Resource Library
The following documents offer a starting point for understanding and practicing cross-sector alignment.
Results
Case Study
Aligning in Action: Western Idaho Community Health Collaborative
This case study examines how payers, foundations, health systems, and public health came together in early 2019 to form Western Idaho
Community Health Collaborative, a 10-county collaborative, and align each other’s strategies and investments in a coordinated effort.
Data
Financing
Governance
Shared Purpose
Health Care
Public Health
Social Needs
Webinar
Using Global Budgets and Multi-Sector Teams to Align Systems in Vermont: Strategies to Achieve Alignment, Collaboration, and Synergy Across Delivery and Financing Systems
This webinar introduces a study testing the effectiveness of a global all-payer payment model combined with multi-sector community health teams in improving health and social outcomes for Vermont residents.
Financing
Health Care
Social Needs
Publication
A Theory of Change for Aligning Health Care, Public Health, and Social Services in the Time of COVID-19
This article presents a cross-sector alignment theory of change that aligns with the foundation’s vision of a culture of health that provides everyone in the United States a fair and just opportunity for health and well-being.
Data
Financing
Governance
Shared Purpose
Alignment 101
COVID-19
Brief
Cross-Sector Alignment and the Response to COVID-19: What Can We Learn from Research on Cross-Sector Alignment?
This brief examines factors supporting cross-sector alignment; presents findings relevant to the response to the COVID crisis; and presents challenges and response opportunities related to several key elements of the Cross-Sector Alignment Theory of Change: sectors, shared purpose, governance, finance, data, community voice, equity, capacity, and urgency.
Data
Financing
Governance
Shared Purpose
Complex Care
COVID-19
Health Care
Mental Health
Public Health
Social Needs
Case Study
Aligning in Action: Healthy Homes Des Moines
This case study examines Healthy Homes Des Moines, a pilot program to provide home remediation and health education to reduce the burden of childhood asthma. The goal of the pilot was to demonstrate the value of an upstream intervention to the community and to health care providers.
Data
Financing
Governance
Shared Purpose
Chronic Disease
Health Care
Medicaid
Public Health
Social Needs
Brief
Addressing Health-Related Social Needs Among Medicaid Beneficiaries: Mapping Cross-Sector Partnership Roles
This framework supports Medicaid agencies, managed care organizations, health care providers, and community partners in mapping cross-sector partnership roles for addressing health-related social needs based on the strengths of each stakeholder.
Shared Purpose
Alignment 101
Medicaid
Social Needs
Brief
Listening Session Tackles Knowledge Sharing for Using Data Systems to Prioritize Equity in a Time of Crisis
This “Using Data Systems to Prioritize Equity in a Time of Crisis” listening session summary highlights shared lessons and experiences related to COVID-19.
Data
COVID-19
Public Health
Social Needs
Publication
Field Dispatches: LA County Steps Up Role as Social “Safety Net”
This blog identifies how LA County redirected its data hub to begin focusing on the response to the virus and related factors immediately.
Data
Governance
Shared Purpose
Alignment 101
COVID-19
Health Care
Public Health
Social Needs
Webinar
Insights from the Social Sector: A Cross-Sector Response to Health Disparities in the COVID-19 Pandemic
This webinar features experiences and insights from two community-based organizations that have long helped their communities address health disparities and systemic inequities. Presenters shared actionable best practices for collaboration in this environment and reflected on opportunities for future structural change.
Shared Purpose
Complex Care
COVID-19
Health Care
Public Health
Social Needs
Webinar
Testing a New Terminology System for Health and Social Services Integration: Strategies to Achieve Alignment, Collaboration, and Synergy Across Delivery and Financing Systems
This webinar introduces a one-year developmental study that will evaluate a novel mechanism for incorporating social services into existing health billing codes, thereby allowing both social and health care services to be reimbursed within one system.
Financing
Chronic Disease
Health Care
Social Needs