One of the best tools to protect access to urgently needed behavioral health care, including mental health and substance use services, is to raise the federal share of Medicaid costs (or “FMAP”). House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s new economic relief bill would do that by building on the modest, shorter-term FMAP increases that policymakers provided in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act of...
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Trump Proposal Would Force 25,000 Families to Split Up or Lose Rental Assistance
June 27, 2019
A proposed Trump Administration rule would ban certain families with immigrants from most federal rental assistance programs, forcing...
With Federal Funds Insufficient, States and Localities Funding Their Own Rental Assistance Programs
April 15, 2019
Although the President and Congress have funded modest increases in rental assistance for special populations in recent years — such as vouchers for veterans experiencing homelessness and adults with disabilities —...
State and Local Rental Assistance Supports Key Health and Homelessness Work
August 13, 2018
A new Cityscape paper authored by CBPP analysts offers insights about how states and localities can create new rental assistance programs, or improve existing ones, to better serve vulnerable people, such as people experiencing homelessness.
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More Affordable Housing, Fairer Practices Needed to Meet Olmstead’s Promise
June 28, 2018
With June marking the 19th anniversary of the landmark Olmstead v. L.C. decision — in which the Supreme Court found that states and localities must generally serve people with disabilities in the community rather than institutions when community-based...
Trump Policies Threaten Housing-Health Integration for People With Mental Health Conditions
May 22, 2018
May is mental health month, a time to focus on efforts to ensure that people with mental health conditions have the resources they need to live in the community. Stable housing and health care are both essential for good mental health, but housing instability and lack of...
Federal Government Should Fully Fund Grants That Help States Improve Corrections
November 13, 2017
When the President and Congress finalize program funding for fiscal year 2018, they should increase funding for three key Justice Department grants that help states reduce recidivism and improve the corrections system: the Second Chance Act, the Justice Reinvestment Initiative, and the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program. While these programs have strong...
West Virginia’s New Medicaid Waiver Promotes Medicaid Objectives
October 24, 2017
As we’ve explained, the Secretary of Health and Human Services can let states deviate from certain Medicaid rules when necessary to implement demonstration projects (also called section 1115 waivers) that further Medicaid’s...
Trump Budget Would Worsen Homelessness
June 6, 2017
Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson promised that no one would “get thrown out on the street” under the President’s 2018 budget, but that’s exactly what would happen. Cuts to...
Housing Vouchers Work: Vouchers the Best Tool to End Homelessness
April 6, 2017
This is the next post in our “Housing Vouchers Work” blog series, which provides the latest facts and figures about the Housing Choice Voucher program, the largest rental assistance program to help families with children, working people, seniors, and people with disabilities afford decent, stable housing.
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