Session 1: Emerging Findings on Strengthening Housing, Health, and Social Care Partnerships
On September 18, 2024, HSRC hosted a webinar on emerging findings on strengthening housing, health, and social care partnerships. A growing number of states are leveraging new opportunities under Medicaid to cover services and supports that help people find, obtain, and maintain their housing. In 2024, the Housing and Services Resource Center (HSRC) launched the Housing and Services Partnership Accelerator (HSPA) to advance innovative state strategies to provide housing-related services and supports to Medicaid-eligible people with disabilities and older adults who are at risk of or presently experiencing homelessness. HSPA has helped eight states and the District of Columbia strengthen collaboration across Medicaid, housing, aging and disability (social care), and behavioral health systems resources and programs.
A new three-part webinar series highlights state innovations and cross-sector collaborations to improve the coordination of housing assistance and wrap-around services and supports as a cost-effective approach to assisting people with disabilities and older adults to transition from homelessness, exit or avoid institutional settings, and live stably in the community.
Session 1: HSPA National Webinar
Select HSPA states will share best practices, challenges, and lessons learned as they develop and implement effective partnerships and innovative solutions to advance housing stability. Presenters will briefly review federal collaborative efforts and describe the individualized technical assistance and facilitated peer learning opportunities offered to states through the HSPA. Participants will learn about the growing array of HSPA and related HSRC resources to support state and local efforts to align housing, health, and social care.
Relevant Session 1 Links
- Learn more about the Housing & Services Partnership Accelerator on the HSRC Website at https://acl.gov/HousingAndServices/Accelerator
- See what approved Medicaid waivers exist in your state at https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/section-1115-demo/demonstration-and-waiver-list/index.html
- CMS federal policy guidance can be found at https://www.medicaid.gov/federal-policy-guidance/index.html
- Find more on the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) on their website: https://www.azahcccs.gov/
- For more on Arizona’s 1115 demonstration waiver visit https://www.azahcccs.gov/Resources/Federal/waiver.html
- For more information on the Arizona Behavioral Health Corporation visit their website at https://azabc.org/
- For more on HOM visit their website at https://www.hominc.com/
- CMS STC 36 can be found at https://www.azahcccs.gov/Resources/Downloads/Federal/AHCCCS_ExtensionSTCs.pdf
- Find more information on the DC Department of Health Care Finance at https://dhcf.dc.gov/
- For more on DC’s 1915(i) State Plan Amendment visit https://dhcf.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dhcf/publication/attachments/Attachment%203.1%20I_0.pdf
- Find more information on Hawaii’s Med-QUEST Community Integration Services (CIS) at https://medquest.hawaii.gov/en/about/quest-integration.html
- For more on Hawaii’s 1115 demonstration waiver visit https://medquest.hawaii.gov/en/about/state-plan-1115.html
- Email the HSRC at HSRC@ACL.HHS.GOV
- Visit the Housing and Services Resource Center at: https://acl.gov/HousingAndServices
Other Sessions in the Series
Session 2 (September 24, 2024)
Accelerating Housing and Services Partnerships to Advance Housing Stability: Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs)
During this second HSPA webinar, discover how a local Area Agency on Aging (AAA) in a HSPA state is delivering an array of Medicaid-funded supportive housing services and partnering with their local public housing authority. Presenters will share their model and discuss partnerships, funding, and best practices.
Session 3 (October 10, 2024 02:30 PM ET)
Accelerating Housing and Services Partnerships to Advance Housing Stability: Centers for Independent Living (CILs)
The third webinar in this series will highlight how Independent Living (IL) community organizations in three different HSPA states are providing housing-related services and supports to people with disabilities. Centers for Independent Living (CILs) can be a valuable asset to cross-sector collaborations seeking to enhance housing stability. Presenters will discuss partnerships, funding, and best practices. Register for Session 3.