With more than 181,000 people living on the streets and in shelters, California is home to more people experiencing homelessness than any other state in the nation. California’s CalAIM initiative has created new opportunities for homeless service organizations to partner with the health care sector to align services and enhance care delivery for individuals experiencing or at risk of homelessness.
This profile series explores innovative cross-sector partnerships that are working to improve care and service delivery for people experiencing homelessness through CalAIM services. The profiles share insights from pilot teams that participated in Partnerships for Action: California Health Care & Homelessness Learning Collaborative, an initiative supported by the California Health Care Foundation and led by the Center for Health Care Strategies.
- Integrating Substance Use Disorder Treatment into Transitional Housing: Lessons from Alameda County – Explores lessons from the Alameda pilot designed to integrate substance use treatment, including harm reduction, medications for addiction treatment, and contingency management, for people in interim housing. (June 2025)
- Connecting People in Recuperative Care to Health and Housing Resources: Lessons from Orange County – Highlights the Orange County team’s pilot to create a more effective pathway to housing and wraparound supports for recuperative care clients with a history of high health care service use. See also the video, From Streets to Stability: How Cross-Sector Partnerships Save Lives, to learn more about the Orange County program. (June 2025)
- Opening a Window into Health and Homeless Services Integration in Santa Clara County – Highlights a partnership between Gardner Health Services and Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County to offer housing navigation services and care management for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness. (March 2025)
- Engaging the Community to Support People Experiencing Homelessness: Lessons from Tuolumne County – Features a partnership between Resiliency Village and Mathiesen Memorial Health Clinic and their efforts to better serve people experiencing homelessness through outreach and mobile medicine. (March 2025)
- Building Health Access for People Experiencing Homelessness: Street Medicine Rooted in Outreach Programs – Explores a partnership between Akido Labs and the Homeless Outreach Program Integrated Care System to create a financially sustainable street medicine program in Los Angeles. (December 2024)
- Cross-Sector Solutions for Improving Health and Homelessness in Kings and Tulare Counties – Outlines lessons from a partnership among Kings Tulare Homeless Alliance, Anthem Blue Cross, Health Net, and CalViva Health to integrate CalAIM services into existing systems and facilitate data sharing. (September 2024)
