June 1, 2012
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Issue Brief
This brief outlines the rationale for states to consider designing Medicaid-financed, supportive housing-based care management services to improve care for at-risk beneficiaries while lowering costs associated with avoidable hospitalizations and other crisis services.
June 1, 2012
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Issue Brief
Supportive housing can help increase survival rates, reduce inpatient utilization, foster mental health recovery, and reduce alcohol and drug use among formerly homeless individuals.
April 1, 2010
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Journal Article
Nearly a quarter of all deaths in Virginia from 1990 to 2000 would have been averted if the entire state exhibited the same mortality rate as the state's five most affluent areas, according to this analysis of public data.
June 20, 2012
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Program Result
This initiative provides access to permanent supportive housing for people who have been incarcerated and have a history of mental illness, substance abuse, or both, and have cycled repeatedly through jails, shelters, hospitals, and detox centers.
June 12, 2012
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Program Result
The Technical Assistance Collaborative provided capacity building, technical assistance, and policy support to social service organizations serving people with disabilities in need of permanent supportive housing following 2005's Hurricanes Rita and Katrina.
March 1, 2012
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Evaluation
My First Place, a program of First Place for Youth provides critical services to young adults ages 18-24 who have aged out of the foster care system. Independent researchers conducted a formative evaluation from June 2010 through March 2012.