The Connecticut Housing Engagement & Support Services (CHESS) Initiative

On August 27, 2019, the Connecticut Department of Social Services published this overview of the Connecticut Housing Engagement and Support Services (CHESS) initiative. The intent of the evidence-based Medicaid supportive housing benefit is to improve housing stability and health outcomes for an identified group of Medicaid members who have complex health conditions, have experienced homelessness, and tend to cycle through use of the hospital emergency department, inpatient admission and, in some cases, short-term nursing home stays, resulting in high Medicaid costs . . .