Donna Biederman was invited as a presenter and panelist at the National Health Care for the Homeless Council 2018 "Exploring the Future of Medical Respite" Symposium, the first national symposium specific to medical respite care for persons experiencing homelessness. She led90-minuteute workshop entitled "Collecting, Tracking, and Reporting Data for Medical Respite: Tricks of the Trade" and was a panelist for a 90-minute seminar, "Just Do It: Starting Small in Medical Respite."

The National Health Care for the Homeless Council is the preeminent authority for medical respite care for homeless persons. Biederman is a member of the Respite Care Providers Network Steering Committee.