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.

An interview with Nicole Green, Forensic Social Worker, Office of the Public Defender, and Chair of the Contra Costa Community Advisory Board (CAB).

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.

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.