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Medicaid-Financed Services in Supportive Housing for High-Need Homeless Beneficiaries

June 1, 2012 | 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.

Medicaid-Financed Services in Supportive Housing for High-Need Homeless Beneficiaries

June 1, 2012 | 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.

Camden County, N.J., Provides Hope to Its Homeless Residents

November 22, 2011 | Program Results Report

Project H.O.P.E. designed and delivered an integrated treatment program for homeless people with mental health and substance use disorders living in Camden County, N.J.

VA May Need to Do More to Help Women Veterans Who Are Homeless or At Risk for Homelessness, Study by RWJF/VA Scholar Finds

March 9, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post

HCB: Veterans are disproportionately represented among the homeless in the United States. What kind of aid does the VA offer in its homeless services programs? Blackstock: The VA is acutely aware of the overrepresentation of Veterans among the count ...

New Study Points the Way to Better Care, Improved Outcomes and Lower Costs for Homeless People with Chronic Conditions

February 1, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post

By Laura Sadowski, MD, MPH, and Romina Kee, MD, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Clinical Scholar alumnae Becoming homeless is distressing for anyone, and it is especially challenging for people with chronic health problems who need ongoing car ...

Taking Health Care Home

July 8, 2011 | Program Results Report

The Corporation for Supportive Housing created Taking Health Care Home, a national effort from 2002 to 2010 to expand the pipeline of permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless people.

Lessons from the Street Medicine Movement: 20 Years Later

February 10, 2011 | Story

Two decades ago, an innovative group of physicians and funders, including the RWJF, pioneered the idea of giving health care to the homeless in their own environment.

RWJF Community Health Leader Named a CNN "Hero"

January 25, 2011 | Story

Roseanna Means has started a nonprofit that gives homeless women and children in Boston love, acceptance—and free medical care.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Tsunami Long-Term Relief Efforts

February 4, 2010 | Program Results Report

In January 2005, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Board of Trustees authorized $2,000,000 for relief from the devastating Tsunami that hit Thailand, Sri Lanka, Bande Ache, Indonesia, and other countries in December 2004.

Health Care and Public Service Use and Costs Before and After Provision of Housing for Chronically Homeless Persons with Severe Alcohol Problems

April 1, 2009 | Journal Article

This study examines a Housing First program in Seattle that succeeded in lowering public costs while not requiring complete sobriety among chronically-homeless individuals with severe alcohol problems.

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