The California Health Care Foundation is an independent, nonprofit philanthropy that works to improve the health care system so that all Californians have the care they need.
CHCF publishes reports, articles, issue briefs, explainers, data snapshots, infographics, fact sheets, and other resources to help make meaningful change in California’s health care system.
The California Health Care Foundation is an independent, nonprofit philanthropy that works to improve the health care system so that all Californians have the care they need.
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CHCF’s Amplifying Impact Initiative helped 28 California organizations expand community health worker services under Medi-Cal. Evaluation findings show trusted relationships, regional collaboratives, and workforce investment drive scale. But financial sustainability remains the central challenge.
This publication offers voluntary best practices for training community health workers, promotores, and representatives, helping programs strengthen quality while preserving community roots. Developed through broad stakeholder input, it promotes accessible, culturally responsive training that supports a trusted workforce statewide.
This case study, originally published in 2019, describes an independent practice association’s journey implementing Healthify, an online social service resource directory and referral system, across a large network.
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.
These resources examine three new Medi-Cal benefits: community health workers/promotores/representatives, doulas, and peer support specialists. Although these community-connected workforces share common approaches, each has distinct qualifications, supervision requirements, and covered services under Medi-Cal.
Read three strategies to help ensure that California’s health ecosystem has a robust and diverse health workforce to meet community needs and create sustainable models of care delivery that advance health equity.
Learn how Medi-Cal community care hubs support both CalAIM and opportunities for better supporting community health worker and doula services and benefits.
Twenty promotors working with the Latinx community in San Francisco received specialized drug and alcohol education training in Spanish. The goal is that they will work with community members who have substance use disorder.
This practical toolkit can help health care providers and community-based organizations in California maximize available funding to support existing street medicine programs, or develop new ones.
This report describes employers’ perspectives of many facets of the community health worker/promoter profession, including training, primary roles and skills, billing, recruitment and retention, and future directions.
The Community Health Worker & Promotor Workforce Capacity Building Collaborative (CBC) supports four regional teams across the state, which have committed to develop financially sustainable models to grow the CHW/P workforce in their region as a means to advance health…
This 10-part training series was designed for housing and homeless service agencies interested in contracting with managed care plans to provide housing-related Community Supports. Each of the 10 webinars is freely available. Materials are also available for download.
This 10-part training series was designed for housing and homeless service agencies interested in contracting with managed care plans to provide housing-related Community Supports. Each of the 10 webinars is freely available. Materials are also available for download.