Programs (ASAP) Webinar for interested applicants April 23, 2015 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Advancing Strategies to Align Programs (ASAP)

Webinar for interested applicants

April 23, 2015

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98% Of Non-Seniors Eligible For SNAP Will Be Eligible For Medicaid 63% Of Non-Seniors Eligible For Medicaid Will Be Eligible For SNAP

Source: rce: CBPP analysis of the Current Population Survey, 2010.

Cross-Program Eligibility

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Source: Opportunities Under the Affordable Care Act for Human Service Programs To Modernize Eligibility Systems and Expedite Eligibility Determination (Urban Institute, Stan Dorn)

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Note: Program participation among citizen children with family income below the poverty level and no reported health insurance. The data should be viewed with caution. 2011 Data. Source: CBPP analysis of a Survey of Income and Program Participation.

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• Less churn in benefit receipt
• Less time spent in applying and maintaining

eligibility for programs

• Potential for administrative cost-savings to

states/counties – less red tape

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• Increased Medicaid

eligibility

• Increased attention to
• utreach/enrollment
• Many new participants
• 90/10 money for IT
• Waiver of cost allocation

(A-87)

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Advancing Strategies to Align Programs (ASAP)

• Grants to advocates in up to 5 states
• Technical assistance
• Learning community

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• 1. Increase participation in a package of core

safety net programs

• 2. Share lessons learned with other state

advocates and leverage information to advance positive policy at the federal level

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9 Image thanks to Shelley Waters Boots

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• Using existing data in one program (SNAP) to

enroll people in another program (Medicaid)

• Expanding application options
• Align redetermination across programs
• Improving local office processes
• Reduce burdensome verification requirements
• Collect and use data on cross-program

participation, timeliness, etc.

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• Pushing state to make program integration a

priority and holding states accountable

• Bringing cross-program policy expertise to the

effort

• Requesting and monitoring data to track

improvements

• Using communications to advance program

integration

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• One organization serves as the lead and

employs project director

• Policy knowledge - human services and health
• History of strong relationship building
• Organizational capacity
• Commitment to participate in learning

community

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CLASP Team: Elizabeth Lower-Basch, Director of Income and Work Supports Suzanne Wikle, ASAP Project Director Nune Phillips, ASAP Project Coordinator CBPP Team: Stacy Dean, VP for Food Assistance Policy Judy Solomon, VP for Health Policy Jen Wagner, Senior Policy Analyst

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Key Dates: May 1 – Letter of Intent due May 29 – Full Proposal due June and July – Site Visits to Finalists End of July – Awards Announced Submit letters of intent and full proposals to: Suzanne Wikle, swikle@clasp.org and Nune Phillips, nphillips@clasp.org

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Please submit questions through the question feature on the webinar. If you have questions after today, please contact Suzanne Wikle at swikle@clasp.org

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