A set of resources and strategies to help health care stakeholders foster authentic, effective community engagement that drives local policy and program change.

Website offers a qualitative database of personal narratives to support providers and policymakers in designing policies that better reflect the lived experience, needs, and priorities of older adults.

This brief shares case studies demonstrating how primary care practices can develop effective community engagement strategies to deliver whole-person care and address patients’ and families’ health-related social needs.

A multidisciplinary care coordination program for older adults with dementia demonstrated a positive return on investment and Medicaid cost savings.

Highlighted North Carolina's approach to integrating nutrition services into Medicaid through their Healthy Opportunities Pilots, featuring insights from the program's lead evaluator and on-the-ground implementers.

This toolkit provides key considerations and templates for state Medicaid leaders seeking to establish coverage, payment, and policy guidance for community health workers.

This report outlines key strategies for states to sustainably finance the community health worker workforce.

Findings from a literature review and state interviews share experiences and outcomes of implementing Medicaid accountable care organization programs.

Tool shares strategies for states to use Medicaid accountable care organization agreements to promote health equity.

Details implementation guidance for a rural produce prescription program, covering funding and sustainability, partnerships, design, and evaluation.

This webinar will feature a panel on cross-sector collaboration efforts in California to improve services for people who are unhoused, as well as practical strategies for sustaining these partnerships.

Transitional housing, combined with co-located substance use disorder care, facilitates access to permanent housing and increases engagement in substance use treatment.

The transition to the Medicaid behavioral health “carve-in” model in Washington State was not associated with significant improvements in overall health outcomes.

Implementation insights from a permanent supportive housing diversion program in Los Angeles for people in the criminal legal system with serious mental illness point to the value of cross-sector, cross-agency partnerships.

A review of existing literature finds that medical respite care reduces hospital and emergency department visits, increased use of outpatient care, and leads to overall cost savings.

Buprenorphine treatment offered in emergency departments is shown to improve treatment engagement for individuals with opioid use disorder.

Interviews with street medicine program staff reveal common approaches to developing relationships with homeless patients which could be applied universally in clinical settings.

Actionable guidance for expanding housing options and improving justice- and health-related needs for people with criminal legal system involvement with behavioral health needs.

A jail screening and post-release permanent supportive housing program is associated with fewer inpatient visits, more mental health outpatient visits, and overall cost savings.

Guidance on developing a reentry program to support Native Americans who are reentering communities from jail or prisons.