Medi-Cal Health Enrollment Navigators Project for Clinics
Effective 1/1/2024 to 6/30/2025
Assembly Bill (AB) 102 appropriated $20 Million to the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) to provide funding to Community Health Centers (CHCs) and Regional Clinic Associations (RCAs) to serve hard-to-reach potentially eligible Medi-Cal populations.
On September 1, 2023, DHCS awarded the California Primary Care Association (CPCA) the $20 million to serve as the third-party administrator to engage with CHCs and RCAs, solicit interest, evaluate application, make subcontractor awards, and provide day-to-day oversight, guidance, and direction to awarded entities.
These CHCs and RCAs will perform the following activities:
- Enrollment
- Retention
- Direct Outreach
- Media Outreach
- Application Assistance
- Assistance with Accessing and Utilizing Health Care Services
- Assistance with Troubleshooting
- Assistance with Redetermination
The (12) priority target populations to focus community health center navigator efforts (which includes, but is not limited to):
- Persons with mental health disorder needs
- Persons with substance use disorder needs
- Persons with other disabilities
- Aged persons
- Persons who are homeless
- Young people of color
- Immigrants and families of mixed immigration status
- Persons with limited English proficiency
- Low-wage workers and their families or dependents
- Uninsured children and youth formerly enrolled in Medi-Cal
- Persons who are in county jail or state prison, on state parole, on county probation, or under post release community supervision
- Populations affected by the Medi-Cal eligibility expansions
Project Impact
The Health Enrollment Navigators Project for Clinics include 100 CHCs and 9 RCAs across 38 counties. For additional information about the project, including resources, contact information, or a full list of project subrecipients, visit CPCAs Navigator Webpage.
Project Partner Information
Project Data
The Health Enrollment Navigators Project for Clinics publishes data from CHCs and RCAs funded by Assembly Bill 102. Enrollment and Retention data spans from January 2024 - May 2024. The data is presented at a project level and is presented in various stratifications including Sex, Age, Written Language, Spoken Language, and Race/Ethnicity.
