Provider Eligibility

Each community support program is eligible to enroll only if the community support program meets all provider participation requirements as specified in 130 CMR 461.000 and 450.000: Administrative and Billing Regulations. (A) CSP and CSP-JI Requirements. To qualify for participation in MassHealth as a CSP or CSP- JI provider, a provider must be an organization that provides mental health or substance use disorder services and operates under a valid license issued by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH). (B) CSP-HI Requirements. To qualify for participation in MassHealth as a CSP-HI provider, a provider must have (1) experience providing services to persons with mental health disorders or substance use disorders or both; (2) at least two years of history providing pre-tenancy, transition into housing, and tenancy sustaining supports to persons experiencing homelessness. This must include experience with serving people experiencing chronic homelessness and with documenting their chronic homeless status in accordance with requirements set by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. (3) specialized professional staff with knowledge of housing resources and dynamics of searching for housing such as obtaining and completing housing applications, requesting reasonable accommodations, dealing with housing or credit histories that are poor or lacking, mitigating criminal records, negotiating lease agreements, and identifying resources for move-in costs, furniture and household goods. (C) CSP-TPP Requirements. To qualify for participation in MassHealth as a CSP-TPP provider, a provider must have an active contract with Department of Housing and Community Development or MassHousing to provide tenancy preservation program services.