Brief Overview of the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS)’ California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) CalAIM Justice-Involved Initiative
Alongside the Department of Health Care Services, the Council on
Criminal Justice and Behavioral Health (CCJBH) shared via
newsletter
an updated (as of November 2024) overview of the CalAIM
proposals that impact the criminal justice population,
namely, the CalAIM JI Initiative (please note that CalAIM JI
is referred to interchangeably as theCalAIM JI Reentry
Initiative, including within this document).
Per CCJBH, the document aims to educate state and county-level
criminal justice system implementation partners on the CalAIM JI
Reentry Initiative, by highlighting the provisions of CalAIM that
will impact individuals who are involved in the justice system,
particularly those transitioning from correctional facilities
into communities across the State. This document provides a
high-level description of each of these proposals, including the
responsible lead entity, system implementation partners, and
implementation dates. A webinar that
provides an overview of the proposals listed in this document is
also available on the CCJBH website.
This overview provides information on the following:
Mandatory Pre-Release Medi-Cal Application Processes in
County Correctional Facilities
Provision of Targeted Set Services 90 Days Prior to Release
From Jail or Prison
Enhanced Care Management (ECM), Community Supports (formerly
called “In Lieu of Services”)
Behavioral Health Links, Behavioral Health Community-Based
Organized Networks of Equitable Care and Treatment (BHCONNECT)
(formerly called the California Behavioral Health Community-Based
Continuum (CalBHCBC) Demonstration)
Updates to Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System
Eligibility Criteria
During the 130th CSAC Annual Meeting in Los
Angeles County, the Health and Human Services (HHS) and
Administration of Justice (AOJ) policy teams convened a panel of
county leaders from Inyo, Santa Clara, San Mateo, and Yuba, as
well as leadership from the Department of Health Care Services
(DHCS), to discuss best practices and implementation of
the California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal
Justice-Involved (CalAIM JI) Initiative, also known as
the Justice-Involved Reentry Initiative. A recap of
this discussion, including a link to the slide deck presentation,
can be
found here.
