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Integrated funding streams across the health and human services continuum
Health and human services agencies aim to support families and protect children. People that receive health and human services (H/HS)—such as Medicaid, child welfare, cash assistance (TANF), “food stamps” (SNAP), and child care—face challenges with multiple root causes. To successfully address these root issues, it is important to bridge programmatic H/HS siloes. Program and agency integration promotes multi-faceted solutions for individuals and families and is anchored in seamless information exchanges, which facilitate coordinated care delivery, efficiency, and holistic payment models that reward outcomes rather than inputs.
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Examples of braiding and blending to support community health: a compendium of resources
In recent years, we have seen widespread recognition of the importance of multi-sector, collective impact work through exploration of the intersection between health and other sectors—including housing, community development, and education. In a brief released this week, we provide a compendium of resources and examples to help local and state level entities as they explore braiding and blending funds to support multi-sector health improvement initiatives.
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The opioid crisis is a bigger problem in ways many do not realize
While the number of opioid-related deaths has raised national awareness of the opioid crisis as a staggering problem, few people are in a position to recognize how the crisis also poses a massive organizational problem that makes it especially difficult to address.
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Braiding federal funds to scale evidence-based solutions for families battling opioid use
The nation’s opioid crisis is ravaging communities across the country and tearing families apart: parental substance use is correlated with an alarming rise in child welfare caseloads, including foster care placements. No single service system is equipped to provide the wide range of supports a struggling family may need to manage the disease of addiction, provide healthy home environments, and achieve financial stability. Fortunately, new and expanded federal funding streams provide opportunities to think creatively and use braiding and blending of funding to bridge gaps in treatment capacity and build knowledge, making meaningful inroads against opioid use disorder and its destructive impacts.
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A new way of solving an old problem: underinvestment in social determinants of health
Social determinants of health (SDoH), such as housing, transportation, food, economic security, education, social supports, and physical environments, are typically funded through an array of government and philanthropic programs and therefore are potential candidates for braided and blended funding streams at the community level.