Resource Library
The following documents offer a starting point for understanding and practicing cross-sector alignment.
Results
Publication
Multisector Partnerships Have the Potential to Transform Health, but Most Aren’t There Yet
This blog post offers a systematic assessment of the more advanced multi-sector partnership for health. The blog highlights Central Oregon Health Council, a unique nonprofit organization that plays a critical role in improving the health of residents across Crook, Deschutes, and Jefferson counties.
Governance
Alignment 101
Report
Elements of Accountable Communities for Health: A Review of the Literature
This review of the literature seeks to understand the fundamentals of accountable communities for health, including common characteristics, major challenges, and variations in stakeholder engagement to address identified community needs.
Data
Financing
Governance
Alignment 101
Health Care
Public Health
Social Needs
Webinar
Activating Shared Data
This webinar details how organizations are using collaborative data to drive decisions and to plan and implement programming.
Data
Alignment 101
Complex Care
Social Needs
Report
Toolkit for Developing a Public Narrative
This toolkit guides leaders of multisector partnerships and their members who are interested in harnessing the power of storytelling to motivate others to join them in action through the development of a public narrative.
Shared Purpose
Alignment 101
Brief
Bridging Community-Based Human Services and Health Care Case Study Series: Executive Summary
This brief captures and shares insights for partnerships between health care organizations and community-based organizations, particularly those that serve low-income and/or vulnerable populations.
Data
Financing
Governance
Shared Purpose
Alignment 101
Health Care
Social Needs
Brief
Using Medicaid Levers to Support Health Care Partnerships With Community-Based Organizations
This fact sheet outlines strategies to help state Medicaid officials encourage partnerships between community-based organizations and health care organizations.
Data
Financing
Health Care
Medicaid
Social Needs
Case Study
Ensuring Healthy Outcomes for Louisville’s Vulnerable Children: Health Access Nurturing Development Services Program
This case study explores a partnership between Family & Children’s Place and the Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness that provides home visitation services for new and expectant parents to equip them with the skills to support a healthy family.
Data
Financing
Governance
Shared Purpose
Medicaid
Mental Health
Public Health
Social Needs
Case Study
Collaborating to Reduce Hospital Readmissions for Older Adults With Complex Needs: Eastern Virginia Care Transitions Partnership
This case study features a collaborative in Virginia including more than 80 health care and social services organizations, which is designed to reduce hospital readmissions and improve quality of care by using evidence-based care transition coaching and in-home assessments.
Data
Financing
Governance
Shared Purpose
Complex Care
Health Care
Social Needs
Meeting the Health and Social Service Needs of High-Risk LGBTQ Youth in Detroit: The Ruth Ellis Health & Wellness Center
This case study explores a partnership between a youth social services agency and an integrated health care organization, which aims to meet the health and social service needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth experiencing systemic barriers to housing, health, and wellness.
Financing
Governance
Health Care
Mental Health
Social Needs
Case Study
Housing is a Health Intervention: Transitional Respite Care Program in Spokane
This profile explores a collaboration among Catholic Charities Spokane, Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center (part of the Providence Health & Services health system), and Volunteers of America that provides post-hospitalization care and tailored, coordinated services to homeless clients to give them a better chance at healing.
Data
Financing
Complex Care
Health Care
Social Needs