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Although 28 PHAs were awarded NED2 vouchers, for the purpose of this analysis we focused on the 13 that received at least 35 vouchers each, since those receiving fewer had less experience by which to judge their success in implementation. The 13 PHAs in eight states that met this threshold are listed in Table II.1 . 10 Collectively, they recei

Prior to the release of the HUD NOFA for the NED program, it was widely believed that demand for housing vouchers among low-income, non-elderly individuals admitted to institutions would be high, and that such vouchers could be issued and leased with relative ease. This belief was fueled by state MFP staff, who identified lack of affordable housin

In 2009, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), in partnership with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), announced the availability of nearly 1,000 housing choice vouchers (HCVs) to low-income, non-elderly individuals with disabilities who were residing in institutions, with the intention of making rental cost

The Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program for institutionalized, non-elderly disabled (NED) people stems from the 1999 case Olmstead v. L.C. (527 U.S. 581), in which the U.S. Supreme Court declared that people with disabilities are entitled to receive services in "the most integrated setting appropriate." This ruling required states to expand optio

Background : The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), in collaboration with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, allocated Housing Choice Vouchers to 28 public housing authorities (PHAs) in January 2011. PHAs were required to partner with the state Money Follows the Person program, or the relevant health and human se

The SASH intervention group for this evaluation memorandum consists of Medicare FFS beneficiaries residing in SASH properties who have also been attributed to practices participating in the Blueprint for Health and the MAPCP Demonstration from July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2013. Only SASH participants who have signed a consent form to share their

The quantitative data sources used in this memorandum include the Medicare Enrollment Data Base (EDB) and claims data, HUD tenant and property-level data, and SASH program participant files. Medicare claims are quarterly observations of payments and health care utilization from January 2006 through June 2013. Medicare claims data are also used to

PSH is a phenomenon of the 1990s and 2000s, when homelessness assistance systems evolved and their goals shifted and changed. PSH beds available to end people's homelessness went from about zero in the late 1980s to estimates of 114,000 beds in fall 1996 (Burt et al. 1999), about 188,000 beds in January 2007, and 284,298 beds in January 2013 (H

The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services is responsible for running the county's seven hospitals and associated clinics and contracting with and supervising scores of other health care providers that are part of its health services safety net.

In Minnesota, a 2010 state law authorized the Department of Human Services to develop a Medicaid demonstration project to test alternative and innovative health care delivery systems, including Accountable Care Organizations. That year a state law also authorized Hennepin County to establish a pilot program to provide a health delivery network for

Louisiana has undertaken a multiyear, comprehensive redesign of its public behavioral health system for children and adults. The redesign has required numerous waivers and state plan amendments, some of which are still to come. Completion of the redesign's components is not expected until 2015 or 2016. Known as the Louisiana Behavioral Health Part

In our case study sites, the agencies providing community-based mental health care (described in Section 5.3 of this chapter) to people who are chronically homeless with mental illness are involved with housing in several ways.

This ASPE Issue Brief details estimates of federal child care assistance eligibility and receipt for 2009. In fiscal year 2009, federal and state spending totaled roughly $11 billion to support child care services to improve the affordability, and availability of child care for low-income working families through the Child Care and Development Fun

Housing subsidies can prevent homelessness for poor families. A national random assignment study showed that provision of housing subsidies to families receiving public assistance reduced subsequent homelessness by 74 percent (Wood et al., 2008). This analysis took into account the fact that not all families that were offered vouchers utilized the

Let’s discuss the program’s services and the integration of housing and HIV care.

Let’s discuss the program’s services and the integration of housing and HIV care. Who provides direct services to the program’s clients?  What direct services are provided to program clients?

Let’s discuss the program’s services and the integration of housing and HIV care. Who provides direct services to the program’s clients?  What direct services are provided to program clients?

The IHHP notice stipulates that grantees should demonstrate “a concerted effort . . . to integrate and coordinate cross-cutting resources in providing a comprehensive approach to HIV/AIDS housing and support services.” The IHHP sites we visited created program models involving significant service coordination among housing, health care, and ot

Recent funding restrictions at the federal, state, and local levels are limiting the ability of grantees to realize their IHHP program goals. All four sites noted the challenges of these budget uncertainties. In May 2013, HUD announced that several of its programs, including its CoC programs, would be cut by 5 percent overall as a result of federa

FPC, a community-based organization headquartered in Portland, Maine, was formed in 2002 by the merger of two HIV/AIDS service providers. Currently the largest AIDS service organization in the state, FPC provides both prevention services for those at risk of HIV and direct services to HIV-positive individuals and their families. FPC’s four HOPWA