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HomeMy WebLinkAboutd3-health-care-ht2030-community-meetingHome Together 2030 Community Meeting District 3 | Supervisor Lena Tam Pillar 5: Health Care 3 Presentation Overview 1.Welcome from Supervisor Tam 2.Home Together 2030 Community Plan ➢Brief overview of what’s in the plan and what’s updated from 2026 3.Pillar 5: Health Care ➢What objectives and strategies are included in the Health Care pillar? 4.Community Panel ➢Hear from members of the community regarding their experience with health care and homelessness in Alameda County 5.Community Comment ➢Share your feedback and ideas Welcome Remarks Supervisor Tam 4 Home Together 2030 Draft Plan What has changed from Home Together 2026? What has stayed consistent? 5 Home Together 2026 •Prevent homelessness •Connect to shelter and resources •Increase housing solutions •Strengthen coordination, communication, and capacity Home Together 2030 •Prevention •Access •Shelter •Housing •Health Care •System Foundations 6 Home Together 2030 is a refresh of Home Together 2026 Since the launch of the HT2026 Community Plan much has been learned, and political, economic and community landscapes have changed. 7 HT2030 envisions a system that moves people from crisis to stable housing quickly and for the long term •It is a framework for coordinated, strategic action – not a spending plan or implementation handbook •It focuses on the homelessness response system, while acknowledging other systems and economic and political forces that impact the homelessness response system’s success •It sets goals that are achievable with sustained local investment, stable federal and state partnership, coordination across jurisdictions, and balanced implementation across pillars ➢Reduce overall homelessness by one-third ➢Reduce unsheltered homelessness by 50% Pillar 5: Health Care What objectives and strategies are included in the Health Care pillar? 8 9 Prevention HT2030 is organized around five interdependent pillars, supported by cross-cutting system foundations ShelterAccess Housing System Foundations Health Care 10 Health care focuses on improving access to low-barrier health care, behavioral health, substance use treatment, and care coordination so health needs do not become barriers to safety, housing, or long-term stability. Expand Low-Barrier, Integrated Health Care for People Experiencing Homelessness •Strengthen street medicine and mobile health services. •Expand homeless-specific clinics and low-barrier health access points. •Improve access to medications and pharmacy services. •Strengthen ongoing care for serious health conditions. •Expand mobile dental services in shelter and community settings. Strengthen Behavioral Health and Substance Use Supports in Street and Shelter Settings •Increase access to psychiatry and mental health care for people on the street and in shelters. •Expand low-barrier substance use treatment and recovery supports in street and shelter settings. •Strengthen overdose prevention and response •Align behavioral health and homelessness resources. Expand Shelter and Housing Supports for People who are Aging and Medically Frail •Expand nursing, personal care, and ADLs support in shelter and PSH. •Expand medically supportive shelter models. •Expand Medically Frail PSH inventory •Develop clearer criteria and pathways for higher-support housing and service models. 11 Improve Health Care Coordination, Transitions of Care, and Emergency Response for People Experiencing Homelessness. •Strengthen coordination between hospitals, emergency departments, shelters, street medicine, EMS, and housing providers. •Improve transitions of care for people leaving hospitals, emergency departments, and other institutional settings. •Support expansion of medical respite capacity for people experiencing homelessness. •Ensure continuity of health coverage and health-related benefits for people experiencing homelessness. •Coordinate infectious disease prevention, testing, treatment, and follow-up in shelters, encampments, and community settings. •Strengthen health response protocols for encampment closures, extreme weather, and other emergency events. •Continue to track premature deaths among people experiencing homelessness to guide policies and programming. Health care focuses on improving access to low-barrier health care, behavioral health, substance use treatment, and care coordination so health needs do not become barriers to safety, housing, or long-term stability. Community Speakers Freeway Blalock, Cardea Health Ashley Fairburn, Lifelong Medical Street Health Team 12 Community Comments Three minutes per comment Please raise your hand 13 What’s Next for HT2030? Senior Director Amy Cole-Bloom 14 15 Please submit a survey with more feedback on the plan •We’re collecting feedback through October 1, 2026 •Submit your feedback through the online form: https://tally.so/r/QK9AX7 •We’re holding one more community meeting on the Access Pillar •Wednesday Sept. 23, 12:30-2 p.m., District 1, Access Pillar •If you missed the other community meetings on the other pillars, you can watch the recordings at: https://health.alamedacountyca.gov/program/home- together/ •The final Home Together 2030 Plan will be released by the end of 2026. •We’ve started planning to implement, track, and measure progress with input from system stakeholders. Scan to access the plan, feedback form, and meeting registration links Closing Remarks Supervisor Tam 16