Resources

Find more details about Community Supports, including policy guides, informational webinars, Provider Toolkit, and other guidance documents, on the DHCS website: Enhanced Care Management and Community Supports.
Managed Care Plan (MCP) Community Supports Elections: Community Supports Elections (by MCP and County) Updated June 2024 (ca.gov)

BH-CONNECT Policy Guidance

• EBP Policy Guide

Key Documents

• CMS Approval Letter and HRSN Payment Methodology (January 2025)
  
• CMS Approval Letter and BH-CONNECT STCs Technical Corrections and Protocols (January 2025)
  
• CMS Approval Letter (December 2024)
  
• BH-CONNECT News Release (December 2024)
  
• BH-CONNECT Addendum Request (July 2024)
  
• BH-CONNECT Demonstration Request (October 2023)
  
• CalBH-CBC Demonstration Concept Paper (Updated November 2022)
  
• CalBH-CBC Demonstration Concept Paper Executive Summary (Updated November 2022)
  
• CalBH-CBC Demonstration Overview Presentation (Updated November 2022)
  
• DHCS Medi-Cal Foster Care Strategies

Additional Resources

• Medi-Cal and Foster Care Updates (November 20, 2023)
• Assessing the Continuum of Care for Behavioral Health Services in California (Updated January 2022)
• Qualified Residential Treatment Program (QRTP) Reimbursement: Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) Requirements Q & A (October 2021)
• CMS SMI and SED Demonstration Opportunity Technical Assistance Questions and Answers (Updated May 2019)
• CMS Qualified Residential Treatment Programs (QRTP) and SMI and SED Demonstration Opportunity Technical Assistance Questions and Answers (Updated September 2019)
• CMS SMI and SED Demonstration Opportunity Technical Assistance Questions and Answers (Updated November 2019)
  
• CMS State Medicaid Director Letter #18-011 (Updated November 2018)
• 1115 Demonstration State Monitoring & Evaluation Resources