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CalAIM Report for the Alameda County for the Public Protection, Justice and Health Collaborative – August 2023
Part of Alameda County’s, “Reimagine Adult Justice” project, the report provides an overview of CalAIM implementation issues for the justice-involved in Alameda County.
Read MoreCalifornia’s medically fragile children deserve to receive care at home
Children with acute disabilities and serious medical conditions thrive physically, emotionally, and developmentally when receiving care at home, surrounded by their families. While at-home care is better for the child...
Read MoreCalifornia’s fentanyl problem is getting worse. Nobody is sure what to do
California has allocated more than $1 billion in recent years to combat its opioid crisis. Much of the money has been used to distribute fentanyl test strips and the overdose...
Read MorePolicy Brief: Fatal Overdoses in California: 2017-2021
Key findings: Almost 11,000 Californians died in 2021 as a result of preventable overdoses, double since 2017. Overdoses kill as many as lung cancer, more than diabetes, and 2-3x as...
Read MorePolicy Brief: Improving Access to Opioid Use Disorder Treatments in Street Medicine: Utilizing the Long-Acting Injectable Sublocade
The Street Medicine model of care for people experiencing homelessness can offer an innovative approach for providing addiction treatment through the use of Sublocade, a long-acting injectable medication. This Policy...
Read MorePolicy Brief: Financial Responsibility For Behavioral Health Services Under Medi-Cal – What’s The County, State And Federal Share Of Cost For Mental Health And Substance Use Disorder Treatment?
The federal participation rate under Medi-Cal for the cost of services has traditionally been 50 percent in California for most services. For behavioral health services most of the non-federal share...
Read MoreCalAIM for Reentry and Justice-involved Adults and Youth: a Policy Implementation Guide
CalAIM for Reentry and Justice-involved Adults and Youth: a Policy Implementation Guide. Provides an overview of CalAIM’s key program elements relevant to justice-involved individuals and an initial implementation framework. The...
Read MorePolicy Brief: Embedding Mental Health Clinicians in Public Defender’s Offices: A Potential CalAIM Strategy for Reducing the Mentally Ill Inmates Population in Jails
As state and local policy makers develop CalAIM action plans for local justice-involved individuals, this policy brief suggests a potential innovative strategy that places mental health clinicians in public defender’s...
Read MorePolicy Brief: Expanding Access to Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) for Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder in Los Angeles County’s Criminal Justice System
Report to the Countywide Criminal Justice Coordination Committee (CCJCC) finds key findings and recommendations about drug overdose deaths and MAT capacity in LA County. Overdose deaths increased by 144% since...
Read MorePolicy Brief: The Overdose Crisis in California 2017 to 2021
Analysis of most recent overdose data finds that preventable drug-related overdose deaths have doubled since 2017. The COVID-19 pandemic was associated with an acceleration of the overdose crisis with about...
Read MoreCalAIM Update: Summary of pricing guidelines to Medi-Cal managed care plans for Community Supports (formerly, In Lieu of Services -ILOS)
A key feature of California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) is the introduction of a new menu of health-related Community Supports (formerly “in lieu of services” or ILOS), which offer...
Read MoreState Budget Update: 2021-2022 Housing And Behavioral Health Funding – Opportunities For Reentry & Justice-Involved Individuals August 2021
The newly enacted 2021-2022 State budget and spending package includes over $12 billion in new funding opportunities that can be leveraged to help individuals who are justice-involved, experiencing homelessness, and...
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