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  • blueprint of a building
    Toolkit

    Blueprint for Sobering Care in California: Implementation Guide

    Sobering centers provide a safe, short-term alternative to emergency departments and jails for people experiencing acute intoxication from alcohol or other drugs. This resource guide supports the development, implementation, and sustaining of sobering centers in California.

    •Behavioral Health, Substance Use Disorder
  • sun peeking out from behind gray clouds
    Almanac

    Substance Use in California Almanac — 2025 Edition

    Substance Use in California: Prevalence and Treatment uses the most recent data available to provide an overview of substance use and addiction in California. Topics include prevalence of substance use, emergency department visits, deaths, and treatment.

    •Behavioral Health, Substance Use Disorder
  • People attending a web conference

    Health Plan Technical Assistance

    •Behavioral Health, Substance Use Disorder
  • Illustration of a map of California
    Issue Brief

    Substance Use Disorder in California — a Focused Landscape Analysis

    This landscape identifies barriers that people with substance use disorder face in accessing care and points to opportunities to improve the system to help them receive the care they need.

    •Behavioral Health, Substance Use Disorder
  • Person standing on hill looking at sun
    Case Study

    CalAIM Community Supports Early Adopters: Spotlight on Sobering Centers

    Learn implementation tips from two organizations in Orange County partnering successfully to offer sobering services. Sobering centers provide an alternative destination for people publicly intoxicated and who might otherwise be transported to an emergency department or jail.

    •Behavioral Health, CalAIM, Homelessness, Medi-Cal, Substance Use Disorder
  • Illustration of man leaving prison being greeted by a person who will help facilitate his medical needs.
    Cal Health Care 101

    CalAIM Explained: Caring for Californians Leaving Incarceration

    This short guide is designed for health care providers who are serving people leaving incarceration and returning to their communities. It includes correctional system basics and an overview of the reentry process.

    •Behavioral Health, CalAIM, Medi-Cal, Medi-Cal Eligibility and Enrollment, Racial Health Equity, Substance Use Disorder
  • Woman experiencing homelessness sits under a tarp with her belongings.
    Report

    The California Statewide Study of People Experiencing Homelessness

    The study demonstrated that most people become homeless primarily because the cost of housing has become unsustainable. Many study participants said that experiencing homelessness worsened their health, including their mental health.

    •Behavioral Health, Black Health Equity, Homelessness, Latino/x Health Equity, Racial Health Equity, Substance Use Disorder, Surveys and Polls
  • Illustration of a group of people working together
    Cal Health Care 101

    CalAIM Behavioral Health Payment Reform

    Learn about the organization of mental health and substance use disorder services in Medi-Cal, including financing and payment, and changes to those systems under the CalAIM Behavioral Health Payment Reform initiative.

    •Behavioral Health, CalAIM, Medi-Cal, Medi-Cal Payment and Financing, Substance Use Disorder
  • illustration of purple and blue arrows moving in an upward direction
    Report

    CalAIM and Specialty Behavioral Health Care: Lessons from Other States on Value-Based Payment

    This paper summarizes existing research and profiles five examples of value-based payment models across the US. The authors provide recommendations that California can follow to inform future behavioral health payment reforms.

    •Behavioral Health, CalAIM, Medi-Cal, Medi-Cal Payment and Financing, Substance Use Disorder
  • Bottle of Methadone Oral Concentrate
    Report

    A Qualitative Study of Expanded Methadone Take-Home Access in Opioid Use Disorder Treatment

    In March 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold, federal guidance permitted greater access to methadone “take-home doses” for people in treatment for opioid use disorder. This paper reviews the treatment experiences of patients and providers at an opioid treatment…

    •Behavioral Health, Substance Use Disorder
  • Issue Brief

    Treating Stimulant Use Disorder: CalAIM’s Contingency Management Pilot

    Contingency management is an effective treatment for people trying to reduce or stop their use of methamphetamine, cocaine, and other stimulants. California’s Department of Health Care Services will soon launch a pilot program offering contingency management to Medi-Cal enrollees in…

    •Behavioral Health, CalAIM, Medi-Cal, Substance Use Disorder
  • Report

    Learning from COVID-19: How Pandemic-Era Policies for Methadone Prescribing Could Improve Opioid Treatment

    Emergency regulations instituted as COVID-19 reached the US allowed patients who may not otherwise have qualified for methadone take-home doses to receive them.

    •Behavioral Health, Substance Use Disorder
  • Issue Brief

    How California Can Build on CalAIM to Better Integrate Physical and Behavioral Health Care

    This analysis reviews CalAIM behavioral health initiatives, looks at programs from other states, and finds additional opportunities for California to advance integration in Medi-Cal.

    •Behavioral Health, CalAIM, Data Exchange, Medi-Cal, Medi-Cal Payment and Financing, Substance Use Disorder, Technology and Innovation
  • Illustration of seven California Counties working with Partnership Health Plan
    Case Study

    Expanding Substance Use Care: Health Plan Teams Up with Seven California Counties

    In this regional Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System program, the counties provide financial resources, and Partnership HealthPlan of California administers the program.

    •Behavioral Health, Medi-Cal, Substance Use Disorder
  • Man and woman sitting on sidewalk at night, having a serious conversation/counseling
    Toolkit

    Behavioral Health Mobile Crisis Response Services in Medi-Cal

    Too often, the first response to people experiencing a mental health or substance use crisis is law enforcement. Communities across California are working to retool their approach to people undergoing behavioral health crises by developing mobile crisis response services. The…

    •Behavioral Health, Medi-Cal, Substance Use Disorder