New Reports Highlight the Potential Role of Medicaid for People Experiencing Homelessness – Rutgers, Center for State Health Policy



</br/>Learning from Supportive Housing Programs in New Jersey: Results from Interviews with Program Leaders, was conducted at the request of the NJ Department of Human Services Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services (DMAHS) and the NJ Housing and Mortgage Finance Authority (HMFA) and funded by The Nicholson Foundation and the DMAHS. CSHP interviewed program leaders in four organizations across New Jersey providing permanent supportive housing to address the potential of Medicaid to augment tenancy support services for formerly homeless persons in supportive housing programs. For more information about this report, please contact Oliver Lontok.
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Medicaid Utilization and Spending among Homeless Adults in New Jersey: Implications for Medicaid-Funded Tenancy Support Services, was conducted at the request of the DMAHS and HMFA and funded by The Nicholson Foundation and the DMAHS. In this analysis, CSHP used linked Homeless Management Information System and Medicaid claims and encounter data identified more than 8,400 Medicaid-enrolled homeless adults to examine patterns of healthcare services use and spending and opportunities to improve care through supportive housing programs. For more information about this report, please contact Oliver Lontok.
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Medicaid Demonstration Waivers with Housing Supports: An Interim Assessment, was funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and examines four states that provide housing supports through Medicaid demonstration (ยง1115) waivers. This report describes preliminary observations regarding program design in California, Maryland, and Washington based on documentary evidence reviews; future work will delve deeper into lessons from early stages of program implementation and will include Illinois. For more information about this report, please contact Jennifer Farnham.
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