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Aligning in Crisis: Strategies and Tools to Leverage Federal Funding
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Aligning in Crisis: Strategies and Tools to Leverage Federal Funding

Aligning Systems for Health, Georgia Health Policy Center, George Washington University
09.14.2022
On 9/14, experts from Aligning in Crisis, with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, will discussed how, if deployed strategically and effectively, federal funds can advance equity, shift power to the community, and set the stage for positive, long-term change.
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COVID-19
Health Care
Public Health
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Multi-Dimensional COVID-19 Control in the U.S.
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Multi-Dimensional COVID-19 Control in the U.S.

Systems for Action
07.06.2022
This webinar presents how the allocation of resources across medical, social, and public health services at the county level influences the relative success in controlling the progression of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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COVID-19
Health Care
Public Health
Social Needs
Putting Shared Stewardship into Practice: Palm Beach County and 5 Healthy Towns, Michigan
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Putting Shared Stewardship into Practice: Palm Beach County and 5 Healthy Towns, Michigan

ReThink Health
06.06.2022
This brief explores how stewards in Palm Beach County, Florida and a five-town region in southeast Michigan determined how to reallocate resources to create more equitable regional systems for health and well-being.
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COVID-19
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Public Health
Social Needs
Intermediary Organizations Are Urgently Needed to Assist in Modernizing Public Health and Addressing the Drivers of Health in the United States
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Intermediary Organizations Are Urgently Needed to Assist in Modernizing Public Health and Addressing the Drivers of Health in the United States

Aligning in Crisis, Georgia Health Policy Center, George Washington University
05.2022
This issue brief describes the different roles intermediaries can play; provides examples of where they have been used in practice; and identifies the risks, benefits, and possible innovations of intermediaries as well as policy approaches that might facilitate their appropriate use.
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COVID-19
Health Care
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Social Needs
The State of the Field of Complex Care 2022
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The State of the Field of Complex Care 2022

National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs
01.2022
This publication outlines trends that impacted the field of complex care on the national level in 2021.
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Complex Care
COVID-19
Health Care
Public Health
Social Services
Ensuring That Money Intended for Health Equity is Well Spent
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Ensuring That Money Intended for Health Equity is Well Spent

Aligning in Crisis, Georgia Washington University, Georgia Health Policy Center
12.08.2021
publication highlights how a national framework to measure equity can help state and local jurisdictions employ American Rescue Plan Act funds as intended — and hold city, county and state leaders accountable for focusing on equity in their decision-making and programmatic choices.
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COVID-19
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Rapid-Cycle Research: Findings from the University of California, Berkeley
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Rapid-Cycle Research: Findings from the University of California, Berkeley

Aligning Systems for Health, Georgia Health Policy Center
12.03.2021
This brief assesses how pre-existing work to align health care, public health, and social services within Contra Costa County, Calif., was used and adapted over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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COVID-19
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Rapid-Cycle Research: Findings from the Center for Health Progress
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Rapid-Cycle Research: Findings from the Center for Health Progress

12.03.2021
This brief examines the pandemic’s impact on how organizations engage marginalized community members in cross-sector collaboratives.
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COVID-19
Health Care
Social Needs
Applying the Aligning in Crisis Principles
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Applying the Aligning in Crisis Principles

Aligning in Crisis, Georgia Health Policy Center, George Washington University
11.04.2021
These briefs present principles and practical questions that government agencies and local fiscal intermediaries, like local wellness funds and health-oriented community collaboratives, can use to guide planning for use of COVID-19 recovery funds.
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Complex Care
COVID-19
Health Care
Public Health
Social Services
Leveraging Federal Funds and Intermediaries to Build Equitable Cities
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Leveraging Federal Funds and Intermediaries to Build Equitable Cities

Aligning in Crisis, Georgia Health Policy Center, George Washington University
10.19.2021
This blog details how cities can partner with intermediary organizations to leverage the hundreds of billions of dollars to provide immediate relief and help plan for equitable responses to future crises.
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COVID-19
Health Care
Public Health