Health Net will provide critical funds to
organizations across the state to help find housing for people
experiencing homelessness and offer supportive services to
California's most vulnerable
residents.
SACRAMENTO, Calif., July 6, 2023
/PRNewswire/ -- Today, Health Net announced that the company will
award more than $46 million dollars
in grants to support California's
unhoused Medi-Cal members through housing and other supportive
services. Invested across 26 counties, these funds will support
local Continuum of Care (CoC) programs and other housing services
agencies. A CoC is a regional or local planning body that
coordinates housing and other services for families and individuals
experiencing homelessness.
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"At Health Net, we're committed to supporting the state's
Medi-Cal members experiencing homelessness, providing them access
to housing and other resources they need to improve their health,"
said President and CEO at Health Net, Brian
Ternan. "Too many Californians are living on the streets
without shelter from the elements and recent natural disasters.
We're proud to partner with Continuum of Care programs to help
provide services to those who need it most, and ultimately work
towards ending homelessness in California."
The grant funds will:
- Increase partnerships and local capacity of organizations to
support referrals for services. Examples include
increased housing navigation services, funding to CoCs and county
agencies for permanent supportive housing initiatives, support for
the Point in Time Counts and Medi-Cal redetermination efforts.
- Improve the infrastructure used to coordinate and meet the
needs for members seeking housing. Examples include funding to
enhance data exchange between the health plan and CoCs,
integrating/upgrading Homeless Management Information System
platforms and supporting workforce development initiatives.
- Enhance the delivery of services and member engagement for
those at-risk of or experiencing homelessness. Examples include
master leasing to house individuals and keep people housed, funding
for street outreach, street medicine capacity building and unit
acquisition.
Health Net has awarded grants to CoCs and housing services
agencies in the following California counties: Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, El
Dorado, Glenn, Imperial, Inyo, Kern,
Los Angeles, Mariposa, Mono, Nevada,
Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San
Diego, San Joaquin,
Sierra, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Tulare, Tuolumne and Yuba. These grants are made possible through
California's Housing and
Homelessness Incentive Program.
This work continues to build on Health Net's efforts to provide
wraparound care for the communities they serve. In fact, earlier
this year, Health Net announced a $1.5
million grant to Keck School of Medicine of USC's Street Medicine program (USC Street Medicine). The funds will establish two
programs that prepare street medicine workforces to bring care
directly to unsheltered populations in the places where they
live.
Through this approach, Health Net is caring for members with
complex medical issues by meeting them where they are and
considering the full scope of their needs. Health Net's work with
USC Street Medicine expands on
innovative programs that address physical, behavioral, social and
long-term health needs.
Although these initiatives serve as critical steps in the right
direction, Health Net will continue to invest in innovative
solutions that increase health equity for Californian's unhoused
populations. Their various partnerships help address the many
negative social drivers of health their members face to help ensure
people can get the care they need, when, how and where they need
it.
To learn more about Health Net, visit HealthNet.com.
About Health Net
Founded in California more than
40 years ago, Health Net believes that every person deserves a
safety net for their health, regardless of age, income, employment
status or current state of health. Today, we provide health plans
for individuals, families, businesses of every size and people who
qualify for Medi-Cal or Medicare. Together with our 90,000 network
providers, Health Net serves three million members across the
state. We also offer access to substance abuse programs, behavioral
health services, employee assistance programs and managed health
care products related to prescription drugs. We make these health
plans and services available through Health Net, LLC and its
subsidiaries: Health Net of California, Inc., Health Net Life Insurance
Company and Health Net Community Solutions, Inc. These entities are
wholly owned subsidiaries of Centene Corporation (NYSE: CNC), a
Fortune 26 company that offers affordable and high-quality products
to nearly 1 in 15 individuals across the nation. Health Net and
Centene employ more than 6,300 people in California who work at one of five regional
Talent Hub offices. For more information,
visit www.HealthNet.com.
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