Homelessness Response System 101 for Health Care Providers and Stakeholders

The report contains foundational information for health care providers about how homeless assistance works at the local level, with a focus on Continuums of Care (CoCs) and Coordinated Entry (CE). The report includes practical, action-oriented suggestions on how to participate in a local community's homelessness response.

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California Statewide Initiatives to Address Complex Needs of People Experiencing Homelessness

This suite of reports offers a deep dive into the impact, challenges, and opportunities made possible by two critical and complementary state initiatives aimed at improving health and housing outcomes of Californians experiencing homelessness: CalAIM’s housing-related services – Enhanced Care Management (ECM) and Community Supports (collectively referred to in these materials as ECM/CS) –and the Housing and Homelessness Incentive Program (HHIP).

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Transferring Knowledge: Improving Medicaid Access for People Experiencing Homelessness

When we set out to help homeless service providers navigate Medi-Cal renewals, we didn’t expect to uncover another systemic challenge faced by people experiencing homelessness: keeping Medi-Cal when moving across county lines. In this blog post, Policy Analyst, Riley Meve, and Senior Directing Attorney, Julie Silas, share how community conversations led to new collaborations and resources.

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Improving Medi-Cal Renewals for People Experiencing Homelessness

This report explores ways to streamline and improve the Medi-Cal renewal processes for people experiencing homelessness, with recommended strategies and best practices based on Homebase’s understanding of the common barriers people experiencing homelessness faced during Medi-Cal’s continuous coverage unwinding, as well as the direct feedback that Homebase received from people experiencing homelessness, their health and homeless services providers, and advocates during our Medi-Cal renewal campaign.

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Advancing Health Equity: Peer Health Ambassadors for People Experiencing Homelessness

Peer Health Ambassador Programs have been developed to improve health education and connections for people experiencing homelessness by hiring, training, and mentoring health ambassadors who have lived expertise and experiences of homelessness. This toolkit is designed to help new and expanded Peer Health Ambassador Programs design, develop, and implement their programs in ways that are effective, equitable, and specific to the needs of people experiencing homelessness in the community. This toolkit provides foundational information, best practice guidance, and sample resources that can support local design and implementation.

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Medi-Cal Renewals: Ensuring People Experiencing Homelessness Retain Coverage

After a three-year pause due to COVID-19, the Medi-Cal renewal process restarted in California as of June 2023. This training highlights the risk of losing coverage during this process, especially for people who are unhoused. This training provides an introduction to Homebase's Medi-Cal Renwal Toolkit, which provides 11 tools for homelessness providers, people experiencing homelessness, and Health Enrollment Navigators to help people maintain their coverage.

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CalAIM Toolkit for Continuums of Care (CoCs) and CoC Partners

The CalAIM Toolkit for Continuums of Care (CoCs) and CoC partners contains guidance and planning documents intended to support effective cross-system collaboration between homeless response system partners and local Medi-Cal managed care plans (MCPs) through the California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) initiative.

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How to Share Data - Practical Guide for Health and Homelessness System of Care

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.

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