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Funder Webinar on the Intersections of Housing Instability, Homelessness, and Maternal Mental Health
February 2025
“Housing is absolutely essential to human flourishing. Without stable shelter, it all falls apart.”
—Matthew Desmond
Grantmakers In Health in partnership with Funders for Maternal Mental Health and Funders Together to End Homelessness hosted a webinar on the impact of homelessness, evictions, and housing insecurity on maternal mental health. This webinar explored the intersectional nature of housing instability and maternal mental health, and discussed the complexities of these issues through the insights of leading voices working to address family well-being.
Watch this recording to learn about cutting-edge research underway to understand the impacts of housing instability on maternal mental health. You will hear from on-the-ground programs working in communities with pregnant women and parents to provide housing supports, like rental assistance, temporary shelter, and permanent supportive housing as a preventive measure to promote maternal well-being and economic mobility. And you will come away with policy solutions and systems change ideas that promote housing, reproductive care, and health care justice from a national policy and advocacy organization that sits at the intersection of these issues. These presentations will provide funders with recommendations and insights on how they can connect the dots between housing stability and well-being for birthing people.
Speakers included:
- D. Michael Durham, Director of Networks | Funders Together to End Homelessness
- Devora Keller, MD, MPH, Director of Clinical and Quality Improvement, National Healthcare for the Homeless Council
- Runisha Johnson, Farm & Community Outreach Coordinator, Lotus House Women's Shelter
- Dr. Shawnita Sealy-Jefferson, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor, The Ohio State University
- Dr. Katherine Marçal, Assistant Professor, Rutgers University
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