For much of his young life, Jorge Sanchez regularly gasped for air, at times coughing so violently that he'd almost throw up. His mother whisked him to the emergency room late at night and slept with him to make sure he didn't stop breathing.
May 16 2024KFF Health News For much of his young life, Jorge Sanchez regularly gasped for air, at times coughing so violently that he'd almost throw up. His mother whisked him to the emergency room late at night and slept with him to make sure he didn't stop breathing.
The in-home consultation and supplies were paid for by Medi-Cal, California's Medicaid health insurance program for low-income residents. Gov.
The collaborative has served about 3,650 patients, including Sandoval, in eight counties since early 2022, he said. It has years of experience with Medi-Cal patients in the Central Valley and has received about $1.5 million of the new initiative's money. In addition to in-home asthma remediation, CalAIM offers 13 broad categories of social services, plus a benefit connecting eligible patients with one-on-one care managers to help them obtain anything they need to get healthier, from grocery shopping to finding a job.
Tiffany Sickler runs Koinonia Family Services, which offers California foster children mental health and other types of care, and even helped a patient pay off parking tickets. But the program is struggling on a shoestring budget. Related StoriesIn some places, community groups are competing with national corporations for the new funding, such as Mom's Meals, an Iowa-based company that delivers prepared meals across the United States.
Full Circle Health Network, with 70 member organizations, is helping smaller nonprofit groups develop and deliver services primarily for families and foster children. Full Circle has signed a deal with Kaiser Permanente, allowing the health care giant to access its network of community groups.
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