L.A. Care, the county's largest MediCal health plan, announced Thursday it will donate $20 million over the next five years to a program that houses homeless people who have medical issues.
The money is expected to help the nonprofit Brilliant Corners house about 300 people through L.A. County's Housing for Health program. That program, started in 2013, identifies homeless persons who are frequent users of county emergency rooms and other high-cost medical services, and through nonprofits like Brilliant Corners helps them move into an apartment and pays part of their rent.
L.A.'s "Whole Person Care" pilot targets people who are homeless, involved in the justice system, or who have severe mental health, substance abuse or medical issues.
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