Notice anything different?

 

We’ve made some changes to our website to improve our readers’ experience.

Learn more!

Explore Resources

Search the entire site for the resources or content you need. You can filter to find the type of content you need or narrow down based on the topic. Need support? Fill out the form on our contact page.

Search all of CHCF’s resources
Sort by:

Explore

Filter
  • Case Study

    CIN Case Study: Coordinated Behavioral Care IPA

    This case study describes an independent practice association’s journey implementing Healthify, an online social service resource directory and referral system, across a large network.

    •Behavioral Health
  • Group of men and women sitting together talking.
    Case Study

    Strengthening the Behavioral Health Workforce: Evaluation of the Lay Counselor Academy

    An evaluation of the Lay Counselor Academy finds the program effectively upskills health and social workers to provide mental health support. The program could play a pivotal role in addressing immediate and long-term shortages in the mental health workforce.

    •Health Workforce
  • Patien having mouth examined by provider in a clinic.
    Case Study

    Advancing Health Equity Through Primary Care Policy

    The report outlines California policies that would significantly improve access to quality primary care for all Californians, particularly those in underserved communities.

    •Primary Care
  • Case Study

    Evaluation of the Telehealth Improvement Community Fund (TICF)

    The Telehealth Improvement Community Fund (TICF), a seven-month initiative, helped 27 California safety-net health centers boost video telehealth usage. It featured flexible participation, resource access, and high engagement, leading to steady telehealth utilization and high satisfaction .

    •Technology and Innovation
  • Case Study

    Evaluation of the Connected Care Accelerator Equity Collaborative

    The Connected Care Accelerator Equity Collaborative (CCA EC) was a 13-month initiative by CHCF and Cedars-Sinai, to enhance telehealth in California’s safety net. It focused on improving the use of video telehealth, enhancing access to telehealth for patients, and supporting…

    •Health Equity
  • person preparing to insert key card into hotel room lock
    Case Study

    Evaluation of California’s Project Roomkey Program

    The report finds that Project Roomkey successfully provided emergency housing and services to 62,000 people experiencing homelessness during the early years of COVID-19 by getting those who were medically vulnerable off the street and into hotels and motels.

    •Homelessness
  • View of farmland in the Central Valley of California. Crops growing in a field. Mountains in the background.
    Case Study

    CalAIM Experiences: Central Valley Implementers

    Learn how implementation of CalAIM is unfolding California’s Central Valley in this survey of people who work at managed care plans, behavioral health organizations, community-based organizations, and social services organizations.

    •Medi-Cal
  • Colorful squares linked together like a chain
    Case Study

    CalAIM Implementation of Recuperative Care Services: Lessons Learned

    This brief reviews the implementation of the CalAIM recuperative care services, recommends steps California could consider moving forward, and provides advice for other states considering a Medicaid benefit for recuperative care.

    •Medi-Cal
  • Case Study

    How to Identify and Support Emerging Risk Medi-Cal Members with Complex Social and Behavioral Needs

    Many Medi-Cal enrollees with diabetes have unmet behavioral and social needs. Medi-Cal health plans and providers are identifying how to reduce barriers to care and better support patients’ health.

    •Medi-Cal
  • Team from Venice Family Clinic does outreach to people experiencing homelessness.
    Case Study

    CalAIM Perspectives: How to Improve Enrollment in Enhanced Care Management

    In a first-of-its-kind statewide convening, Medi-Cal managed care plans, health care providers, and community-based organizations worked together to address common challenges in Enhanced Care Management enrollment.

    •Medi-Cal
  • Illustration of hands interwoven to form a network of support
    Case Study

    Early Lessons from CalAIM Initiatives to Address Behavioral Health Needs

    Learn about concrete opportunities to improve delivery of Enhanced Care Management and Community Supports for people with serious mental illness and substance use disorder. This issue brief draws from interviews with behavioral health stakeholders across five counties.

    •Behavioral Health
  • Group of people sitting and talking at a meeting
    Case Study

    Lessons from the Field: How an Ad Hoc Stakeholder Network Is Helping Redefine Medical Respite Care in Los Angeles

    This case study describes how a local network of providers, hospitals, and plans in Los Angeles began working together to identify and overcome barriers to provide recuperative care to people who are unhoused.

    •Homelessness
  • Case Study

    Advancing Equity in Medi-Cal’s Home and Community-Based Services

    With support from CHCF, Justice in Aging is producing a series of issue briefs focused on helping state agencies, policymakers, and other stakeholders in efforts to support equitable HCBS rather than institutional care where possible and desirable.

    •Older Adults
  • Case Study

    Telehealth Experiences and Preferences Among Californians with Low Incomes

    The California Health Care Foundation (CHCF) interviewed 73 Californians with low incomes to better understand their experiences with telehealth. Many commonalities in experiences and future preferences for telehealth emerged from this research. Among the findings were that Californians want telehealth…

    •Technology and Innovation
  • Assisted living caregiver delivers groceries to woman at home.
    Case Study

    Innovation Landscape: Services to Support Independent Living in the Community

    In this report, the authors survey the current landscape of organizations to help plans navigate the emerging market for Community Supports. The analysis considers a range of large regional nonprofits, smaller venture-backed companies, and a few organizations that provide adjacent…

    •Older Adults