Week of June 23, 2020

Housing Disparities for People with Disabilities: Unaffordable, Inadequate, and Dangerous

June 17 NIDILRR NARIC shared April Brandeis U Community Living Policy Center brief
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Homelessness and COVID-19: A Merger of 2 Epidemics

June 18 NIHCM webinar materials
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Future Planning for the Homelessness Response Systems: Lessons from Seattle/King County, Los Angeles, and Houston

June 17 U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness webinar materials
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Framework for an Equitable COVID-19 Homelessness Response

June 16 National Alliance to End Homelessness and National Low Income Housing Coalition framework introduction video
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Integrating Services and Supports for Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: MACPAC Report to Congress

June 15 Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) 2020 report to Congress. Of the 6 chapters, chapters one and two analyze integration for persons dually eligible.
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COVID-19 Highlights The Dire Need To Integrate Primary and Mental Health Services

June 15 Bipartisan Policy Center blog
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COVID-19 Family Experiences and Persons with ID/DD

June 17 HSRI-NASDDDS National Core Indicators shared brief
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ACL Announces 2020 Chronic Disease Self-Management Education Grantees

June 18 ACL announcement
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Changes in Medicaid Telehealth Policies Due to COVID-19

June 4 MACPAC and Mathematica paper
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Tele-Mental Health Is Proving Critical During COVID-19 – Will It Last?

June 18 Commonwealth Fund blog
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Connecting with High-Risk Patients When In-Person Visits Are Not Possible

June 18 Center for Health Care Strategies blog
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5 Federal Policies Needed To Improve Nursing Home Responses to COVID-19

June 17 Altarum Program To Improve Eldercare blog
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Preparing for the Next Pandemic – Senate HELP Committee White Paper

June 9 Senate Committee on HELP white paper
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Health Inequities: Disease Burden in Black, Indigenous, and People of Color

June 16 Alliance for Health Policy (with NIHCM & Commonwealth Fund) webinar materials
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Impact on COVID-19 on Mid-Sized Nonprofits Shows Need for Additional Support

June 17 Independent Sector shared survey results
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NIMH Releases Strategic Research Plan

June 17 NILDILRR NARIC shared National Institute for Mental Health plan
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NIH National COVID Cohort Collaborative

June 16 NIH web page update
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Compassion-in-Action: Faith Communities and Persons with Mental Illness

June 17 HHS Partnership Center announced guide
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