Resources and Toolkits
Implementing Medicaid Work Requirements
Tools and templates for states to improve Medicaid work requirement communications, including paper & online application templates updated post-IFR and digital interactive guide
Model Medicaid Community Engagement Outreach Notice (English/Spanish)
Plain-language notice template in English and Spanish so Medicaid agencies can help clients understand new work reporting requirements
Helping States Respond to the New Medicaid Rules
Piece on the need for states to work quickly to build Medicaid systems that serve clients efficiently and impactfully, with information related to CMS’s Interim Final Rule
These 5 Million People Are About to Lose Their Medicaid — But They Don’t Have To
Tools for data-driven understanding Medicaid work requirements, including information about who’s at risk, automatic verification pathways, ex parte capability by state, coverage loss, and maps
Introducing Our User Experience Guide for Medicaid Work Requirements
Guide about the member-facing side of implementation, and why user experience is just as important as what happens on the backend
Screening for SNAP Work Requirements Using Human-Centered Design
Webinar featuring an in-depth walk through of the screening questionnaire, highlighting design and content decisions made based on feedback from SNAP clients and advocates. Passcode: &Hd64icK
Medicaid Auto-Renewals and Work Requirement Mandates: Lessons for States
Webinar session to discuss Medicaid unwinding lessons, strategies to coordinate work requirement and ex parte renewals, and methods toward designing flexible, efficient, and sustainable systems. Passcode: ^m3Q+Fuz
Eligibility Made Easy (Emmy)
A CMS-developed suite of open-source tools that streamlines income and community engagement reporting for Medicaid applicants and enrollees
A Human-Centered SNAP Work Requirements Screener
Human-centered design best practices to screen for Medicaid work requirement exemptions
A New Tool for Implementing Medicaid Work Requirements
User-tested application templates and resources for Medicaid work requirements
Metrics That Matter For States Under H.R. 1
Guide on how state agencies can develop legible and flexible metrics to assess implementation of new work requirements, outlining how to build, capture, and effectively utilize metrics to monitor impact for operational awareness and decisionmaking.
Implementing Medicaid Work Requirements
Implementation-oriented framework to support states with adapting to community engagement/work requirements. Features overview of “look back” period and four-step compliance flow including: checking for automatic hardship, screening for exemptions, checking for participation, and allowing for requestable hardship.
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.
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.
Blueprinting SNAP Work Requirements
Blueprint on how work requirement policy impacts the process of SNAP application, determination, and maintained eligibility. Provides human-centered implementation recommendations such as focused support, ease of exemptions, discovery/comprehensive interview to capture compliance.