Permanent supportive housing programs with a “Housing First” approach can improve health outcomes and reduce acute care use for people experiencing homelessness with disabling conditions.

Over 14 years, individuals experiencing chronic homelessness enrolled in a permanent supportive housing program had low housing retention and high mortality.

A randomized controlled trial found Denver’s Housing First program led to positive impacts on health and utilization for individuals experiencing chronic homelessness and frequent periods of incarceration.

Resources to help organizations plan and implement medical respite care programs, including program development guides, case examples, and implementation tools.

Varying structures of cross-sector partnerships between health care organizations, social service agencies, and local government bodies have distinct strengths and serve different functions.

Patients and community health workers (CHWs) share perspectives on the impact of CHW services provided within a primary care setting to address barriers to equitable care.

Accountable care organization leaders share perspectives on payment mechanisms used with social service organizations, challenges experienced, and the impacts of these partnerships.

A medical respite program for people experiencing homelessness shows evidence of reduced hospital readmissions and emergency department revisits.

A cross-sector partnership to enroll older adults experiencing homelessness in permanent supportive housing led to meaningful reductions in health care costs.

Case studies and lessons from evidence-based interventions to address social isolation and loneliness in older adults.

Medicare Advantage plans report different barriers to partnering with community-based organizations, but there are strategies to develop effective partnerships.

Guidance on partnering with community-based organizations to provide services such as meal delivery and transportation for dually eligible individuals.

Suggests that community-based organizations are responding to Medicaid redesign efforts that prioritize social determinants of health by adopting practices similar to health care organizations.

Examines how home meal delivery programs show promise for reducing the use of costly health care and decreasing spending for dually eligible individuals.

Presents tools and tips frontline care management staff to address high-risk patients’ unmet social health needs during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Demonstrating return-on-investment to advance effective business relationships between community-based organizations and health care partners.

How can a community-based organization demonstrate the two-way financial benefits of partnering with a health plan?

California’s Whole Person Care pilot can inform cross-sector initiatives to improve care for Medicaid enrollees with complex health and social needs.

Multisector partnerships that include Area Agencies on Aging may reduce health care use and spending.

Health care systems may need to tailor screening and referral approaches for social needs, as some needs may be less likely to be met by social service organizations.