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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 is launching 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.
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A Key to Addressing Homelessness

November 2, 2020
Xenia Shih Bion
Homelessness & Health Care
Stories That Caught Our Attention: California's "Housing First" policies acknowledge that a roof over one's head is essential to health and a successful life.
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California Health Care and Homelessness Learning Community

Homelessness & Health Care
To address the challenges related to meeting the health care needs of people experiencing homelessness, the Center for Health Care Strategies, with support from CHCF, is launching the California Health Care and Homelessness Learning Community. This statewide initiative will bring together stakeholders to learn from peers and experts across the nation about innovative approaches to improve health services for homeless populations.
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Homelessness and COVID-19

Homelessness & Health Care
At least 151,000 people are homeless in California, 75% of whom are not living in a shelter — the largest proportion of people living without shelter in the country — with about one-quarter thought to be experiencing chronic homelessness. Now, with the emergence of the coronavirus pandemic, two crises have collided, causing a disproportionate risk to people who are unsheltered.
CHCF Blog

How San Diego Is Protecting Its Homeless Population from COVID-19

June 29, 2020
Padma Nagappan
Homelessness & Health Care, Workforce
The pandemic prompted local leaders to swiftly establish one of the nation's largest shelters and apply painful lessons learned from the region's 2017 hepatitis A outbreak.
CHCF Blog

Heading Off a COVID-19 Disaster for Californians Experiencing Homelessness

April 29, 2020
Michelle Schneidermann
Homelessness & Health Care, Behavioral Health
Philanthropy has a critical role to play in supporting progressive approaches to serving vulnerable people in need.
CHCF Blog

Homelessness and COVID-19 Collide in California

April 6, 2020
Xenia Shih Bion
Behavioral Health, Medi-Cal, Homelessness & Health Care
Stories That Caught Our Attention: How do you practice social distancing when you live on the streets or in a crowded shelter?
CHCF Blog

Across the Tracks: To End Homelessness, See the Whole Person

June 29, 2016
Sandra R. Hernández
Medi-Cal, Homelessness & Health Care
The rising rate of homelessness is a call to action. It is time to make health care work for all Californians.
CHCF Blog

Addressing Homelessness Is High on Governor Newsom’s Agenda

March 2, 2020
Xenia Shih Bion
Behavioral Health, Medi-Cal, Homelessness & Health Care
Stories That Caught Our Attention: The governor devoted nearly his entire State of the State address to California’s housing and homelessness crisis.
Publication

Mental Health Tops Californians’ Health Care Priorities in Statewide Poll

February 2020
Eran Ben-Porath, Emily Hachey, Jazmyne Sutton, Jennifer Su
Behavioral Health, Health Care Costs, Coverage Trends, Medi-Cal, Workforce, Homelessness & Health Care
The survey offers detailed insight into Californians’ views on a range of critical health issues, including health care affordability and access, perceptions on homelessness, the health care workforce, Medi-Cal, and the experiences of the uninsured.
Publication

Mental Health in California

March 2020
Adriana Ramos-Yamamoto, Scott Graves
Behavioral Health, Medi-Cal, Homelessness & Health Care
This chartbook from the California Budget & Policy Center provides a detailed look at California's public mental health system, which serves more than a million California children, youth, and adults annually.
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CIN Stories from the Field: Social Needs Screening and Referral Models

Homelessness & Health Care
What practices, tools, and workflows have leading health care organizations adopted to assess and address social needs that impact health?
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