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Many of CalAIM's programs are specifically designed to improve care and services for people experiencing homelessness.
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While CalAIM’s broad reach is intended to help all Medi-Cal enrollees, many of its reforms focus on improving care for specific populations. One of them is people experiencing homelessness, especially those who have complex physical or behavioral health needs.

CalAIM’s goal for people experiencing homelessness — or at risk of experiencing homelessness — is to provide a whole-person approach to care and to better address the social factors that impact their health. Enhanced Care Managers will coordinate people’s care, including connecting them to treatment for any physical or mental health conditions and substance use disorder. They will also connect enrollees to other needed services, including a new set of services not traditionally covered by Medi-Cal known as Community Supports.

Several of the Community Supports included in CalAIM are particularly relevant to people experiencing homelessness, including:

  • Housing transition and navigation services, housing deposit assistance, and housing tenancy and sustaining services
  • Recuperative care (also known as medical respite) and short-term posthospitalization housing
  • Sobering centers
  • Day habilitation
Project

Aligning Housing and Health Care to Support People Experiencing Homelessness: Opportunities in CalAIM

Homelessness & Health Care
To take advantage of new housing-related opportunities under CalAIM, homeless service providers and managed care plans need expert guidance. CHCF is partnering with the Corporation for Supportive Housing to provide training and ongoing technical assistance to these groups across the state.
September 29, 2021

Webinar Series — Fostering Cross-System Collaboration Between Health and Homeless Systems of Care

Homelessness & Health Care
September 29, 2021
This webinar series focuses on cross-system collaboration between health and homeless systems of care.
CHCF Blog

For One in Five Californians, Homelessness Is Personal, CHCF Survey Finds

January 27, 2022
Michelle Schneidermann
Homelessness & Health Care
The findings underscore the urgency of collaboration to ensure success of the nascent CalAIM initiative to integrate Medi-Cal more seamlessly with social services.
Project

Supporting Statewide Expansion of Medical Respite in California

Homelessness & Health Care
Medical respite care is offered in a variety of settings, with service models, staffing, funding, and length of stay tailored to local needs and assets. This two-year project provides funding for the National Institute for Medical Respite Care to promote standards and best practices in California, through trainings, tools, technical assistance, and advocacy recommendations.
CHCF Blog

Medical Respite Care Bridges Critical Gap for Californians Without Housing

August 25, 2021
Padma Nagappan
Homelessness & Health Care, Medi-Cal
Recuperative care provides comprehensive services while reducing costs and hospital readmissions.
CHCF Blog

Sobering Centers Offer Clients Pathway to Stable Lives

September 20, 2021
Bonar Menninger
Homelessness & Health Care, Medi-Cal
A conversation with Shannon Smith-Bernardin, PhD, RN, a national leader in the field.
Publication

Breaking Down Silos: How to Share Data to Improve the Health of People Experiencing Homelessness

July 2021
Homebase
Homelessness & Health Care, Data Exchange
With more than 150,000 people experiencing homelessness on any given day, purposeful collaboration between the housing and health care sectors are critical. This report focuses on ways in which the two systems are sharing data to better coordinate and support clients' needs.
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