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.

This section of the CalAIM Toolkit for Continuums of Care (CoCs) and CoC Partners provides basic information about ECM and Community Supports and offers tools to help CoCs track the resources available and relevant referral processes for the MCPs in their communities.

This section of the CalAIM Toolkit for Continuums of Care (CoCs) and CoC Partners contains foundational information for managed care plans (MCPs) about how homeless assistance works at the local level, including practical, action-oriented suggestions to help MCPs participate in their community’s response to homelessness.

When someone enrolled in Medi-Cal moves to a new county within California and wants their Medi-Cal to continue, they need to ask for an “inter-county transfer.” The transfer process can be especially complicated for people experiencing homelessness. This guide has detailed information about Medi-Cal’s inter-county transfer process.

This material provides guidance on addressing some of the common concerns about adopting beneficial co-sheltering policies for people with companion animals who live in emergency or temporary housing facilities.

On May 8, 2025, Homebase invited a group of panelist experts from nonprofit and philanthropic sectors to share practical insights, case studies, and resourceful approaches to financial sustainability. The discussion provided tips on how to adopt innovative strategies for organizations to maximize budgets and sustain missions.

On February 5, 2025, Homebase delivered a webinar designed for CoC-funded organizations on best practices for financial management. This session provided key strategies to navigate fiscal challenges, ensure compliance with funding requirements, and maintain financial stability while addressing urgent community needs.

Homebase was honored to facilitate a panel of experts from different areas of California who have experienced homelessness and are catalyzing solutions and change in their communities, the State and nationwide at the 2025 Housing California conference. The panel shared their experiences, expertise and lead discussion about implementing solutions to homelessness through collective action and shifting power structures while highlighting data and humanizing the issue of homelessness.

This presentation provides an overview of state and federal expectations for program outcomes and monitoring, and introduces the Results-Oriented Management and Accountability (ROMA) framework as a tool for performance management and continuous improvement.

This provider training introduces the core principles of Housing First, emphasizing low-barrier, client-centered approaches to housing, while exploring practical strategies for implementation across programs.

This conference presentation explored how communities can effectively serve high-acuity households through Rapid Rehousing, covering system-level strategies, program design considerations, data-informed practices, and lessons learned from providers implementing these approaches.

This training helps CoC staff strengthen intake and file management practices by exploring common documentation errors, practicing how to identify and correct them, and sharing strategies to prevent issues before they occur.

This report outlines strategies for CoCs and homeless response providers to manage uncertainty, including processing new information, communicating with clients using trauma-informed principles, and adapting grants and budgets.

These fact sheets show the impact of local laws that criminalize people living outside.

The Partnership Action Lab brought together homelessness systems and public defenders to improve outcomes for people who are experiencing housing instability and charged with and/or convicted of misdemeanors.

The Bridging Boundaries Action Lab brought together parole, probation, and homelessness systems to reduce barriers to housing for people involved with the criminal legal system.

This webinar co-hosted by Homebase and Destination: Home was designed to empower and educate Santa Clara County service providers, advocates, and community members about the legal rights of people experiencing homelessness, especially those affected by encampment sweeps and vehicle tows. The training also included information about reasonable accommodation requests for individuals with disabilities experiencing homelessness.

This session at the NAHRO National Conference explored the role PHAs can play in breaking the homelessness-criminal legal system cycle by implementing trauma-informed, low-barrier policies.

This session at the Northern California Nevada National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO) conference focused on the Grants Pass decision, why it matters for Public Housing Authorities and other housing providers, and what providers can do to help protect their clients while responding to an ever-changing legal landscape.

This session at the NAEH conference was led by homelessness system leaders with experience with building partnerships focused on high impact intervention points – pre-sentencing (public defenders) and post-release (probation).