Resources and Toolkits
How to Talk about Medicaid Work Reporting Requirements: Language Recommendations for State Communicators
Resource is intended to support states as they explain work reporting requirements in H.R. 1. It is designed to help states create clear, linguistically and culturally appropriate materials for people enrolled in or eligible for Medicaid. Each term includes a plain-language definition, alternative ways to explain it, and guidance on why clarity matters.
Preparing Consumers for Changes to Medicaid
Webinar communicating new Medicaid work reporting requirements under H.R.1, highlighting how strong outreach strategies can help states protect coverage and support implementation. Experts from GMMB and Health Equity Solutions shared a communications framework and emphasized engaging enrollees in planning and message development.
Communications Workplan: Preparing for the Implementation of Medicaid Work Reporting Requirements
Designed for state Medicaid and health and human services communications staff—particularly those responsible for planning and executing outreach related to new work reporting requirements. States can use it to inform the creation of communications efforts or to cross-reference existing plans, ensuring key tactics are considered, gaps are identified, and strategies are aligned around maintaining coverage…
A New Tool for Implementing Medicaid Work Requirements
User-tested application templates and resources for Medicaid work requirements
Medicaid Work Requirements: What States Need to Know Right Now
High-level overview of Medicaid work requirements and populations subject to work requirements, key state decisions, communication and federal engagement strategy, etc.
Human-Centered Work Requirements for Medicaid
Evidence-based recommendations for states to optimize implementation of work requirements include: integrating compliance and exemption information and reporting into a single streamlined process, designing clear and actionable notices, utilizing text communications, and building mobile-friendly platforms.
Advocates’ Guide to Automated Notices
Guide explaining automatic benefit notice generation process while walking through common underlying system errors (e.g. missing or incorrect information) providing insight on how back-end design decisions cause these issues. Provides strategies to improve notice process and output such as targeted questions on system logic, workarounds for caseworkers, and structural reform through data flow, boilerplate language,…
A Guide to Reducing Coverage Losses Through Effective Implementation of Medicaid’s New Work Requirement
Outlines strategies to reduce coverage losses including minimizing administrative and applicant burden, streamlining verification processes, creating accessible and user-friendly forms and portals, and strengthening communication and outreach efforts.
Work Requirements Implementation Resources Toolkit
Repository of resources for state administrators to support the implementation of work requirement policies through overview of implications and recommendations of smart system designs and processes.
Digital Government Hub for H.R. 1 Implementation
A central resource library for state, local, tribal, and territorial governments working to implement public benefits policy and system changes created through OBBBA, featuring Medicaid work requirements and SNAP PER topic sections.