CHLPI provides support to health care entities committed to designing Guaranteed Income pilot programs with patients’ public benefits in mind.
Poverty has long been a major risk factor for poor health; cash transfer programs are emerging as an innovative solution. As calls for continuous, unconditional cash transfer programs (also known as “Guaranteed Income”) grow stronger, so too does the evidence base to support the connection between resource access and health. However, the health care and social services policy landscapes present significant barriers to programming. By identifying policy barriers and advocating for creative solutions, the Health Law Lab helps to maximize the health benefits of cash transfer studies and interventions.
CHLPI provides support to health care entities committed to designing Guaranteed Income pilot programs with patients’ public benefits in mind.
The Health Law Lab works with stakeholders across the country to advance policy reform that enables contingency management (CM)- a behavioral health intervention that rewards participants with incentives for achieving target behaviors. While CM has a proven track record with reduction or cessation in use of alcohol, nicotine, and other substances, it is particularly impactful as a treatment for stimulant use, as there is currently no medication-assisted therapy option for stimulant use disorder.
Last month, CHLPI and 37 institutional and individual signatories sent a letter to the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) urging inter-agency collaboration to address policy barriers to Contingency Management, the only evidence-based treatment for stimulant use disorder. Contingency Management (CM) is a behavioral health intervention that rewards participants with incentives for achieving target […]