The Rapid Transition Housing Program (RTHP) provides a rental subsidy and supportive housing services for vulnerable high-need Medicaid members using a housing first model. RTHP, previously known as Nursing Home to Independent Living (NHIL), is a Medicaid Redesign Team initiative funded by the Department of Health and administered by the New York Association on Independent Living. The program started in four areas of the state: Long Island, Syracuse, New York City and Rochester. The program is currently expanding to cover all of New York State.
Eligible individuals with one or more documented chronic physical disabilities or have two or more chronic conditions (). Participants in the program must be on Medicaid and referred as homeless *high-utilizers.
Referrals will be accepted to the program directly from a hospital, Managed Care Organization (MCO), medical respite, Performing Provider System (PPS), or skilled nursing facility (SNF). You can email referrals to
The RTHP subsidy will be modeled after the Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) and Olmstead Housing Subsidy program in that the lease will be in the individual’s name and he/she will be required to pay 30% of their monthly income, less allowances. There will also be funding available for “community transition services” which includes security deposits, moving expenses, utility payments, and household establishment purchases.
NYAIL is partnering with member ILCs to staff Housing Specialists and Independent Living Specialists to provide outreach and assist eligible individuals with RTHP enrollment, unit selection, service planning and linkage to providers as needed.
High utilizer is defined as a Medicaid member that meets one (1) of more of the following criteria in the past 12 months:
• Have two (2) or more inpatient stays within the past 12 months.
• Have five (5) of more emergency department visits in the past 12 months.
• Have four (4) or more emergency department visits and one of more inpatient stays in the past 12 months; and/or
• 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. 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).
Click below for a Rapid Transition Housing Program Referral Form or email
RTHP_Referral_form
Click below for a listing of Rapid Transition Housing Program Housing Specialists
Click below to download our brochure
RTHP Database (Authorized Users Only)
For more information, please contact:
Valerie Brennan
Director of Housing Programs
155 Washington Ave, Suite 208
Albany, NY 12210
Phone: 518-465-4650 x110 Fax 518-465-4625
Email:
Housing Referral Email:
Rapid Housing Transition Regional Contacts |
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Regions |
Regional Lead Contact Information | Auxiliary Independent Living Centers |
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Albany North Clinton, Essex, |
Southern Adirondack Independent
Living Center (SAIL) 72 Glenwood Ave,Queensbury NY 12804 Tel: 518-792-3537
Fax: 518-792-0979 SAIL Housing Specialist/ Independent Living Specialist: VACANT |
North Country Center for Independence (NCCI) Warren Middlemiss (HS/ILS) |
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Albany South Albany, Columbia, |
Independent Living Center of the (ILCHV) Independent Living Specialist: |
Capital District Center for Independence, Inc CDCI: HS: BranDie Robinson (OHS/RTH)
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Buffalo Cattaraugus, |
Western New York Independent WNYIL (Lead)Housing Specialist Tel: 716-284-4131
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Long Island Nassau, Suffolk |
Suffolk Independent Living Organization (SILO)
Taciana Cheriel (Lead) 3253 NY-112 Bldg 10, Suite 5
Medford, NY 11763
Email: Toni De Sena (Assistant Director) |
SILO Housing Specialists: Kaitlyn Fedziuk Selena Mosquera Kendra Fitzpatrick SILO Independent Living Specialists: Jazzimen Bethea Tasha Daverne |
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Lower Hudson Valley Dutchess, Orange,
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Westchester Independent Living Center (WILC) WILC Housing Specialist |
WILC Independent Living Specialist: WILC Independent Living Specialist: Resource Center for Accessible Living (RCAL) BRIDGES Taconic Resources for Independence (TRI) Westchester Disabled on the Move (WDOM) |
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New York City Bronx, Kings,
New York, Queens, Richmond
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Center for Independence of the Disabled in New York (CIDNY)
Abaewusuwa Egyin (Lead) 80-02 Kew Gardens Suite 400
Kew Gardens, NY 11415
Tel: 646-442-1520
Fax: 718-866-1070
Email: CIDNY Rapid Transition Housing Program Manager: Bathsheba Davis CIDNY Housing Specialists: Isabella Da Silva Malika Coleman
CIDNY Independent Living Specialist: Shanasia Heyward Gyrell Jenkins Nikima Smith |
Bronx Independent Living Services, Bronx
2330 Hoffman Street C-1A, Bronx, NY 10458
Phone: 718-515-2800 Rapid Transition Housing Program Manager BILS Housing Specialist: BILS Independent Living Specialists: Staten Island Center for Independent Living Independent Living Specialists: ILS: OHS and RTH |
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Rochester
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Center for Disability Rights (CDR)
Lead:Michael Buckpitt
497 State St.,
Rochester, NY, 14608
Email:
Tel: 585-546-7510x 3210
Fax: 585-546-7542
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CDR Housing Specialist:
Chris Beard
Reginald Faison Vacant HS CDR Housing Specialist/
Independent Living Specialist: Tory Johnson |
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Southern Tier Allegany, Broome, |
Southern Tier Independence Center (STIC) STIC Housing Specialist/ HS/ILS- Faith Svoboda |
AIM Independent Living Center, LaTrisha Gaboriault (Housing Specialist/ILS) Adriana Cavalletti (HS/ILS) Access to Independence, Samantha McMahon (HS/ILS) Catskill Center for Independence, Heather Merrill |
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| Syracuse Onondaga |
(Lead) Demetria Wynn
ARISE Independent Living Center
635 James St.
Syracuse, NY, 13203
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ARISE Housing Specialists: La-India Webb
ARISE Independent Living Specialist:
Candice Johnson |
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