Senator Murray Announces WA Selected for New Federal Initiative Helping States Expand Medicaid-Covered Housing Services to Reduce Homelessness

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"Treating housing as part of health care has been a real breakthrough in Washington state, where we are putting Medicaid dollars to work helping people who are facing mental and behavioral health challenges stay off the streets and in stable housing. This approach saves lives--and it saves money for Medicaid overall. Being selected for the Accelerator program means that Washington state will receive intensive technical assistance and other federal support over the next year to improve the implementation of our Medicaid-funded supportive housing programs and better serve people at risk of homelessness. This kind of partnership is really promising, which is why I advanced funding in our draft appropriations bills to expand the Accelerator program in future years-- and will keep working to support this effort at the federal level."

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