Medical Xpress September 30, 2024
Medicaid and health systems are playing a growing role in providing housing and other services to people experiencing homelessness, investments that could bolster—or eventually overtake—existing governance structures, new Cornell research finds.
As of August 2023, nearly one-third of states had Medicaid waivers targeting homelessness, and more than half of the 100 largest health systems had homeless mitigation programs, according to the research—the first to document the scope of their involvement in solutions to homelessness.
Most states with Medicaid waivers have partnered with longstanding nonprofit networks known as Continuums of Care—funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)—to provide services. But many health systems say they are taking action due to the failure of local governments and the...
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