Kings View details CalAIM Transitional Rent benefit rollout for Tulare County

Artameisa “Arty” Valdez, regional director for Tulare County at Kings View, presented the county task force with an overview of the CalAIM Transitional Rent Assistance (TRA) benefit and how it will operate locally.

"What is transitional rent? Um it is a calame community supports benefit. It's available to medical members actively enrolled in the ECM," Valdez said, explaining that TRA is a short-term, goal-oriented rent benefit paired with care management intended to support housing stability during critical periods.

Valdez said applicants must meet three broad requirements: one or more clinical risk factors, a social risk factor of experiencing or being at risk of homelessness, and membership in a transitional population (examples cited included people leaving inpatient or residential treatment, nursing facilities, carceral settings, recuperative care, or those aging out of foster care). She described allowable placements as either permanent settings (renewable monthly leases such as apartments, single-family homes, ADUs and supportive housing) or…