Overview

The prolonged activation of stress response systems among children responding to adversity such as homelessness, hunger, or neglect, is a predictor of poor health and continued poverty among low-income families. To study the health and economic impacts and systems implications of integrated services provided by the Pennsylvania DHHS and Drexel University’s Center for Hunger-Free Communities, this project evaluates the Building Wealth and Health Network (The Network) intervention, designed to reduce health inequities by aligning Medicaid coverage for behavioral health services and TANF education and training services. Progress in the evaluation of public program cost savings as well as the heath and economic security of participants was presented.

Presenters

Mariana Chilton, PhD, MPH
Professor
Department of Health Management & Policy
Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health
Director
Center for Hunger-Free Communities

Sandra Bloom, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Health Management & Policy
Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health

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Recording

Details

Project: The Impact of Integrating Behavioral Health with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families to Build a Culture of Health across Two-Generations
Resource: Download Slides
Authors: Chilton M, Bloom S