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Maximizing Housing as Health Care Intervention

Published June 18, 2009

The National AIDS Housing Coalition has been awarded a $200,000 grant from MacArthur to support a national project which seeks to maximize the policy impact and cost-effectiveness of housing as a health care intervention for homeless and unstably-housed persons with HIV and other chronic health conditions.

Grantee Profile: National AIDS Housing Coalition

Policy Research, The Power of Measuring Social Benefits, Health, Housing, Policy, United States

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The Power of Measuring Social Benefits is a $35 million policy research initiative that seeks to test the hypothesis that effective social policies that invest in individuals in need or at risk not only improve their life chances, but in many instances benefit the larger society and generate public returns long after assistance has ended.

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