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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 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.


CHCF Blog

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

August 18, 2022
Brian Rinker
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.
Project

Partnerships for Action: California Health Care & Homelessness Learning Collaborative

July 2022
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.
CHCF Blog

‘House Calls’ for People Experiencing Homelessness

June 9, 2022
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.
CHCF Blog

Innovation at the Intersection of Health Care and Homelessness

June 8, 2022
Kathy Moses
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.
Publication

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

May 2022
Homebase
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.
CHCF Blog

Health Insurance Can Now Help Some Californians Find Housing

May 23, 2022
Marisa Kendall
Homelessness & Health Care, Medi-Cal
An experimental new plan offers housing help through the Medi-Cal program.
CHCF Blog

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

May 13, 2022
Ana Ibarra
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%.
Project

California Health Care and Homelessness Learning Community

February 2022
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.
CHCF Blog

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.
Project

Supporting Statewide Expansion of Medical Respite in California

January 2022
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.
Project

Understanding Street Medicine Programs in California

January 2022
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.
Project

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

January 2022
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.
CHCF Blog

A Place of Hope and Healing Takes Shape in Alameda

December 10, 2021
Brian Rinker
Homelessness & Health Care
Supporters see an ambitious medical respite campus as a national model in care for people experiencing homelessness.
CHCF Blog

CalAIM: Why It’s So Much More Than Another New Health Program

December 8, 2021
Kara Carter
Medi-Cal, Homelessness & Health Care, Health Equity
While there will be challenges on the journey, the end of the road holds the promise of a more just and compassionate system.
CHCF Blog

Sobering Centers Offer Clients Pathway to Stable Lives

September 20, 2021
Bonar Menninger
Homelessness & Health Care, Medi-Cal
A conversation with Shannon Smith-Bernardin, PhD, RN, a national leader in the field.
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