The Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) provides services to more than half of all people with diagnosed HIV in the United States.
With an annual budget of more than $2 billion, the Health Resources and Services Administration's Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) is the third largest source of public funding for HIV care and treatment in the United States, yet little analysis has been done to quantify the long-term public health...
This brief discusses several factors and unknowns that states should consider when deciding whether to legalize marijuana. Drawing from our research for the Massachusetts Marijuana Baseline Health Study, we summarize potential impacts on tax revenue, public health, public safety, and regulation.
This research brief describes early lessons learned from scaling up the Pathways to Careers customized employment program.
This report presents findings from the Kentucky SGA Project demonstration. The demonstration implemented innovations designed to improve the employment outcomes of nonblind state vocational rehabilitation clients receiving Social Security Disability Insurance.
This brief summarizes findings from the Minnesota SGA Project demonstration. The demonstration implemented innovations designed to improve the employment outcomes of nonblind state vocational rehabilitation clients receiving Social Security Disability Insurance.
This report summarizes the progress of the Money Follows the Person (MFP) demonstration in the 44 grantee states (including the District of Columbia) that were actively transitioning MFP participants in 2016. This report also describes participant quality of life before and after transitioning.
The authors identify effective services to assist 3 groups of people with mental illnesses become or remain employed and prevent dependence on disability cash benefits.
This is the first of two primary reports that will describe the findings of the Pathways evaluation.
This report presents findings on Kentucky’s experience implementing the Substantial Gainful Activity (SGA) Project demonstration during the first nine months of operation.
Over one-third of Money Follows the Person (MFP) participants are former nursing home residents under age 65. This report examines why state grantees have been successful transitioning younger adults from nursing homes and the strategies six MFP grantees use to serve this population.
This brief assesses the completeness and quality of encounter data for Medicaid managed care behavioral health organizations (BHOs) in 2011. It provides an update to a similar study conducted using MAX 2009 data.
This report summarizes the progress of the Money Follows the Person (MFP) demonstration in the 44 grantee states (including the District of Columbia) that were actively transitioning MFP participants in 2015.
As part of its National Quality Strategy, the U.S. Department of Health and Health Services (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) and the HHS Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) are committed to developing and implementing measures that can be used for...
To answer questions on what services and barriers people with psychiatric disorders face, the authors conducted two targeted literature reviews: (1) employment programs and outcomes for people with psychiatric disorders; and (2) employment programs for people with other disabilities.