SOLACE CEE
Social profile, health literacy, service use and needs of potential clients of integrated services across 5 pilot sites within the SOLACE-CEE project
Chronic homelessness is often accompanied by complex health and social challenges that require more than housing support alone. The SOLACE-CEE project brings together seven partner organisations across Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Bulgaria to develop and implement integrated health and social care solutions for people experiencing homelessness.
The webinar will introduce the project’s approach, highlighting the integration of healthcare, housing and social support, low-threshold and outreach services, trauma-informed care, telemedicine and multidisciplinary cooperation. Partners will share practical experiences from their pilots, including the challenges they face, the solutions they have developed and their potential for replication across Europe.
Meet the Speakers
Alena Vachnová – Strategic and Vision Manager, SOLACE-CEE: Introduction to the project and its overall approach.
Nóra Teller – Metropolitan Research Institute (MRI), Hungary: Social profile and service needs of potential clients of integrated services across the 5 pilots
Dr Sándor Békási - Hungarian Charity Service of the Order of Malta, Hungary: Presentation of the Hungarian pilot, including telemedicine and telepsychiatry
- Silvia Vassileva – HESED, Bulgaria: Presentation of HESED’s integrated model for support of families in housing insecurity
Ian Tilling – Casa Ioana, Romania: The situation in Romanian shelters, service providers for families and the challenges arising from the national legislative framework.
Julia Wygnańska founder and leader of Housing First Poland Foundation (NMP), Poland: Presentation of the pilot and the work with individuals
Zuzana Chytilová – Všetci pre rodinu (VPR), Slovakia: Integrated health and social care in practice, including the development of the Košice and Prešov HUBs.
- Alena Vachnová – Nadácia DEDO Foundation, Slovakia (COO of SOLACE-CEE): Sustainability and potential for replication.