Homebridge Inc

Career pathways: homebridge was the primary training provider for the california in home supportive services (ihss) career pathways caregiver training program. In total, homebridge offered 150+ courses available online self-paced, online instructor-led and in-person formats. Course focuses ranged from general health and safety topics such as "collaborating across the care team" to complex physical care topics such as "body mechanics and "supporting consumers to use the bathroom." homebridge offered all courses in five languages (english, spanish, mandarin, cantonese, and armenian) and was responsible for managing all operational aspects of the state-funded program including student enrollment, student support, data and reporting, organizing in-person sessions in 20+ counties, and more. By june 2024, over 50,000 individuals had taken at least one career pathways training course with homebridge.

Vocational english as a second language program: in fy24, homebridge received a grant to develop an immersive, on-the-job english language training program for 150+ new in-home care providers in san francisco. Funded by the california workforce development board the "english as a second language home care immersion training program" provides vocational english as a second language homecare training an ongoing language support to strong job candidate whose native language is other than english. The first cohort of 20+ participants was launched in july 2024.

Enhanced care management: homebridge provides wrap-around case management services for clients through two different programs. We partner with san francisco health plan (sfhp) to provide enhanced care management (ecm), a medi-cal benefit for homebridge clients who are served by sfhp's managed care plan. Ecm funds coordinated, wraparound services that address the physical, mental, behavioral, and social health of high cost, high need medi-cal members. These services include comprehensive assessment and care planning, enhanced coordination of care, transitional care coordination, health promotion, and coordination of community and social services. Additionally, homebridge has a case management contract with the san francisco office of community partnerships funds case management services for up to 40 high-needs clients who do not qualify for enhanced care management through sfhp. Both programs supplement direct care provided through ihss.training: homebridge has a dedicated training team to train both caregivers new to the organization as well as existing caregivers. Training prepares caregivers for the unique challenges they face as caregivers in san francisco and ranges from general topics such as "dementia and alzheimer's" to more specialized topics unique to homebridge's client base such as "introduction to supportive housing." in total, over 300 caregivers receive access to training through homebridge each year through both in-person and online training programs