3 Hours / 3 CEs

On Demand | Self-Paced Professional Training

This on-demand professional training program on Poverty, Homelessness, and Poor Health Outcomes is presented by Jerrod Brown, Ph.D.

This badge-earning program can be shared digitally on platforms like LinkedIn or your resume and counts towards a certificate. Enroll in this program to earn credit towards the Integrated Behavioral Health Certificate and share your new digital credentials with prospective employers and colleagues.

Persons who have experienced long-term poverty and homelessness commonly deal with increased cognitive, emotional, behavioral, and physical health problems. As such, these experiences can contribute to a host of adverse health and developmental outcomes for the impacted individual. 

This program discusses how poverty and homelessness affect health and well-being, along with the negative impacts on mental health. This program is designed to increase understanding of the causes, consequences, and interventions for persons experiencing poverty and homelessness who are impacted by poor health. Empirically based research findings are highlighted throughout this program.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:

  • 1 Describe poverty and homelessness
  • 2 Describe health disparities and other related constructs
  • 3 Describe the causes and consequences associated with long-term poverty and homelessness
  • 4 Describe screening and intervention techniques and approaches for clients impacted by long-term poverty and homelessness, and poor health
  • 5 Describe relevant and up-to-date research findings

  • Intended Audience

    This training is designed for professionals who support individuals impacted by long-term poverty and homelessness. It is suitable for participants at any stage of their career, from entry-level to experienced practitioners. The content is especially relevant for those in public health, social work, mental health, community outreach, and healthcare roles serving underserved populations.

  • Experience Level

    This training is applicable for all career stages: entry-level, mid-career, and experienced professionals.

    • Suitable for those new to working with underserved populations as well as seasoned practitioners seeking updated knowledge and skills

  • Practice Setting

    • Psychologists, social workers, and counselors
    • Public health professionals
    • Community outreach workers
    • Healthcare providers in community or public health settings
    • Staff at social service agencies and nonprofit organizations serving homeless or low-income populations
    • Professionals in policy-focused organizations addressing poverty and homelessness

Presented By

Jerrod Brown, PhD

Jerrod Brown, PhD, is the Treatment Director for Pathways Counseling Center, Inc., the lead developer of an online Master of Arts degree in Human Services with an emphasis in Forensic Behavioral Health from Concordia University, St. Paul, Minnesota, the founder and CEO of the American Institute for the Advancement of Forensic Studies (AIAFS), and the Editor-in-Chief of Forensic Scholars Today (FST) and the Journal of Special Populations (JSP).

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Jerrod Brown, PhD

Training Outline

Key topics covered in this training include:

  • Unhealthy lifestyle and risky health behaviors and problematic coping strategies

  • Psychological distress and toxic stress

  • Hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis dysfunction

  • Food insecurities

  • Health-promoting behaviors

  • Metabolic dysfunction, executive dysfunction, and emotional dysregulation

  • Executive dysfunction

  • Stigma

  • Lonelines, social isolation, and COVID-19

  • Head injury

Earning a Certificate

This is a badge-earning program, which means it will help you earn a certificate that can be showcased on digital platforms like LinkedIn.
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CE Sponsorship Information

Palo Alto University, Continuing & Professional Studies (CONCEPT) is approved by, recognized by, or maintains sponsorship provider status with the following boards and agencies. We maintain responsibility for all content in our CE/CPD programs. For more information, visit here. 

  1. American Psychological Association (APA): Approved sponsor of continuing education for psychologists.

  2. Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB): Approved continuing education provider (ACE program, Provider #1480), 11/22/2023–11/22/2026.

  3. Canadian Psychological Association (CPA): Approved to sponsor continuing education for psychologists.

  4. National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC): Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP No. 7190).



Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT), is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT), SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0356 and the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0073. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6811. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. CONCEPT Professional Training, #1480, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. CONCEPT Professional Training maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 11/22/23-11/22/26. Social workers completing this course receive (clinical or social work ethics) continuing education credits.