Many homeless families and individuals are dealing with health problems that have contributed to or resulted from their homelessness. Weather it’s a physical disability or a mental illness, or just a lack of preventative care, these problems can be very difficult to address when someone is homeless. Homeless people face multiple impediments to accessing health care. These individuals are most often uninsured, they have no address at which to receive medical correspondence, and they have limited transportation options to travel to appointments. Perhaps more importantly, they are often expending their time and energy trying to find food and shelter, rather than on obtaining medical care.
