CACHI RESOURCES
California Accountable Communities for Health Roundtable: The ABCs of Social Impact Investing
Describes six prominent or emerging forms of impact investments that may be applicable financing approaches for an Accountable Communities for Health.
Policies that Support Asthma Prevention
A high-level overview of local and state public policy strategies to prevent and address asthma: health care, childcare and schools, home environment and the outdoors.
Tools for Integrating an Equity Lens
Provides strategies for incorporating an equity lens into planning processes.
Community-Level Actions On The Social Determinants Of Health: A Typology For Hospitals
Defines and differentiates hospitals’ community-level SDOH activities.
Cal AIM Funding Opportunities Cheat Sheet
Summarizes various various, distinct funding opportunities available to help communities and providers transition to Cal AIM.
Guide to Evidence for Health-Related Social Needs Interventions: 2022 Update
Provides relevant evidence on the costs of health-related social need interventions and/or their impact on health care utilization and cost of care for use with ROI Calc.
Operationalizing Equity-Promoting Policies to improve the Social Determinants of Health
Provides session videos and resources from a September 2022 convening “Operationalizing Equity-Promoting Policies to Improve the Social Determinants of Health.”
ACH Insights from the Field
Highlights reflections from ACHs on the benefits and challenges of developing an ACH and what difference they believe ACHs make in their communities.
A Guide to Using the Accountable Health Communities Health-Related Social Needs Screening Tool
Describes the health-related social needs Screening Tool from the federal Accountable Health Communities (AHC) Model & shares promising practices for universal screening.
Why Community Power Is Fundamental to Advancing Racial and Health Equity
Opening commentary of a three-part series that examines the relationship between health and power building.
Community Power and Health Equity: Closing the Gap between Scholarship and Practice
Highlights learnings from RWJF initiative "Lead Local: Community Driven Change and the Power of Collective Action.
Resources for Collaboration and Power Sharing Between Government Agencies and Community Power-Building Organizations
Guides health departments through the why and how of partnering with Community Power-Building Organizations (CPBOs) to advance health equity.
Centering Equity in Community Health Partnerships
Drawn from a longer report, offers the 3 questions to center equity in community health partnerships, with considerations specific to public health agencies.
Intermediary Organizations Are Urgently Needed to Assist in Modernizing Public Health and Addressing the Drivers of Health in the United States
Describes the different roles intermediaries can play and provides examples, including several CA ACHs, of where they have been used in practice.
Advancing Equity: Adapting to Local Context and Confronting Power Dynamics Lessons Learned from Accountable Communities of/for Health
Summarizes findings from a study on six ACHs operating in CA and WA, focusing on the role of local context and power dynamics on efforts to improve equity.
A Toolkit to Advance Racial Health Equity in Primary Care Improvement
Helps health care organizations to increase the primary care improvement efforts that center racial equity.
PHRASES (Public Health Reaching Across Sectors)
Provides practical communications tools and resources to better communicate with the public about public health.
Building Community-Centered Health Emerging Lessons from Clinical-Community Partnerships in North Carolina
Evaluation of three Community-Centered Health projects that focused on shifts in health care practices to look beyond the walls of health care facilities.
Now is the Time for Measuring Social Drivers of Health in Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program
Describes the five potential Drivers of Health measures — food insecurity, housing instability, transportation, utility needs, and interpersonal safety — for Medicare.