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Key Topic: CalAIM

  • Doctor and patient looking at health care instructions together.
    Event

    CIN Webinar – Making CalAIM Work in a Constrained Fiscal Environment

    August 18, 2026

  • House made of four brighly colored puzzle pieces next to a stethoscope
    Resource

    Housing-Related Community Supports Implementation Tools

    Housing-related Community Supports are Medi-Cal/CalAIM services that help people experiencing or at risk of homelessness access and maintain stable housing. Read about these CHCF-funded tools.

    January 09, 2026

  • Resource

    Listening to Californians with Complex Needs: People Who Use a Language Other Than English

    Learn about the health care and social services needs directly from people with complex needs who speak a language other than English.

    October 27, 2025

  • View of a small rural community downtown, the city of Mt. Shasta.
    Resource

    Listening to Californians with Complex Needs: Rural Californians

    People living in rural Northern California face unique health and social needs. Hear from residents, including Native Americans, about their challenges and what they say could help.

    October 27, 2025

  • Provide talks to patient while taking notes on a laptop.
    Resource

    Perspectives from the Field: Up Close with ECM Providers

    A research team of UCSF medical residents and fellows worked with a team from California’s Department of Health Care Services to interview 18 ECM organizations. Providers describe their implementation efforts, impact of the program so far, and rollout challenges.

    April 18, 2025

  • Community Health Workers talk to client outdoors
    Resource

    CalAIM Experiences: The Community-Connected Workforce

    This survey of organizational leaders shows that those who employ community-connected workers have more positive experiences with CalAIM and better outcomes for the people they serve.

    April 15, 2025

  • New housing under construction.
    Resource

    CalAIM’s Trio of Housing Community Supports – Policy at a Glance

    This fact sheet offers an overview of the three CalAIM Housing Community Supports.

    March 20, 2025

  • CalAIM Housing Supports Briefing
    Event

    Sacramento Briefing: CalAIM Housing Community Supports

    This CHCF briefing about the three housing-related Community Supports covered their importance for helping people move from homelessness to housing.

    March 12, 2025

  • Collage of photos showing people in assisted living facilities.
    Resource

    Strengthening CalAIM’s Assisted Living Transitions: The Role of Community Care Hubs

    Learn how community care hubs are helping expand access to CalAIM’s assisted living transitions Community Support by connecting managed care plans with residential facilities.

    February 21, 2025

  • Photos of landscapes in central coast, southern, northern, and central vally of California
    Resource

    CalAIM Experiences: Implementer Views by Region in Year Three of Reforms

    These five reports are drawn from a statewide survey conducted in summer 2024. They show how implementation of CalAIM is unfolding across five California regions: Bay Area, Central Coast, Central Valley, Northern California, and Southern California.

    January 31, 2025

  • Doctor listens to patient's breathing.
    Resource

    Building Provider Networks for Enrollees in Both Medicare and Medi-Cal

    Learn about the importance of provider networks in attracting new members to Medicare Medi-Cal Plans (also known as “EAE D-SNPs”). These new plans aim to make it easier for people to get the care and services they need while improving…

    January 24, 2025

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    Housing and Homelessness Incentive Program

    Although the health system cannot fix every part of the homelessness crisis, there are important roles it can play. CHCF envisions a future where different systems work together effectively so people are housed and healthy.


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    Sobering Centers

    Although the health system cannot fix every part of the homelessness crisis, there are important roles it can play. CHCF envisions a future where different systems work together effectively so people are housed and healthy.


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    Medi-Cal and Homelessness

    Although the health system cannot fix every part of the homelessness crisis, there are important roles it can play. CHCF envisions a future where different systems work together effectively so people are housed and healthy.


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    Homelessness & Health Care

    Although the health system cannot fix every part of the homelessness crisis, there are important roles it can play. CHCF envisions a future where different systems work together effectively so people are housed and healthy.

    January 01, 2025

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