Recuperative Care is a program that provides short-term medical care and case management to homeless persons who are recovering from an acute illness or injury and whose conditions would be exacerbated by living on the street or in a shelter.

Tom’s condition was terminal, it didn’t change the fact that he needed care and that recuperative care was going to be the most compassionate and cost-effective solution. Homeless patients often die on the very streets they live on and healthcare providers, without appropriate discharge options, are often forced to make the difficult choice to return homeless patients to the street without the benefits of follow-up care.

Through its recuperative care and bridge housing programs, NHF plans to place 100 homeless individuals into permanent housing and 50 individuals into permanent supportive housing in the next year and a half.