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.

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

A guide for health care organizations on evidence-based strategies to implement food and nutrition security programs.

Guide offers implementation recommendations for introducing food insecurity screenings in clinical settings, including workflow and staffing considerations.

This webinar will spotlight the Neighborhood Nursing care model which uses an interdisciplinary approach to provide person-centered care for people with complex health and social needs.

Tangible recommendations for health care organizations and policymakers can support more effective community engagement initiatives.

A community health worker-led program for formerly homelessness individuals living in permanent supportive housing increased food security and social connectedness.

Toolkit offers recommendations and examples for screening and interventions that support social connectivity of older adults.

Trust, flexible funding, cross-sector support, sustainability, and an explicit focus on structural racism are identified as key components of effective community engagement to advance health equity.

A county health department, in collaboration with community-based organizations, conducts community listening sessions to identify priorities for health equity policies.

Representatives from Medicaid health plans offer recommendations for effective member and community engagement.

This resource center offers guidance to help Medicaid stakeholders engage community members in policy and program design development, especially as a means of increasing health equity.

Integrated care in MassHealth ACOs varies greatly across primary care practice type and is associated with greater ability to improve care quality and advance health equity.

The Long-Term Care Equality Index advocates for LGBTQ+ inclusive policies and procedures in long-term care settings.

A multi-sector collaboration in California that included community members improved organizational partnerships and create systems change.

An expert panel proposed key principles for designing care navigation programs for persons living with dementia and their caregivers.

Health care organizations can use this toolkit to develop community ambassador/liaison programs — programs that train community members to act as a bridge between communities and the organizations that serve them.

A home-based collaborative care model using community health workers shows reductions in depression and increased connection to services for older adults.