Community Supports Quick Reference Guide for Providers Now Available!

L.A. Care Clinical Connections - November 2024

 

hands togetherL.A. Care provides Community Supports (CS), medically appropriate and cost-effective services and settings to address Members’ health-related social needs. Community Supports are intended to help Members lead healthier lives and avoid higher, more costly levels of care. The Quick Reference Guide is an easy-to-use resource for Providers that summarizes the CS offered, how to refer a Member, and contact information for each service.

Examples of services include assistance with finding or securing housing including one-time help with security deposits, healthy meals or grocery boxes delivered to the Member’s home, and help with daily tasks like bathing, dressing, or meal preparation, and more.

Community Supports offered by L.A. Care

  1. Asthma Remediation
  2. Environmental Accessibility Adaptations (Home Modifications)
  3. Day Habilitation Programs
  4. Housing Deposits
  5. Housing Transition Navigation Services
  6. Housing Tenancy and Sustaining Services
  7. Meals As Medicine
  8. Personal Care and Homemaker Services
  9. Recuperative Care (Medical Respite)
  10. Respite Services
  11. Sobering Centers
  12. Short-Term Post-Hospitalization Housing
  13. Nursing Facility Transition/Diversion to Assisted Living Facilities
  14. Community Transition Services/Nursing Facility Transition to a Home

For more information on the fourteen (14) Community Supports that L.A. Care offers, download the Quick Reference Guide or check our website. You can also send an email for general questions about these services.