!

13. Youth And Homelessness Please Welcome Kristine Cuningham– Executive Director Rising Out Of The Shadows http://www.rootsinfo.org/