Title:
Title
Approvals for Implementation of Pathways to Health + Home Program
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FileID
File ID: 2019-00792
Location
Location: Citywide
Recommendation:
Recommendation
Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager or City Manager's designee to: 1) increase revenue and expenditure budgets for Operating Program (Fund 2702) in the Whole Person Care Program (I02000900) in the amount of $1,115,667, for a new total of $5,376,217, for receipt of the Intergovernmental Transfer match from the Department of Health Care Services for Pathways Program Year 4.1 (PY 4.1).
Contact: Emily Halcon, Homeless Services Coordinator, (916) 808-7896; Anira Khlok, Homeless Services Program Analyst, (916) 808-7948, Office of the City Manager
Body
Presenter: None.
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Resolution
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: In June 2017, the City of Sacramento was accepted into the State Department of Health Care Services' (DHCS) Whole Person Care (WPC) program. WPC is a statewide Medi-Cal waiver program that allows communities to create a system of supportive services aimed to improve health outcomes and reduce utilization of high-cost services for vulnerable populations. In Sacramento, the WPC program is called the Pathways to Health + Home (Pathways) program and will support broader City strategies to reduce and prevent homelessness, by creating a robust system of outreach, case management and supportive services for those frequent users of health care, homeless services, and emergency services.
Pathways is currently in Program Year 4 (PY 4) which began on January 1, 2019 and ends on December 31, 2019. Program Year 5 (PY 5) will run from January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020. As of April 15, 2019, Pathways had 634 individuals enrolled and had served a total of 1,186 individuals through the life of the program. A total of 69,005 services, including outreach, navigation, care coordination, and housing support, have been provided to t...
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