Medicaid Redesign Team: Affordable Housing Work Group

The MRT Affordable Housing Workgroup was reconvened in 2013 to continue its ongoing work of supportive housing initiatives. The Workgroup is co-chaired by Jason Helgerson, Medicaid Director, Office of Health Insurance Programs, Department of Health, and Michael Skrebutenas, Chief Operating Officer (Interim), Homes & Community Renewal (HCR). Share your thoughts with the MRT Affordable Housing Work Group by e-mail: affordable@health.ny.gov.

2014 Work Group Members

• Affordable Housing Work Group Members

MRT Funded Units in New York State

• MRT AIDS Institute Supported Housing - MRT Beds Capital Region (PDF)
• OPWDD Supportive Housing - MRT Beds in Capital District & Mohawk Valley (PDF, 713KB)
• OASAS Supportive Housing - MRT Beds Central New York/Southern Tier (PDF, 936KB)
• Homeless Housing and Assistance Program (HHAP) - MRT Beds Statewide (PDF, 248KB)
• Homes and Community Renewal (HCR) Supported Housing - MRT Beds Bronx/New York City (PDF, 353KB)
• OMH Supported Housing - MRT Beds Capital District/Hudson Valley Region (PDF, 1.4MB)
• NYSSHP Supported Housing - MRT Beds Capital District/Mid-Hudson Valley (PDF, 1.49MB)

MRT Scattered Site Brochure

• MRT Scattered Site Brochure: Available MRT OMH and OASAS Units (PDF, 178KB)

MRT Affordable Housing in the News …

• Housing as Health Care - New York's Boundary-Crossing Experiment
• NYSHealth Event Recap: A Conversation About Housing as Health Care: Can It Be Done?
• Let's Treat Housing as a Health Issue
• Video about how Medicaid Redesign funding is being used to house the homeless and reduce healthcare costs

Supportive Housing Comparison

2014-15 Work Group Meetings

Friday, February 21st, 2014, 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM

• NYC - NYS Department of Health Metropolitan Area Regional Office
• 90 Church Street, 4th Floor, Conference Room A/B, Manhattan

Meeting Materials

• Presentation (PDF, 654KB)

Past Work Group Meetings

• Previous Meetings, Materials and Work Group Members

Supportive Housing Videos and Brief

These videos share the experience of a number of New York neighborhoods where supportive housing has been established. Their experience shows that it is beneficial not just for those living in the supportive housing units but for those living in the surrounding neighborhood.

• http://shnny.org/learn-more/video/good-housing-good-neighbors/
• http://shnny.org/learn-more/video/supportive-housing-a-good-neighbor/

This brief prepared by the Furman Center at New York University describes the impact of supportive housing on the surrounding neighborhood.

• http://shnny.org/uploads/Furman_Center_Policy_Brief.pdf

Medicaid Redesign Supportive Housing Final Allocation Plan

• Medicaid Redesign Team (MRT) Supportive Housing Allocation Plan: 2014-15 & 2015-16 (PDF)
• MRT 2013-14 Executive Budget Proposal Supportive Housing Final Allocation Plan (PDF, 207KB)
• MRT Supportive Housing Final Allocation Plan (XLS, 189KB)
• Supportive Housing MRT Funding Opportunity: New York State Homes & Community Renewal (HCR)
  • Medicaid Redesign Team (MRT) Housing Capital Program-RFP for Supportive Housing Projects
• Supportive Housing MRT Funding Opportunity: Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance
  • Homeless Housing and Assistance Program RFP
• Supportive Housing MRT Funding Opportunity: Office for People With Developmental Disabilities
  • Request for New Services RFP
• Supportive Housing MRT Funding Opportunity: New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (NYS OASAS)
  • Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) Initiative RFP

2011 Meetings, Materials and MRT Affordable Housing Work Group Members (put this under past work group meetings)

• Previous Meetings, Materials and Work Group Members