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    Quick Read

    CalAIM Implementers Convening

    More than 90 CalAIM implementers shared insights on promising practices and recommendations to strengthen California’s Medi-Cal transformation initiative. This brief summarizes their experiences and recommendations.

    •Behavioral Health, Homelessness, Medi-Cal
  • Feature Story

    Rural Hospital System Cuts Readmissions, Changes Lives With Enhanced Care Management

    Going beyond clinic walls to coordinate care proves vital for Medi-Cal enrollees with complex care needs, including homelessness.

    •Medi-Cal
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    Tool

    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.

    •Homelessness, Medi-Cal
  • Inside CHCF

    Our Top 10 Reads of 2025

    CHCF’s most popular resources of 2025 reflected your need to understand unprecedented changes in the state health care system.

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    Report

    Sobering Centers Explained, 2025 Updates

    The landscape of sobering care in California has undergone substantial transformation in recent years. This report captures key lessons from the sobering centers that now serve 16 California counties.

    •Behavioral Health
  • Quick Read

    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.

    •Medi-Cal
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    Quick Read

    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.

    •Medi-Cal
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    Quick Read

    Listening to Californians with Complex Needs: Challenges Living Independently

    •Older Adults
  • Program administrator talking to a patient at a clinic
    Tool

    How Health Plans Can Improve the Medi-Cal Experience for Members with Complex Needs

    This step-by-step guide offers tips to managed care plans to craft member engagement strategies in developing and implementing successful programs.

    •Medi-Cal
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    Quick Read

    Listening to Californians with Complex Needs: Transitioning from Incarceration

    People leaving jail or prison often experience multiple health and social needs all at once. This fact sheet draws on interviews with people leaving incarceration to better understand their needs.

    •Behavioral Health, Homelessness
  • External Resource

    The Rising Trend of Specialized Recuperative Care

    As California’s recuperative care field rapidly expands under CalAIM, providers are discovering that one-size-fits-all approaches don’t adequately meet patient needs. This article profiles four California recuperative care programs that developed specialized services for people in specific demographics, including women and…

    •Behavioral Health, Homelessness, Older Adults
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    Listening to Californians with Complex Needs: Behavioral Health

    This fact sheet draws from a major research project and examines the experiences of Californians with behavioral health conditions. Participants shared the need for integrated care with fewer eligibility requirements and the importance of care managers with lived experience, especially.

    •Behavioral Health, Medi-Cal
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    Listening to Californians with Complex Needs: Homelessness

    This fact sheet draws from a major research project and examines the experiences of Californians experiencing homelessness. They found that access to empathic care managers is crucial for navigating complex systems and that safe, stable housing helps achieve lasting recovery.

    •Homelessness
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    Report

    Listening to Californians with Complex Needs

    Learn about the first-hand experiences of Californians with complex health and social needs as they seek care. Read the full report and its fact sheets from EVITARUS.

    •Behavioral Health, Homelessness
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    Report

    CalAIM Renewal in Context​

    This report examines CalAIM’s Enhanced Care Management (ECM) and Community Supports through interviews with Medi-Cal enrollees with complex needs and a survey of providers. It highlights early implementation successes, identifies payment and administrative challenges, and points to opportunities to strengthen…

    •Medi-Cal