NJ FamilyCare Housing Supports Program
Information for NJ housing providers looking to offer Medicaid-covered services for their clients
What is the NJ FamilyCare Housing Supports Program?
The NJ FamilyCare Housing Supports Program is a new initiative to help individuals with Medicaid and insecure housing to find and keep housing – because we know housing is a critical social determinant of health.
Eligible Medicaid members can receive assistance finding, moving into, and maintaining housing, as well as repairing or modifying their home to ensure their health and safety.
The Housing Supports Program is made possible through New Jersey’s Section 1115 Medicaid demonstration waiver. The state Division of Medical Assistance and Human Services (DMAHS) runs the program, and services will start to be delivered in 2025.
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Webinars and office hours
Office hours: 1115 Housing Supports training series
Every other Wednesday from 1-2:30 pm ET (dates listed below)
The Camden Coalition continues its training series for organizations interested in becoming Housing Supports providers by hosting trainings and/or office hours every other Wednesday from February through September 2025. These trainings are for all organizations interested in becoming a provider – whether you receive a DCA Housing Supports Readiness Grant or not. You must register for the webinar in order to participate. Once registered, you will receive a confirmation email that includes the option to add the sessions to your calendar.
- April 30, 2025
- May 14, 2025
- May 28, 2025
- June 11, 2025
- June 25, 2025
- July 9, 2025
- July 23, 2025
- August 6, 2025
- August 20, 2025
- September 3, 2025
- September 17, 2025
Resources
Document — Managed Care Organiztion (MCO) staff contact list
In order for organizations to become NJ Housing Supports providers, they will need to contract with at least one NJ FamilyCare MCO.
If your organization is interested in becoming a Housing Supports Program provider, and you haven’t done so already, contact the MCOs you are interested in contracting with to let them know.
Tool — Client eligibility tracker
Document — Health Related Social Needs (HRSN) Services Protocol
The Health Related Social Needs (HRSN) services protocol contains federally-approved details on member eligibility criteria, how eligible members will be identified, specific services allowed under the Housing Supports program, and more.
The Housing Supports program is one of three HRSN programs NJ is implementing, along with the MLTSS Nutritional Supports and the Medically Indicated Meals Pilot programs, and this document includes information on all of them.
Download the HRSN Services Protocol
Document — NJ HRSN payment methodologies and fee schedule: Housing Supports
The federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) approved the NJ Medicaid agency’s fee schedule on January 13, 2025 to pay providers to deliver Housing Support Program services. This document describes the rates that the state will pay providers to deliver pre-tenancy and tenancy sustaining services.
Download NJ HRSN payment methodologies and fee schedule
Tool — New Jersey Housing Supports Program provider readiness assessment
Organizations can use the NJ Hosuing Supports Program provider readiness assessment tool from the Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) to assess their readiness to become a NJ FamilyCare Housing Supports Program provider – in the areas of administrative practices, data and reporting, and service provision.
Download the provider readiness assessment
Tool — Simple budget forecasting tool
Organizations can use this Simple Budgeting Tool to help them understand how much revenue the Housing Supports Program could generate. The tool provides an easy way for organizations to estimate the billable hours for each staff member to cover their costs.
Download the Simple Budget Forecasting tool
Download the guide for using the budgeting tool
Help Desk
The Camden Coalition is here to help organizations navigate the process of becoming a provider. If you need support, please complete the form linked in the button below and we will get back to you within 2 buisness days. Please note, this is not a form for individuals or clients. If you are looking for housing services, please visit My Resource Pal.
Past webinars
Office hours — 4/16/25
The Coalition and CSH hosted Office Hours on April 2 to troubleshoot issues with getting a NPI number and to identify documents and information that organizations will need to secure a Medicaid number (enrolling with the state) and credentialing with the managed care organizations.
Office hours — 4/2/25
The Coalition and CSH hosted Office Hours on April 2 to troubleshoot issues with getting a NPI number and to identify documents and information that organizations will need to secure a Medicaid number (enrolling with the state) and credentialing with the managed care organizations.
Securing an NPI number — 3/15/25
The Coalition and CSH hosted a training on March 19 with the goal of providing community-based organizations with a description of the NPI application process including gathering the information needed to apply, walking through the steps, discussing how long the process takes and more.
Office hours — 3/5/25
Covered services — 2/19/25
The Coalition and its partner, CSH, facilitated a training on February 19 with the goal of community-based organizations gaining a deeper understanding of the specific services they can be reimbursed for by becoming a Housing Supports Program provider. We discussed detailed services and fielded many questions. We also reviewed which Medicaid members will be eligible for the services as well as the eligibility criteria for being a provider.
2025 NJ FamilyCare Housing Supports Program kick-off — 2/5/25
The Coalition hosted its first training of the year on February 5. The training provided an updated Housing Supports Program timeline and more detailed information on who is eligible for the program.
NJ Medicaid Housing Supports office hours – Readiness and budgeting — 12/5/24
This technical assistance office hours webinar was held to review the tools introduced in the “Fiscal Management in a Medicaid Environment” training for housing providers interested in the NJ FamilyCare Housing Supports Program.
During this session, we answered questions and provided guidance on the use of the Agency Readiness Assessment and the Housing Supports Program Simple Services Budgeting tool (see above), assisting community based organizations in preparing to address capacity and fiscal issues related to being a Medicaid provider.
Fiscal management in a Medicaid environment — 11/21/24
Beginning in 2025, NJ FamilyCare and its five managed care organizations (MCOs) will enter into contracts with community-based organizations (CBOs), including homeless and housing sector providers, to provide eligible NJ FamilyCare members with Housing Supports Program services.
The webinar explored the fiscal and administrative distinctions between operating in a grants-based environment and a Medicaid revenue-generating setting, as well as the strategies and techniques necessary to effectively manage this transition. It was intended for community-based agencies that serve those experiencing homelessness and/or support individuals and families with staying housed. It is recommended that executive and finance leadership from these CBOs review this session.
This presentation from the Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) included:
- A framework for planning that assists your organization in transitioning from a grant-based model to a revenue-based model.
- Practical steps and resources to evaluate your organization’s personnel and infrastructure to facilitate this transition.
- Knowledge of resources and supports available to potential Housing Support Program providers
- A common financial and structural planning timeline to efficiently assist in your transition.
Medicaid 101 — 11/7/24
Does your organization help people find, move into, and keep housing? In 2025, the New Jersey FamilyCare (Medicaid) program will offer some housing services to its members. Medicaid will pay housing and other community-based organizations to deliver these services. This new initiative is called the Housing Supports Program (also known as the 1115 Waiver Housing Supports).
If you are interested in becoming a Housing Supports Program provider, you will benefit from knowing more about New Jersey Medicaid. It is recommended that leadership, program and fiscal staff of housing, social service, and case management organizations review this session.
This presentation from the Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) included:
- What is Medicaid?
- How does Medicaid work in New Jersey?
- Why is Medicaid paying for housing related services?
- Early lessons learned from Medicaid housing supports programs in other states
- NJ plans for capacity building and technical assistance
- Questions and discussion