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Financial Education and Asset Building

Marriage Education, Financial Literacy, and Asset Development Roundtable Meeting Summary. Financial Education and Asset Building

Asset building as a field generally refers to efforts made to develop productive assets (e.g. savings, post-secondary education, a home, a business) among low-income or disadvantaged populations in order to improve their economic self-sufficiency. There are many policies, programs, and strategies employed by those in asset building. For example, a
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Background

Marriage Education, Financial Literacy, and Asset Development Roundtable Meeting Summary. Background

There is a well-documented correlation between marriage, family, and economic status. Family events over the life course, including marriage, divorce, and childbearing, have great influence on financial stability and self-sufficiency, and vice versa. Household budgeting is often a family endeavor rather than an individual task. Disagreements over
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C. Limitations of Existing Data on Disability

Assessing the Need for a National Disability Survey: Final Report. C. Limitations of Existing Data on Disability

Although extensive information pertaining to disability is collected through national surveys and program administrative data, the existing sources of data on disability have a number of shortcomings that limit their usefulness. Gaps and limitations of available disability-related data were identified by the staff of the state and federal agencies
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Assessing the Need for a National Disability

Assessing the Need for a National Disability Survey: Final Report

This is the final report of a project that assesses the need for developing and fielding another national disability survey data collection effort. It presents the findings from three principal project activities designed to assess whether existing data are sufficient to answer key disability-related research questions identified by the staffs of
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PREFACE TO THE ISSUE PAPERS

Establishing Eligibility for SSI for Chronically Homeless People. Preface to the Issue Papers

In 2014, most homeless people will become Medicaid-eligible under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 based on their low incomes. Many homeless people have complex physical and behavioral health conditions for which they seek care through frequent use of emergency rooms and inpatient hospitalization, at considerable cost in public resources.
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Establishing Eligibility for SSI for Chronically

Establishing Eligibility for SSI for Chronically Homeless People

This Issue Paper describes innovative approaches to establishing SSI eligibility. [33 PDF pages]
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5.2. What Agencies Are Most Likely to Serve

Health, Housing, and Service Supports for Three Groups of People Experiencing Chronic Homelessness. 5.2. What Agencies Are Most Likely to Serve People in Group 2?

The agencies that provide PSH for the chronically homeless people in Group 2 usually are not themselves qualified as Medicaid providers. Rather, their tenants in Group 2 are most likely to receive Medicaid-reimbursed services through a FQHC--an HCH program or CHC--that partners with a housing provider. FQHC providers receive Medicaid reimbursement
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PREFACE TO THE ISSUE PAPERS

Health, Housing, and Service Supports for Three Groups of People Experiencing Chronic Homelessness. Preface to the Issue Papers

In 2014, most homeless people will become Medicaid-eligible under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 based on their low incomes. Many homeless people have complex physical and behavioral health conditions for which they seek care through frequent use of emergency rooms and inpatient hospitalization, at considerable cost in public resources.
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Health, Housing, and Service Supports for Three

Health, Housing, and Service Supports for Three Groups of People Experiencing Chronic Homelessness

This Issue Paper describes three subgroups of the people experiencing chronic homelessness, and the services and housing configurations currently supporting them.
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1. PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE

Public Housing Agencies and Permanent Supportive Housing for Chronically Homeless People. 1. Public Housing Agency Housing Assistance Program

Public housing agencies (PHAs), often referred to as housing authorities, administer federal funding for housing assistance to low-income families and individuals. More than 4,000 PHAs nationwide administer the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) 1 program or own and operate public housing developments. PHAs range in size from fewer than 50 units of h
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PREFACE TO THE ISSUE PAPERS

Public Housing Agencies and Permanent Supportive Housing for Chronically Homeless People. Preface to the Issue Papers

In 2014, most homeless people will become Medicaid-eligible under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 based on their low incomes. Many homeless people have complex physical and behavioral health conditions for which they seek care through frequent use of emergency rooms and inpatient hospitalization, at considerable cost in public resources.
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Public Housing Agencies and Permanent Supportive

Public Housing Agencies and Permanent Supportive Housing for Chronically Homeless People

This Issue Paper looks at innovative ways that public housing agencies are supporting housing for formerly homeless people in the communities the researchers visited.
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PREFACE TO THE ISSUE PAPERS

Medicaid Financing for Services in Supportive Housing for Chronically Homeless People: Current Practices and Opportunities. Preface to the Issue Papers

In 2014, most homeless people will become Medicaid-eligible under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 based on their low incomes. Many homeless people have complex physical and behavioral health conditions for which they seek care through frequent use of emergency rooms and inpatient hospitalization, at considerable cost in public resources.
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Medicaid Financing for Services in Supportive

Medicaid Financing for Services in Supportive Housing for Chronically Homeless People: Current Practices and Opportunities

This Issue Paper describes the ways that Medicaid is being used now and might be used in the future under provisions of the Affordable Care Act of 2010 to serve chronically homeless people. [67 PDF pages]
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III. DEFINITION OF THE POLICY PROBLEM

Design of a Demonstration of Coordinated Housing, Health and Long-Term Care Services and Supports for Low-Income Older Adults. III. Definition of the Policy Problem

A large and rapidly expanding pool of low and modest-income seniors face the dual challenges of finding affordable and safe housing that can also accommodate changing needs as they grow older. Millions of older adults who rent or own their own homes face excessive housing costs and/or live in housing with serious physical problems.
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Design of a Demonstration of Coordinated Housing

Design of a Demonstration of Coordinated Housing, Health and Long-Term Care Services and Supports for Low-Income Older Adults

This conceptual framework examines the possible ways that housing sites can link health and long-term services and supports, and potential ways that HUD and HHS could design a demonstration of such a model. [31 PDF pages]
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APPENDIX A: FINDINGS FROM PUBLICLY ASSISTED

The "Value Added" of Linking Publicly Assisted Housing for Low-Income Older Adults with Enhanced Services: A Literature Syntheses and Environmental Scan. Appendix A: Findings From Publicly Assisted Housing with Enhanced Services Programs

HUD Congregate Housing Services Program (CHSP)
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

The "Value Added" of Linking Publicly Assisted Housing for Low-Income Older Adults with Enhanced Services: A Literature Syntheses and Environmental Scan. Bibliography

ABT Associates. (2011). Permanent Supportive Housing Voucher Demonstration Evaluation Design Options, Contract #HHS23320095624WC, Task 4.1: Literature Synthesis and Preliminary Environmental Scan, Options. American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging. (2010). National Summit on Affordable Senior Housing with Services. Washington, DC.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The "Value Added" of Linking Publicly Assisted Housing for Low-Income Older Adults with Enhanced Services: A Literature Syntheses and Environmental Scan. Executive Summary

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), Office of Disability, Aging and Long-Term Care Policy, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Administration on Aging (AOA), engaged the Lewin Group and its sub-contractors, Leading
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The "Value Added" of Linking Publicly

The "Value Added" of Linking Publicly Assisted Housing for Low-Income Older Adults with Enhanced Services: A Literature Syntheses and Environmental Scan

This paper reviews the literature on effectiveness on existing models of affordable housing with health or supportive services. The review found a range of program models, including a variety of types of services, and delivery methods (congregate or scattered-site). There were benefits to residents including meeting unmet needs for services, impro
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