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Making a Compact to Strategically Connect Transportation and Public Health
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Making a Compact to Strategically Connect Transportation and Public Health Goals in Massachusetts

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This case study features a partnership between Massachusetts’ transportation agency and other agencies—including public health, energy and environmental regulators, and public stakeholders—tasked with improving health outcomes through a focus on healthy transportation.

The profile outlines key factors behind the success of Massachusetts’ cross-sector collaboration to improve health outcomes through a focus on healthy transportation, outlines statewide activities to expand mobility and improve public health, and explores initial achievements.

This case study is part of a series that details how diverse state-level, cross-sector collaborations can positively impact population health.

Webinar

Transit and Treatment: Effectiveness of Transit Systems to Improve Substance Use and Mental Health In Connecticut

Increasing access and retention in treatment services is critical to improving health outcomes and reducing substance abuse overdose deaths. This webinar examines a research project that tests how a transit system can enhance substance abuse treatment outcomes and reduce provider-level treatment costs for substance abuse amidst the opioid crisis in Connecticut. It also examines how treatment costs differ before and after a new transit line and/or a change in transit service schedules.

Podcast

Improving Aging Supports Through Collaboration

In this podcast, Medicaid leaders from Michigan and Indiana discuss strategies they’re using to address these issues, including their efforts to co-design solutions with Medicaid members.

Webinar

Introduction to Shared Stewardship

This webinar explores shared stewardship, a way of working together and making decisions that will build and sustain a future where everyone can thrive.