Advancing solutions to homelessness.

Individuals and families who experience housing insecurity are more likely to have experienced violence, and experiencing housing instability increases the risk of experiencing violence. The two experiences can create a cycle of trauma and violence. Although CoCs often have relationships with local victims’ service providers to ensure safe housing for people who are actively fleeing violence, there are a number of ways that a broader partnership can benefit both systems of care. This resource pulls together guidance and tips for strengthening those partnerships.

​Good matches between Medi-Cal members​ experiencing homelessness and E​nhanced Care Management (ECM​) and housing-related Community Supports providers ​are ​vital to ​ensure members are successfully engaged, enrolled, and utilizing these critical resources. ​This resource includes tips and data sources to help managed care plans match members experiencing homelessness to providers ​best positioned to support them. It covers initial provider assignments and provider switching.

Meeting people where they are is a core principle of Enhanced Care Management (ECM), but delivering services in shelters, encampments, and other community settings requires thoughtful planning and support. This resource shares practical strategies to help any ECM provider engage people experiencing homelessness in the field, with considerations for how Medi-Cal Managed Care Plans can support.

Older adult homelessness is rising quickly, and no single system can solve it. As communities grapple with solutions, lessons are emerging about how homelessness response, aging services, and health care can come together to build an age-competent safety net.

In March 2026, Homebase convened From Urgency to Action: A Regional Summit on Older Adult Homelessness in Philadelphia. The goal was to accelerate a shared, cross-sector response to the challenge of older adult homelessness. This document was created to share lessons and themes emerging from the summit as well as the research and interviews that informed the summit’s design.

Homebase created this Continuum of Interventions for Older Adults Experiencing or at Risk of Homelessness based on research and conversations with people with lived experience of homelessness, practitioners, policy makers, funders, and other experts, and with input from attendees of From Urgency to Action: A Regional Summit on Older Adult Homelessness, held in March of 2026. Thank you to all who contributed! 

The Continuum outlines the ways that older adults may intersect with housing instability and homelessness and the types of interventions that key sectors can deploy to improve outcomes for older adults, depending on the specific setting, population, and needs. 

On March 24th, Homebase held From Urgency to Action, Homebase’s first summit on the topic of older adult homelessness. Throughout the day, we heard from providers, government agencies, and people with lived experience of homelessness in the Mid-Atlantic region, who have touched this issue in some way. Over the course of the day’s panel presentations and group discussions, Homebase team member Garen Nigon developed a few takeaways, five of which are shared here.