
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
More than half a million Americans are living on the streets. Due to the economic fallout from the pandemic, more Americans than ever are teetering on the edge between housed and homeless. As a country, our approach to addressing homelessness has been straightforward: build more affordable housing. But for many people housing alone is not the issue. Jonathan Kumar, CEO of Samaritan, is solving the homelessness crisis by building a social home platform to provide members with the peer and financial support they need to transition into permanent housing. John and Jonathan dive into the heart of problem and the role managed care has to play in supporting their homeless members.
5
22 ratings
More than half a million Americans are living on the streets. Due to the economic fallout from the pandemic, more Americans than ever are teetering on the edge between housed and homeless. As a country, our approach to addressing homelessness has been straightforward: build more affordable housing. But for many people housing alone is not the issue. Jonathan Kumar, CEO of Samaritan, is solving the homelessness crisis by building a social home platform to provide members with the peer and financial support they need to transition into permanent housing. John and Jonathan dive into the heart of problem and the role managed care has to play in supporting their homeless members.