Was Live Thu, May 2, 2024 | 11am PST
Guest Speakers
- Glenn Tsang, Policy Advisor for Homelessness and Housing, California Department of Health Care Services
- Amber Middleton, Director of HOPE Program, Shasta Community Health Center
- Brian Zunner-Keating, MS,RN, Director UCLA Homeless Healthcare Collaborative
Event Overview
As the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) transforms Medi-Cal, California is making the nation’s most ambitious effort to address social needs, like housing and at-home support, through health care. This multi-year initiative, which provides insurance for one in three — or 15 million — Californians, now includes social services geared to the health of people at risk of homelessness. These new programs go well beyond the doctor’s office, like homelessness prevention, housing transition and tenancy navigation, rent and deposit aid, post-hospitalization recuperative housing, sobering centers, day habilitation and street medicine.
At this briefing, DHCS leaders, community providers and health care workers will share how they’re using Medi-Cal to help Californians experiencing homelessness and housing instability lead healthier lives.
This is the second in a series of briefings exploring the dramatic Medi-Cal transformation underway.
