View the Informative Webinar about Braiding Funding and People-Centered Care by the Center for Health Care Strategies

An informative webinar about using funding to provide person-centered care

Braiding funding from multiple sources can help health and social care organizations serve more people, offer more comprehensive services, and strengthen financial sustainability.

However, when organizations braid funding from county, state, and federal sources, careful tracking is necessary to ensure adherence to all contract requirements. In California, under the state’s CalAIM initiative to transform Medi-Cal (Medicaid) services, many health and social care organizations are braiding Medi-Cal and non-Medi-Cal funds to provide more person-centered care for people with a mix of medical, behavioral health, and social needs.

Braiding can be an especially effective strategy to better integrate services for people with complex needs — many of whom navigate multiple systems and experience fluctuating levels of need.

This Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS) webinar, made possible by the California Health Care Foundation (CHCF), featured three organizations that braid funding: an organization serving older adults and people with disabilities, a housing-related service provider, and a specialty behavioral health provider. Speakers shared their approaches to braiding funding, along with strategies for mitigating contract-related risks and promoting efficiencies.

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Agenda

I. Welcome and Introduction

Speakers: Logan Kelly, MPH, Senior Program Officer, CHCS, and Melora Simon, MPH, Associate Director of People-Centered Care, CHCF.

L. Kelly and M. Simon provided opening remarks.

II. Choice in Aging: Meeting the Needs of Older Adults and People with Disabilities

Speaker: Debbie Toth, President and CEO, Choice in Aging

D. Toth provided an overview of Choice in Aging’s approach to braiding funding, including one funding source per client and multiple funding sources for staff, to support older adults and people with disabilities.

III. RH Community Builders: Supporting People Experiencing Housing Instability

Speaker: Katie Wilbur, LCSW, Executive Director, RH Community Builders

K. Wilbur provided an overview of RH Community Builders’ approach to braiding funding, including multiple funding sources per client and staff member, to support people experiencing homelessness.

IV. Children’s Institute: Addressing Behavioral Health Care Needs for Children and Adults

Speaker: Gene Straub, Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, Children’s Institute

G. Straub provided an overview of the organization’s approach to braiding funding, including multiple funding sources per client and one funding source for staff, to support children and adults with behavioral health care needs.

V. Moderated Q&A

Moderator: Sarah Triano, Associate Director of Long-Term Services and Supports & Disability Policy, CHCS

VI. Closing

Speaker: L. Kelly, CHCS