Health
American Heart Association study finds that CPR education in public housing communities may improve cardiac arrest survival
11.9.22
In the United States, someone has a heart attack every 40 seconds. Every year, about 805,000 people in the United States have a heart attack. Of these, 605,000 are a first heart attack.
Join the Housing Is Working Group's Webinar: Medicaid Redetermination at the End of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
10.26.22
We Need Your Responses to Our Cross-Sector Efforts Survey!
Join the Housing Is Working Group's Behavioral Health Member Roundtable
New HHS Roadmap for Behavioral Health Integration Incorporates Several of Housing Is Initiative's Policy Solutions
9.28.22
Housing Is to Host Roundtable on Next Steps on Behavioral Health Integration for PHAs
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LessonBee introduces health platform to Yonkers housing authority
7.6.22
From LessonBee's press release:
The health education platform LessonBee will introduce its instructional program this summer to Yonkers’ affordable housing residents as part of the Westchester Innovation Network.
CLPHA and PHAs Address Mental Health Care at the National and Community Levels
5.4.22
May is National Mental Health Awareness Month
8th Annual Housing Is Summit Focuses on Health and Housing
Money Follows the Person Program: New Resources Available to State Medicaid Programs to Help with Housing People Transitioning Out of Institutional Settings
4.28.22
HUD recently sent the following announcement to PHAs regarding new resources that can help PHAs and State Medicaid Agencies house seniors and persons with disabilities: