California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM)
Back to Policy IssuesCalifornia Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) is an ambitious multi-year initiative seeking to enhance care coordination and improve health outcomes through state and federal proposals to simplify and streamline the Medi-Cal program. CalAIM has significant implications for many county health and human services functions, including behavioral health services, social services eligibility, county public hospitals, and cross-sector initiatives for foster youth and those who are homeless or justice-involved. CSAC will continue to focus on the federal, state, and local finance implications, as well as the impacts on county operations, successful programs, and the people and families served. Additionally, CSAC will continue to advocate for prioritization and funding of counties to provide services that leverage counties’ existing expertise and for the state to consult with counties in formulating and implementing all policy, operational and technological changes of this multi-faceted initiative.