By Matt Tinoco, KPCC, November 5, 2019
The reality of California’s homeless crisis is that there is little social safety net to catch the very poorest residents before they fall to the streets.
As more than 100,000 people find homes on California’s sidewalks, roadways and parks, the costs mount for local and state governments.
Nowhere is this more acute than the state’s public health care system. Medi-Cal covers many homeless people’s escalating health needs as they become sicker while living outside.
The state Department of Health Care Services wants to interrupt the cycle between the street, the hospital, and back again by trying to house the most vulnerable and reduce their health care costs.
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