The Rapid Transition Housing Program (RTHP) aims to help Medicaid members transition into supportive housing and provide rental subsidies, tenancy services, and other services necessary to encourage successful community living. RTHP provides vulnerable Medicaid members who are homeless with assistance in securing accessible, affordable, and sustainable housing and supportive services in the least restrictive, most appropriate available setting.

To refer members to the Rapid Transition Housing Program, please email HousingReferral@ilny.org or contact the Rapid Transition Housing Regional Lead.

Eligibility:
o Enrolled in Medicaid
o Meet the Federal Housing and Urban Development (HUD) definition of street or shelter homeless;
o Be at least 18 years old with:
o One (1) documented chronic physical disability, or
o Two (2) or more chronic conditions;
o Meet the High Utilizer Vulnerability Index definition below:
o Medicaid Member that meets one (1) or more of the following criteria in the past 12 months:
o Have two (2) or more inpatient stays in the past 12 months;
o Have five (5) or more emergency department visits in the past 12 months;
o Have four (4) or more emergency department visits and one or more inpatient stay in the past 12 months; and/or
o Qualify as a high Medicaid utilizer by being within the top 20% of Medicaid recipients' spending relative to the county of fiscal responsibility and target population parameters (e.g., a Serious Mental Illness (SMI) recipient in Westchester would have to have base period spending of more than 80% of the SMI Medicaid population in that county).
o Able to be safely served in a community-based setting