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  • Feature Story

    Reckoning With State and Federal Cuts, Los Angeles Safety-Net Clinics Push for a New Tax

    LA County’s June ballot includes a half-cent sales tax that could generate $1 billion a year to protect community clinics from Medi-Cal cuts.

    •Homelessness, Primary Care
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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
  • Young woman reading a paper in an empty new apartment
    External Resource

    Homebase Transitional Rent Resources

    These Transitional Rent resources provide implementation guidance for Medi-Cal managed care plans, counties, behavioral health agencies, Continuums of Care, and housing and homeless providers.

    •Homelessness
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    Tool

    Conducting a Needs and Assets Assessment for Older Adults Experiencing Homelessness

    Adults 50+ are the fastest-growing group experiencing homelessness. This toolkit helps communities assess needs, map assets, and build equity-centered strategies to improve health outcomes.

    •Homelessness
  • Feature Story

    Street Medicine Team’s Behavioral Health Care Builds Trust with Inland Empire’s Unhoused Residents

    Long-acting injectables and other medications offer lifelines to patients with substance-use disorder and mental health challenges

    •Behavioral Health, Health Equity, Homelessness
  • Lisette Carmona, LCSW, Social Work Manager, Clinical Instructor of Family Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC alongside Raymond Gonzales, Case Worker at USC Street Medicine speak with patient receiving behavioral health care treatment.
    Report

    Street Medicine: A Critical Pathway for Behavioral Health in California

    The California Street Medicine Collaborative is the statewide voice for street medicine. It brings together more than 80 street-medicine programs, more than 1000 members, and more than 275 organizations to strengthen the field statewide. Hosted by USC Street Medicine, the…

    •Behavioral Health, Homelessness
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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
  • Clinician talking to male patient
    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

    Terner Center Case Studies: Supporting the Implementation of CalAIM Within Permanent Supportive Housing

    •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
  • External Resource

    A Guide to Starting a Recuperative Care Program in California

    This practical guide provides step-by-step instructions for organizations looking to start or enhance recuperative care programs in California. It includes specific guidance on navigating California’s policy landscape and leveraging CalAIM funding.

    •Homelessness
  • External Resource

    Certification for Medical Respite Programs

    The goal of this voluntary certification is to improve the quality and consistency of care across medical respite care programs. It provides a reliable way for a facility to be assessed by hospitals, managed care plans, and others that refer…

    •Homelessness
  • Quick Read

    Medical Respite – Policy at a Glance

    Learn how medical respite improves health outcomes for people experiencing homelessness while saving money across the health care system.

    •Homelessness
  • Street medicine practitioner speaks with man in a parking lot.
    Quick Read

    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
  • Composite image of Californians with complex health needs who participated in interviews about their experiences in Medi-Cal
    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