Street Health Outreach and COVID-19

The County of Alameda, in collaboration with Alameda County Health Care for the Homeless, Health Care Services Agency, Abode Services, and the State of California, has initiated Project Roomkey, opening Operation Comfort, isolation housing for symptomatic or COVID-19 infected people experiencing homelessness, as well as Operation Safer Ground, safe housing for high-risk people experiencing homelessness. Go to Isolation Housing for more information.

If street health outreach providers have specific issues or challenges with individuals who may be symptomatic, infected or at-risk of COVID-19, please email Alameda County Health Care for the Homeless at achch@acgov.org with details.
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Weekly Provider Community Call:
ACHCH facilitates a weekly community call for both street health outreach and shelter health providers in Alameda County to share information and updates every Wednesday from 10:30am-11:30am. Please email achch@acgov.org to gain access to the meeting if you are a homeless services provider in Alameda County. Weekly call notes are available here.


Street Health Outreach Guidance

• ​Resources to Support People Experiencing Homelessness
• Interim Guidance for Homeless Service Providers to Plan and Respond to COVID-19 (CDC)
• Interim Guidance for SARS-CoV2 Testing in Homeless Shelters and Encampments (CDC)
• Interim Guidance on People Experiencing Unsheltered Homelessness (CDC)

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
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At-Home Test Kit Demonstration (February 16 2022)
COVID-19 Self-Testing for Outreach Providers

Reference Documents 

• Use Masks to Slow the Spread of COVID-19 (CDC)   
• How to Protect Yourself & Others (CDC)

Important Materials for Outreach Providers

• Sanitation Hygiene Guide
• Coronavirus and Influenza Resources (NHCHC)

(updated 01/11/2022)