This reference guide contains a list of funding programs and sources that can pay for permanent housing after the six months of Transitional Rent is complete. It is designed to help managed care plan (MCP) staff and others recognize funding sources that might be included in a member's Housing Support Plan.

These vignettes illustrate different types of people who may be eligible for Transitional Rent (TR). They are intended to ground TR discussions in the realities of people who may seek this new benefit.

Effective implementation of Transitional Rent (TR) depends on clear roles and strong coordination across health, housing, and social service systems. This tool is designed to help identify and engage TR partners in implementation efforts.

This document provides a template Housing Support Plan to assist with referrals for Transitional Rent, California's new Medicaid benefit that provides up to six months of rental assistance for eligible Medi-Cal members. Authorization for Transitional Rent requires a completed Housing Support Plan that meets specific criteria.

With a focus on rural and suburban Continuums of Care (CoCs), this framework explores the idea of broadening community partnerships, responding to data, and expanding resource options to achieve an end to homelessness for multiple populations at once and sustain the achievements over time.

These guides are designed to help communities, Continuums of Care (CoCs), and homeless service providers address and improve key aspects of the homelessness system of care. They provide evidence-based, practical approaches for increasing employment income, securing permanent housing, preventing first-time homelessness, reducing time spent homeless, and preventing returns to homelessness.

Faith-based organizations (FBOs) can make a tremendous difference in a community’s success in preventing and ending homelessness. FBOs bring a perspective and resources that are not otherwise available to the homeless system of care. This guide offers potential strengths of FBO partnerships, along with opportunities for FBOs to support homelessness response and strategies homeless systems can employ to support these partnerships.

This checklist, to be completed by program leadership, is designed to help program leaders identify local partners who can help people experiencing homelessness find jobs, increase their income, and improve their employment opportunities.

This toolkit supports leaders of homeless systems of care to connect with representatives of faith-based organizations through new and expanded partnerships.

People returning home to rural areas from incarceration face unique challenges. Transportation issues, limited services options, stigma, and a lack of affordable housing can make it challenging for those reentering the community to find a safe and stable place to live. This tool outlines strategies that rural communities can undertake to meaningfully address homelessness for individuals involved with the criminal justice system.

Recruiting and retaining an effective behavioral health workforce ensures consistent quality care for people experiencing mental health concerns, people living with substance use disorders, and people experiencing homelessness. This toolkit addresses recruitment and support for people with lived experiences, preventing and addressing staff turnover, and operationalizing recruitment and retention of an effective workforce.

This section of the CalAIM Toolkit for Continuums of Care (CoCs) and CoC Partners offers a list of the recommendations developed by Homebase, California CoC representatives, and some key provider partners. These are intended to facilitate improved collaboration toward full and effective ECM and Community Supports implementation.

This section of the CalAIM Toolkit for Continuums of Care (CoCs) and CoC Partners provides a reference list of California’s CoCs by county.

This section of the CalAIM Toolkit for Continuums of Care (CoCs) and CoC Partners is intended to help counties, CoCs, and local homeless response system partners better understand what MCPs are likely to invest in and prioritize to address the housing and health needs of their Medi-Cal members experiencing homelessness.

This section of the CalAIM Toolkit for Continuums of Care (CoCs) and CoC Partners provides an overview of the California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM), a recent Medi-Cal initiative that seeks to improve the health of Californians.

This section of the CalAIM Toolkit for Continuums of Care (CoCs) and CoC Partners provides information about how DHCS defines Street Medicine for purposes of Medi-Cal coverage so CoCs can discuss street medicine needs, programs, and coordination opportunities with their local MCPs with this critical context in mind.

This section of the CalAIM Toolkit for Continuums of Care (CoCs) and CoC Partners presents a simple workflow that CoCs and MCPs can use to accomplish this kind of client data match, as well as a list of recommended data elements to include in the matching process.

This section of the CalAIM Toolkit for Continuums of Care (CoCs) and CoC Partners identifies data elements that are valuable for cross-sector data sharing that can better enable partners to work in a more coordinated and collaborative fashion.

This section of the CalAIM Toolkit for Continuums of Care (CoCs) and CoC Partners is a sample bi-lateral data sharing agreement (DSA) that is meant to help cross-sector partners identify the common components of a DSA between Continuum of Care (CoC) agencies responsible for HMIS data and Medi-Cal managed care plans (MCPs).

This section of the CalAIM Toolkit for Continuums of Care (CoCs) and CoC Partners provides an overview of CalAIM’s Community Supports housing related services.