Innovative+and+Emerging+Practices

=Innovative and Emerging Practices=

The Continuum of Care regularly disseminates technical assistance documents, webinars, and primers related to new initiatives and strategies related to ending homelessness and improving system coordination on a wide range of topics. If you would like to share resources with the Continuum of Care, please contact the CoC Coordinator, Michael Gause, at 565-1977 or Michael.Gause@sonoma-county.org

__May 2015: New Tools to Help Increase Medicad's Role in Supportive Housing__ The U.S Department of Health and Human Services has released two resource guides for incorporating Medicaid benefits into supportive services and healthcare centers for people experiencing homelessness. > **Housing Services** > This guide was developed in partnership with CSH and > provides a brief overview of information in the Primer and Emerging Practices > documents in addition to other resources to help states, community health > centers, behavioral health centers, and supportive housing providers use > Medicaid more strategically. > **Health Centers** > This guide, created in collaboration with the National > Health Care for the Homeless Council, is intended to briefly outline the > elements contained in the Primer so that health centers serving individuals > experiencing homelessness may better understand the current opportunities for > promoting this model of care.
 * **A Quick Guide to Improving Medicaid Coverage for Supportive**
 * **Medicaid and Permanent Supportive Housing: A Quick Guide for**

Additionally, HHS released a new report in 2014 for states and communities working to expand services and supports for people in supportive housing:
 * A primer on Using Meidcaid for People Experiencing Chronic Homelessness and Tenants in Permanent Supportive Housing: