Street Medicine Institute Trainings and Webinars

SMI's webinar series is aimed at bringing you practical information, training, and discussion on key topics in street medicine.

Upcoming Trainings

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Past Webinars

Executive Order on Homelessness: Implications and Advocacy for People Sleeping Rough in the US- November 6, 2025

President Trump's executive order, "Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets," seeks to increase involuntary commitment of houseless people with mental health and substance use disorders and increase punishment for public drug use, camping, and squatting. The order additionally calls for the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration to stop funding harm reduction and requires recipients of federal funding for homelessness projects to share health data with federal agencies. While many non-profit organizations serving homeless individuals oppose the executive order, other groups applaud the order and hope it will reduce suffering among people who have become homeless due to serious mental illness and substance use problems.

Combining expertise in street medicine, lived experience of homelessness, health care, and civil rights, speakers Joseph Benson, Emily Hills, and Liz Frye will offer a thought-provoking analysis of the executive order's legal, ethical, and health impacts on unsheltered people.

Emily Hills – Senior Staff Attorney, ACLU of Hawai'i
Joseph Benson – Community Health Worker, Healthcare for the Homeless-Houston; President of the Board of Directors, National Health Care for the Homeless Council; Member, Board of Directors, Street Medicine Institute
Liz Frye, MD MPH – street psychiatrist and Chair, Street Medicine Institute Board of Directors

Medicaid & the Big Beautiful Bill: Implications for Street Medicine in the United States- October 7, 2025

The Big Beautiful Bill (HR1) has passed, bringing major implications for our patients and for the field of street medicine un the US. To help us understand what this means in practice, join us for a Q&A with two national experts:

Andy Schneider – National Medicaid expert and Professor, Georgetown University
Laura Brennan – Senior Policy Manager, National Health Care for the Homeless Council

We’ll discuss:

What changes to Medicaid are included in the Big Beautiful Bill
How these changes will impact our patients and our work
What advocacy options are available now and in the future

Encampment Sweeps & Street Medicine: Reducing Harm, Protecting Health- March 4, 2025

Join the California Street Medicine Collaborative, USC Street Medicine, and the Street Medicine Institute for a crucial discussion on street medicine and encampment sweeps. This webinar will highlight the release of Mitigating the Health Impacts of Encampment Sweeps in California: A Practice Guide for Street Medicine, offering practical strategies to reduce harm and protect health before, during, and after sweeps.