Supportive housing offers whole person care coordination for those who need assistance maintaining a thriving life in the community.
Supportive housing is a community living option that combines affordable housing with whole person care coordination and other essential supportive services, including health and other non-medical services. Scaling supportive housing requires collaboration at both the system and program levels between the health and housing sectors. CSH leads the national dialogue on achieving this cross-sector goal.
Housing is Healthcare
Stable, Quality Housing is the Key to Improving Health Outcomes
Affordable, high-quality, and stable housing promotes good health. Lack of access to housing and exposure to the elements is traumatic and leads to deteriorating health over time. Children, seniors, and individuals with multiple chronic health conditions, experiencing homelessness, living in substandard housing, or facing housing instability are especially vulnerable to chronic poor health. Addressing the deep health challenges in our country requires tackling community health needs, including expanding affordable and supportive housing options.
Our Solutions for Integrating Housing with Health Services
CSH is at the forefront of connecting health with housing, offering vision, policy and implementation support to create practical, data-driven solutions for health care sector leaders. Our solutions are designed to address the complex challenges of housing and health, providing a roadmap for effective action tailored to national, state and local context.
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As governor’s offices lead efforts to address institutionalization, homelessness, housing instability and transitions to community living, cross sector efforts in policy, planning, implementation and outcomes tracking will be critical to these efforts. CSH has led cross sector efforts for decades and brings tools and experiences to the effort that will support thriving communities. Reach out to CSH at [email protected] to see how we can help you reach your goals.
State Medicaid agencies in 31 states are now approved to cover Supportive Housing Services, as part of their Medicaid programs. The goal of offering these non-medical services is to help Medicaid members stay healthy and for the healthcare system to manage care more effectively and efficiently. CSH is tracking how states are implementing these programs in great detail and our resources, tools and technical assistance can provide guidance for wherever your state is in the process of covering Housing Related Services. From initial implementation to long term quality monitoring, CSH can enhance state efforts to improve health via coverage of non-medical services. Email CSH at [email protected] to see how we can help you reach your goals.
States are asking Medicaid Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) to make more effective and efficient use of the health care systems and implement non-medical services that help their members improve community health. Many states and MCOs have started screening for member’s non-medical needs, which they aim to address. CSH has extensive experience helping MCOs develop strategies, training programs, investment opportunities, and other efforts to reach these goals. CSH resources, trainings, and technical assistance can be tailored to fit state and local contexts. CSH’s network with housing funders, developers and operators can support MCOs efforts. Email CSH at [email protected] to learn how we can help you reach your goals.
Persons experiencing behavioral health challenges are one of the most common populations to be experiencing homelessness, housing instability, and over institutionalization. These outcomes are due to a lack of affordable and supporting housing opportunities in a community. CSH, with its decades long experience at the program, project, and system level can assist behavioral health system leaders and programs to develop concrete strategies and efforts to improve this situation. CSH can use our extensive resources to support your system or agency to be a leader in the efforts to improve housing stability for those you serve. Email CSH at [email protected] to see how we can help you reach your goals.
The supportive housing industry is inherently on the lookout for new and improved ways to fund and deliver essential supportive housing services. Use of state Medicaid programs has been growing over the past decade, with 31 states now approved to cover Housing Related Services via their state Medicaid programs. This new services funding stream brings significant complexity and changes to policy, operations, data collection, and many other aspects of supportive housing. CSH is the industry leader in supporting agencies to make the transition to Medicaid coverage of supportive housing services and can help your agency with our proven training, tools, and organizing efforts. Email CSH at [email protected] to see how we can help you reach your goals.
Health and housing sector leaders are coming together to work in an integrated manner that improves the life of everyone in our communities. CSH has led health and housing efforts for national, state, and local level partners; bringing experience, an engaged network, and resources to help your community move forward. CSH operates at the policy, system, program, and quality improvement level to ensure successful efforts with real life impact. Email CSH at [email protected] to see how we can help you reach your goals.
Housing is Healthcare
We help communities integrate healthcare and community-based services systems to address patients’ health and non-medical service needs, recognizing that stable housing is crucial for overall well-being. Collaborations between healthcare providers and housing organizations and common-sense policies can create solutions for people experiencing complex barriers to housing and healthcare, including those with chronic illnesses or disabilities.
Policy
CSH provides the latest updates on what states are doing states to improve service delivery, financing of the services delivered by supportive housing providers and expand capacity in their communities.
Research
CSH offers key research and papers regarding the intersection of Housing and Health Care, and relevant information about the healthcare system for people with the greatest needs and residents of supportive housing.
Resources
Profiles and examples of the work states and communities are doing that can inform your efforts. As always, CSH will strive to be an essential bridge between the realms of housing and health care.
Health Centers
CSH provides training and technical assistance to health centers and supportive housing providers looking to partner to serve vulnerable frequent users of health systems.