Last week, as the Alliance was wrapping up its virtual conference on ending homelessness, the federal government responded to the health and economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic with a massive, $1.9 trillion relief bill. The new law, the American […]
Category: Medicaid
Additional Money Follows the Person (MFP) Funding Available: Let’s Make It Work for People Experiencing Chronic Homelessness
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced $165 million in supplemental funding to states currently operating Money Follows the Person (MFP) demonstration programs. MFP allows Medicaid beneficiaries with disabilities, including older adults, in inpatient facilities (e.g., hospitals, […]
Housing and Health Care: Working Together to Address COVID-19
This post is co-authored by Regina Reed, MPH, Policy Organizer at the National Health Care for the Homeless Council, and Chandra Crawford, Ph.D., Program and Policy Analyst at the National Alliance to End Homelessness. Featured image photo: “On the porch […]
Community Survey: Protecting People Experiencing Homelessness from COVID-19
The National Alliance to End Homelessness asked homeless providers, leaders, advocates, allies, and those with lived homelessness to complete a survey on what they needed to protect people experiencing homelessness from COVID-19. The Alliance released the survey on March 20 […]
What’s in the Coronavirus Bill for Homelessness?
The Senate has passed the CARES Act, the third and largest supplemental spending bill responding to the COVID-19 epidemic and resulting economic dislocation. Every indication is that the House of Representatives will pass the bill and the President will sign […]