Lessons Learned
A new brief from the Kaiser Foundation’s Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured examines key lessons to consider for efforts to increase Medicaid coverage among the homeless as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)’s Medicaid expansion in 2014.
Given their low incomes and high uninsured rate, many homeless individuals may become eligible for Medicaid coverage under the ACA’s expansion of the program to nearly all individuals with incomes up to 138% of the federal poverty level ($15,425 for an individual, $26,390 for a family of three in 2012).
The new brief, based on eight focus group discussions with people from organizations serving homeless populations in four different cities, identifies:
- Key barriers to enrollment in Medicaid for homeless individuals,
- Successful strategies to overcome these barriers, and
- Key issues for state Medicaid programs to consider in attempting to serve this population.
Click here for more information.
Click here for the executive summary
Click here for the full report.
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Kate Kelly joined Monarch Housing Associates in March of 2011. Prior to that, she worked for seven years at the Partnership for Strong Communities in Hartford, Connecticut as the Reaching Home Campaign Manager. Managing the statewide effort to end long-term homelessness, Kate effectively implemented statewide advocacy campaigns to fund over 700 new supportive housing units for individuals and families. She has experience directing fundraising events and presenting federal and state conferences. At the Partnership, she educated state and federal legislators and staff about supportive housing homelessness issues and advocated for new funding sources. She has also developed public forums that led to formal policy recommendations and educated local constituencies such as policymakers, legislators and funders. Ms. Kelly received her B.A. in government from the University of Notre Dame and an M.S.W from the University of Connecticut School of Social Work. Click here to send Ms. Kelly an email.
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