Getting housing is hard. Keeping it is harder. Nearly 40% of formerly homeless individuals lose housing within the first year. If you have Medi-Cal through Health Net or Health Plan of San Joaquin, Housing Tenancy and Sustaining Services provide ongoing support to help you maintain stable housing. Help Is Hope care team connects eligible members to tenancy support specialists through partner providers who help with budgeting, landlord conflicts, and crisis intervention.

Medi-Cal covers Community Health Worker (CHW) services providing health education, navigation, advocacy, and resource connection through Health Net and Health Plan San Joaquin. CHWs speak your language, understand your culture, and work in your community as trusted health educators and navigators. Services address chronic disease management, preventive health, maternal health, mental health, and social determinants. Help Is Hope employs multilingual CHWs throughout Central Va

If you have Health Net or Health Plan of San Joaquin, you already have access to a dedicated housing specialist who will physically show up and fight to get you housed. Housing Transition Navigation Services is the Medi-Cal benefit nobody talks about—but 75,000+ Californians accessed it last year. Our care team at Help Is Hope connects you to partner providers who search for housing, negotiate with landlords, and advocate for you. This isn't another waiting list—this service

Medi-Cal covers Peer Support Specialists—certified professionals with lived experience of recovery from mental illness, substance use, homelessness, and trauma. Through CalAIM, Health Net and Health Plan San Joaquin members access peer support via phone, in-person, or telehealth. Peer support specialists help you create recovery plans, navigate systems, build community, and maintain hope. Help Is Hope employs peer specialists and connects members to peer support services in t

ou just had surgery. Or you barely survived pneumonia. Or you spent a week in the psych unit. You're weak, you're on new medications you don't understand, you have follow-up appointments you need to make, and the nurse is handing you discharge papers with a smile. "Do you have a safe place to go?" they ask. Your options: the shelter where your belongings get stolen while you sleep, your friend's couch where you're "wearing out your welcome," your car, the street, or that

Every time you walk into your apartment, you start wheezing. You lie in bed at night and can't catch your breath. You've been to the emergency room three times this month because your asthma won't stop attacking you. You've got your rescue inhaler in your pocket. You take your maintenance meds. You're doing everything "right." So why can't you just... breathe? Here's what nobody tells you: Your home itself might be the problem.