Emerging into the New Normal – Planning Considerations for Emergency Shelter Providers in Congregate and Semi-Shared Settings

June 23, 2pm-3:30pm

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Join TPCH, the Pima County Health Department, and the City of Tucson Housing and Community Development Department for this 90-minute webinar and community discussion regarding safety considerations in an ongoing pandemic environment.  Early in the pandemic, community shelters reduced capacity to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 among people experiencing homelessness. 

Now, approximately two years later, we know much more about COVID-19 safety pre-cautions and have resources to reduce transmission through vaccination.  Many shelter providers are asking – when and how should we safely increase our shelter capacity again?

In this webinar, health professionals from Pima County Health Department will discuss:

• Safety precautions and considerations to increase shelter capacity in congregate settings including dorm style shelter and room/unit-sharing in non-congregate units.

• Risk planning for COVID-19 and other infectious disease outbreaks in shelter settings.

• Tools to help shelter providers know when it’s the “right time” to increase shelter bed capacity.

• Upcoming opportunities to host vaccination/booster events for shelter program participants.

This webinar will include significant time for discussion and questions.  Emergency shelter program leadership and staff are especially encouraged to attend.

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