Enhanced Care Management & Community Supports​ ​Resources

Key ECM & Community Supports Policy Guidance

• ​ECM Policy Guide​​ (August 2024)​​​
  
• ECM Referrals Standards and Form Templates​ (August 2024)
  
• Community Supports Policy​ Guide Volume 1 (April 2025)
• Community Supports Policy Guide Volume 2 (April 2025)​
• Community Supports Policy Guide Effective Dates​ (July ​2025)
• ​ECM and Community Supports Action Plan Over​view​ and Upd​ates​ (Updated ​December 2024)​​
• ​ECM Birth Equity POF FAQs (Updated February 2024)​​​

ECM & Community Supports Implementation Data

• ​​​Latest Data Release: ECM and Community Supports Quarterly Implementation Report through Q4​ 2024​​ (June​​​ 2​025)
  
• Year One In Review: ECM & Community Supports 2022 Implementation Report (August 2023)

MCP Reporting Requirements

• Quarterly Implementation Monitor​ing Report Guidance​ (Original Released in 2022; Updated in ​April 2023)
  

Billing & Data Sharing Guidance

• ​ECM and Community Supports HCPCS Coding Options (Updated June ​2024​)​
• ​ECM and Community Supports Billing and Invoicing Guidance (Updated April 2023)
• Member-Level Information Sharing Between MCPs and ECM Providers (Updated December 2024)
• Community Supports Member Information Sharing​​ Guidance​ (Updated January 2026)
  
• Overview of April 2023 Updates to Community Supports and ECM Data Guidance Documents (Apr​il 2023)​
• CalAIM Data Sharing Authorization ​Gu​idance ​​​​2.1​ ​ (Updated​ October 2025)​
• Transitional Rent Payment Methodology (October 2025)​​

Additional ECM Resources

• ECM Population of Focus Spotlights
  
• ECM Referral Standards and Presumptive Authorization Guidance Web​inar​ (Coming Soon​) 
  
• ​ Long Term Care POF​
  
• Individuals Experiencing Homelessness POF​ ​(January 2024)​​​
• Children and Youth POFs (November 2023)
  
• ECM Referral Standards and Presumptive Authorization Guidance Webinar​ (October 2024)
  
• Expectations for ECM Provider Networks & Approved Exceptions​​​​ (Updated March 2024)​
• ECM Member Toolkit hosted by Aurrera (January 2022)
• ECM Outreach ​Toolkit hosted by Aurrera (January 2022)
• ECM Provider Toolkit hosted by Aurrera​ (December 2021)

Additional Community Supports Resources

• Cost Effectiveness of California Medi-Cal Community Supports Fact Sheet​ (June 2025)​
  
• Community Supports Elections (by County and MCP) (Updated December ​​2025​)
  
• Community Supports Pricing Resource ​​(Non-Binding)​ (Updated December 2025)
  
• CalAIM Section 1115(a) Demonstration - ​Evaluation Design for Community Supports Authorized through the CalAIM Section 1115 and 1915(b) Waivers (Oct​ober 2024)​​

Supporting Documents for MCPs

• Community Supports Transitional Rent Model of​ Care Templat​e​ (​​Due February 6, 2026 for July 2026 implementations) ​Note: This document is subject to revision.​​​​
  
• Community Supports Mod​el of Car​​e ​Te​mplate​ ​(​Due February 6, 2026 for July 2026 implementations)
  Note: This document is​ subject to revision.​​
• ECM Model of Care Template Addendum I (Updated May 2022)
  
• ECM Model of Care Template Addendum II for Children & Youth Populations of Focus and Birth Equity Population of Focus ​(Updated December 2022)​
  
• ECM Attestation Forms (August 2023)​
  
• Community Supports Attestation Forms (August 2023)​
• ECM and Community Supports Model of Care Legacy Cover Note (January 2022)​
• ECM and Community Supports Model of Care Legacy Template​ (Updated February 2022)​ ​

Additional DHCS and CalAIM Resources

• Community Care Hubs: Toolkit​
• ​​CalAIM Funding Opportun​ities Cheat Sheet
  
• ​CalAIM DSAG All Comer Webinar Presentation Slides (October 2023)​​
  
• CalAIM DSAG All Comer Webinar (October 2023)​ 
  
• National Provider Identifier (NPI) Application Guidance (September 2021)​
  

​Archived Resources

• Resources for Managed Care Members Affected by Southern CA Wildfires​ (January 2025)
  
• Resources for Managed Care Members Affected by Southern CA Wildfires - 1135 Waiver Flexibilities (January 2025)
• Community Supports Availability by County - California State Map​​ (​Updated January 2024)
• ECM Implementation Timeline & Updated Populations of Focus (December ​2022)
  
• ECM Model of Care Questions for ​Children & Youth Populations of Focus and Pregnant and Postpartum Individuals At Risk for Adverse Perinatal Outcomes Population of Focus (October 2022)​
• ECM and Community Supports FAQs​ (​August 2022)​​​
• Finalized ECM and Community Supports Standard Provider Terms and Conditions (March 2022)
• Finalized ECM and Community Supports MCP Contract Template​ (February 2022)​
• Community Supports Explainer hosted by Aurrera​ (December 2021)
• CalAIM Repository of Data Sharing Forms & Agreements​ (December 2021)
• Community Supports (ILOS) Evidence Library - Executive Summary​ (August 2021)
• Community Supports Non-Binding Pricing Guidance (August 2021)
  
• ECM and ILOS Change Memo (June 2021)
• Cal​AIM's Commitment to Addressing California's Homelessness Crisis -  Fact Sheet & Letter​ (April 2021)
• Quarterly Implementation Monitoring Report Guidance​ (for 2022 and Q1 & Q2 2023 Submissions)​
• Materials from the 2019-2020 ECM/ILOS Workgroup​