Homelessness & Health Care - California Health Care Foundation

Homelessness & Health Care
On any given day, more than 150,000 people experience homelessness in California. Being homeless is dangerous to your health: People who live on the streets die an average 20 years earlier than people who are housed. CHCF has launched work to improve the delivery of health and social services to people experiencing homelessness, with the goal of promoting care that is responsive, person-centered, and focuses on the patient’s emotional, physical, and psychological needs.

California Bets Big on Housing in Medicaid

September 27, 2022

Steven Birenbaum

Medi-Cal, Homelessness & Health Care

A new episode of the health policy podcast Tradeoffs sheds light on CalAIM’s origin story through the experiences of Medi-Cal’s director, Jacey Cooper.

California Lawmakers Approved CARE Court. What Comes Next?

September 22, 2022

Manuela Tobias, Jocelyn Wiener

Homelessness & Health Care, Behavioral Health

Now that Governor Gavin Newsom’s court system for people with severe mental illness has been enacted, counties face a series of practical questions critical to turning the fuzzy concept into a reality.

Start-Up Gains Traction with Support Platform for People Experiencing Homelessness

August 18, 2022

Homelessness & Health Care, Investing in Innovation

In California, where on any given day more than 150,000 people experience homelessness, some health care organizations are turning to a start-up company that incentivizes unhoused people to engage with case management and medical care.

Partnerships for Action: California Health Care & Homelessness Learning Collaborative

Homelessness & Health Care

This two-year learning collaborative will support eight cross-sector teams of California-based organizations partnering to improve health care for people experiencing homelessness.

‘House Calls’ for People Experiencing Homelessness

Claudia Boyd-Barrett

Homelessness & Health Care

Under a grant program developed by the United Way of Greater Los Angeles, local health care organizations and clinics brought the medical services directly to people staying at Project Roomkey hotels.

Innovation at the Intersection of Health Care and Homelessness

Medi-Cal, Homelessness & Health Care

A conversation with California’s Medicaid director, Jacey Cooper, about how CalAIM will bring together a broad range of stakeholders to improve the health of Medi-Cal members experiencing homelessness.

How to Share Data: A Practical Guide for Health and Homeless Systems of Care

Homelessness & Health Care, Data Exchange

This practical guide is intended to serve as a tool for communities at any stage of engagement in cross-sector data sharing between health and homeless systems of care. It is designed to help communities ready to start such efforts for the first time, as well as those that have room to grow their data sharing efforts.

Health Insurance Can Now Help Some Californians Find Housing

Homelessness & Health Care, Medi-Cal

An experimental new plan offers housing help through the Medi-Cal program.

California Spent Millions to Boost COVID-19 Vaccination Rates of Medi-Cal Members — But They Lag Even More

Medi-Cal, Homelessness & Health Care

Gaps in COVID-19 vaccination rates among the state’s Medi-Cal population persist. Five Medi-Cal plans still have vaccination rates under 50%.

California Health Care and Homelessness Learning Community

Homelessness & Health Care

To address challenges related to meeting the health care needs of people experiencing homelessness, the Center for Health Care Strategies, with support from CHCF, created the California Health Care and Homelessness Learning Community, which brought together California stakeholders to learn from peers and experts across the nation about innovative approaches to improve health services for homeless populations.

For One in Five Californians, Homelessness Is Personal, CHCF Survey Finds

January 27, 2022

Michelle Schneidermann

Homelessness & Health Care

The findings underscore the urgency of collaboration to ensure success of the nascent CalAIM initiative to integrate Medi-Cal more seamlessly with social services.

Supporting Statewide Expansion of Medical Respite in California

Homelessness & Health Care

Medical respite care is offered in a variety of settings, with service models, staffing, funding, and length of stay tailored to local needs and assets. This two-year project provides funding for the National Institute for Medical Respite Care to promote standards and best practices in California, through trainings, tools, technical assistance, and advocacy recommendations.

Understanding Street Medicine Programs in California

Homelessness & Health Care

Street medicine brings vital health care services to people experiencing unsheltered homelessness. This project seeks to better understand the characteristics of these programs and the policies and funding mechanisms that support and sustain them.

Aligning Housing and Health Care to Support People Experiencing Homelessness: Opportunities in CalAIM

Homelessness & Health Care

To take advantage of new housing-related opportunities under CalAIM, homeless service providers and managed care plans need expert guidance. CHCF is partnering with the Corporation for Supportive Housing to provide training and ongoing technical assistance to these groups across the state.

A Place of Hope and Healing Takes Shape in Alameda

December 10, 2021

Homelessness & Health Care

Supporters see an ambitious medical respite campus as a national model in care for people experiencing homelessness.