Expanding Access to Housing-Related Services and Supports
2025 HSPA – Applications Now Available!
On October 29, HHS and HUD announced an opportunity to participate in a second cohort of the Housing and Services Partnership Accelerator. This opportunity offers individualized technical assistance to help states reduce homelessness by addressing health-related social needs, such as services connecting older adults and people with disabilities to accessible, affordable housing. The opportunity is open to states leveraging Medicaid authorities and flexibilities to provide innovative housing-related services and supports for people with disabilities and older adults who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness. In 2024, the first round of the HSPA provided intensive technical assistance and opportunities for peer-to-peer learning to eight states and the District of Columbia.
The Accelerator will bring together interdisciplinary teams to tackle common issues, such as navigating payment models and rates, data integration and sharing, and more. Each participating team will include representatives from the state’s Medicaid agency, as well as state and community organizations focused on homelessness and housing (including Continuums of Care and public housing authorities), disability and aging (including No Wrong Door systems, centers for independent living, and area agencies on aging), mental health and substance abuse, public health, and more.
Complete Information and Documents to Submit:
- Register for the Informational Webinar – October 30, 2024
- 2025 Program Overview – provides eligibility criteria and additional information
- Required Letter of Intent to Apply – due November 20, 2024
- 2025 Application – due December 20, 2024, 10:00 a.m. ET
- 2025 Partnership Assessment – required to be submitted with application by December 20, 2024, 10:00 a.m. ET
- FAQs page
Helping States Improve Collaboration and Leverage New Flexibilities and Funding
A growing number of states are leveraging new opportunities and flexibilities available under Medicaid, new federal housing resources, and expanded opportunities under the Older Americans Act to cover a range of services and supports that help people find, obtain, and maintain their housing. The Housing and Services Partnership Accelerator brings interdisciplinary teams together in a 12-month learning collaborative to tackle common issues, such as navigating payment models and rates, data integration and sharing, and more. The Accelerator offers participants an opportunity to share lessons learned and promising practices for improving collaboration and coordination to optimize resources, cover resource gaps, align state and local policies, and to deliver more integrated and seamless services. Finally, participants receive one-on-one coaching support from housing and services subject matter experts.
Learn more about the 2024 first HSPA cohort.