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Library of Publications

Protecting our Children’s Well-Being During Covid-19: Recommendations for Supporting Children and Families Who Have Experienced Trauma and Stress During the Pandemic

June 26, 2020

Childhood Trauma Task Force

This report provides findings and recommendations resulting from the Child Trauma Task Force's research on post-disaster trauma and analysis of the Commonwealth’s capacity to meet children’s mental health needs during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Estimated COVID-19 Behavioral Health Outcomes: Research in Perspective to Inform Action to Mitigate Morbidity and Mortality

June 18, 2020

Danna Mauch, Catia Sharp (MAMH)

In this policy brief, MAMH projects that the recession we have entered because of COVID-19 social distancing efforts will increase deaths from suicide and overdose between 12 and 60 percent in Massachusetts.

Section 8 Made Simple

June 9, 2020

Emily Cooper & Lisa Sloane, Technical Assistance Collaborative

This 2016 revision of Section 8 Made Simple focuses on how to help people with disabilities gain access to the Section 8 program.

Medicaid Supportive Housing Services Crosswalk

June 9, 2020

CSH (Corporation for Supportive Housing)

This 2017 Medicaid Supportive Housing Services Crosswalk examines the extent to which New Mexico’s Medicaid program aligns with supportive housing services for adults with significant housing and service needs.

Middlesex County Restoration Center Commission Year Two Findings and Recommendations

May 21, 2020

Middlesex County Restoration Center Commission

This Year Two report of the Middlesex County Restoration Center Commission submits findings from a planning process to design a restoration center in Middlesex County.

Estimated Emergency and Observational/Quarantine Bed Need for the US Homeless Population Related to COVID-19 Exposure by County; Projected Hospitalizations, Intensive Care Units and Mortality

March 24, 2020

Dennis Culhane, Dan Treglia, Ken Steif, Randall Kuhn, and Thomas Byrne

This March, 2020 study estimates that COVID-19 is likely to cause at least 21,000 hospitalizations and 3,400 deaths among the 500,000 homeless single adults in the United States and includes a county-by-county estimate of additional shelter beds needed.

National Guidelines for Crisis Care: A Best Practice Toolkit

February 26, 2020

SAMHSA

The SAMHSA National Guidelines for Crisis Care: A Best Practice Toolkit advances national guidelines in crisis care within a toolkit that supports program design, development, implementation and continuous quality improvement efforts.

Model Jail Diversion and Reentry Service Programs: Review of the Literature

November 14, 2019

MAMH

This paper summarizes recent literature related to model jail diversion and reentry services and programs and offers guidance to state and local jurisdictions to develop a full continuum of effective jail diversion services.

The Emerging Crisis of Aged Homelessness

October 22, 2019

Dennis Culhane, Dan Treglia, et al

This 2019 report on homelessness among older adults looks at whether savings from shelter, hospital, and nursing home costs would be sufficient to offset the costs of providing housing.

Massachusetts Healthy Aging Data Report: Highlights

August 14, 2019

UMass Boston Gerontology Institute and Tufts Health Plan Foundation

The Highlights Report presents a snapshot of findings from the Massachusetts Healthy Aging Data Report intended to generate dialogue and action.

MassHealth: The Basics (Facts and Trends)

August 12, 2019

Commonwealth Medicine: University of Massachusetts Medical School

This updated edition of the MassHealth: The Basics chart pack provides new data on MassHealth enrollment and spending from the most recent state fiscal years available, as well as a high-level overview and status update on the state’s delivery system reform efforts.

Report on Pediatric Behavioral Health Urgent Care

June 21, 2019

Children’s Mental Health Campaign

This report proposes a multi-pronged strategy to build an effective, sustainable system of Pediatric Behavioral Health Urgent Care to provide earlier intervention while reducing the need for hospitalization.