ResearchThis 2015 white paper takes a look at effective housing policy solutions to solve the affordability crisis in the Greater Washington region
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ResearchHennepin Health, a Hennepin County, Minn. Accountable Care Organization, is a new kind of health care delivery organization focusing on integrating social services into health care. Serving non-disabled, low-income adults enrolled on Medicaid, Hennepin offers housing navigation services and case management to help members find stable and affordable housing.
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ResearchNew York State is implementing a variety of Medicaid reform initiatives, including the use of state Medicaid savings to finance supportive housing development. The Creston Avenue Residence is a new mixed affordable and supportive housing development in New York City financed in part with state Medicaid savings.
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ResearchThis research, which involved children enrolled in the Chicago public school system, was published in the APA journal Developmental Psychology®. It shows that children who experienced fewer school transitions over a five-year period demonstrated greater cognitive skills and higher math achievement in early elementary school, relative to their counterparts who changed schools frequently.
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ResearchLead poisoning, often resulting from exposure to lead paint in older homes, poses a serious health threat to children. The Georgia Healthy Homes and Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (GHHLPPP) uses Medicaid and other funding to carry out blood lead testing, home lead hazards assessments and education to prevent lead poisoning among low-income children. GHHLPPP will soon begin piloting home asthma risk assessments for children with severe asthma.
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ResearchRacial segregation in Minneapolis and St. Paul is largely the result of charter schools and of policies that move affordable housing out of white suburbs and into segregated urban neighborhoods and first-tier suburbs, according to the University of Minnesota's Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity.
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ResearchA Study of the Relationship Between Affordable Family Rental Housing and Home Values in the Twin Cities. A 2000 white paper by the Family Housing Fund exploring the impact of tax credit family rental developments on the surrounding home values.
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ResearchA study out of Tufts University that looks at some of the most controversial 40B projects in Massachusetts that were completed before June 2006.
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ResearchThis 2015 George Mason study assesses the Greater Washington region's housing needs in 2015 and in 2023.
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ResearchThis Minnesota Institute of Race and Poverty report reveals the extent of school segregation in the Twin Cities region and describes segregation’s harms to children and the region.
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