In 2015, UDSM was featured in Real Change, Seattle's award-winning street newspaper that provides immediate economic opportunity for people who are low-income and homeless.

UDSM seeks to assess the needs of adults experiencing homelessness in terms of basic necessities and healthcare, and refer them to basic service agencies and medical providers. Our need assessment reports present data collected from outreaches that were provided through face-to-face encounters between volunteer UW Health Sciences graduate/professional students and homeless clients who provided consent for such a consultation.