Enhanced Care Management & Community Supports Resources
Key ECM & Community Supports Policy Guidance
- ECM Policy Guide (January 2026)
- 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 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 2025)
- Year One In Review: ECM & Community Supports 2022 Implementation Report (August 2023)
MCP Reporting Requirements
- Quarterly Implementation Monitoring Report Guidance (Original Released in 2022; Updated in April 2023)
Billing & Data Sharing Guidance
- ECM and Community Supports HCPCS Coding Options (Updated January 2026)
- 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 (April 2023)
- CalAIM Data Sharing Authorization Guidance 2.1 (Updated October 2025)
- Transitional Rent Payment Methodology (October 2025)
Additional ECM Resources
- ECM Population of Focus Spotlights
- 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 (October 2024)
Supporting Documents for MCPs
- Community Supports Transitional Rent Model of Care Template (Due February 6, 2026 for July 2026 implementations) Note: This document is subject to revision.
- Community Supports Model of Care Template (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 Opportunities 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)
- CalAIM’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