NCDHHS: Healthy Opportunities Pilots
NCDHHS is addressing the conditions in which people live that directly impact health, known as “social determinants of health,” or SDOH.
Resources
The following resources were collected from a number of partnering organizations and are offered to foster learning and collaboration to help advance the field in areas of Climate & Health; Public Health, Housing for Health, Social Health, Food is Medicine, and more.
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Full Circle Health Network: Driving CBO Success with CalAIM
The largest integrated network of community-based organizations in California delivering coordinated services to vulnerable children, individuals and families.
Full Circle Health Network: Connecting CBOs & MCPs
Enabling CBOs to connect with Medi-Cal payers and systems to support children and families.
CHCF Exploring Emerging Medi-Cal Community Care Hubs
This comprehensive study highlights various models and solutions deployed to address the needs of community providers, MCPs, and members.
Good health requires more than health care
Everyone needs a safe place to live, healthy food to eat, and other essentials. We offer support to help people live well and thrive.
White House Challenge to End Hunger and Build Healthy Communities
As a continuation of the work started at the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health, the Biden-Harris Administration launched a nationwide call-to-action to stakeholders across all of society to make commitments to end hunger and reduce diet-related diseases by 2030.
How Health Care Can Lead the Food Is Medicine Movement
Food and nutrition insecurity is a health issue far too big to ignore. Diet-related diseases are the leading cause of death in the US for adults. While the connection between food and health is evident, how can health care make a more meaningful difference in preventing diet-related diseases?
HHS Food is Medicine Virtual and Toolkit Briefing
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services worked with federal partners, NGOs and communities to develop a Food Is Medicine Virtual Toolkit with resources that can be used to advance FIM in communities across the country.
Food Is Medicine | odphp.health.govFind resources to prevent, manage, and treat
Supporting Access to Nutritious Food for Healthy Communities
Kaiser Permanente has committed to providing $50 million by 2030 to support programs that increase food and nutrition security and improve health outcomes for the country’s most vulnerable populations.
Food Is Medicine—Now, Recognize It As “Primarily Health-Related”
Health Affairs Forefront blog by Hilary Seligman and Rocco Perla
USDA Report Reveals Alarming Rise in Food Insecurity in America
A staggering 18 million households were food insecure in 2023, as shown by the Household Food Security Report published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service.
Integrating Food into Healthcare: A Conversation with Pam Schwartz
Pam Schwartz, Executive Director of Community Health for Kaiser Permanente, speaks to the Root Cause Coalition about her work and the vision for the FIM Center of Excellence.
FIM @ Tufts
A collection of downloadable FIM resources developed by experts at Tufts and other leading organizations.
HealthBegins
With a deep understanding of scientific research and years of frontline experience working in historically marginalized communities, health begins where we live, work, eat, sleep, and play.
CityHealth
CityHealth, an initiative of the de Beaumont Foundation and Kaiser Permanente, advances a package of evidence-based policy solutions that will help millions of people live longer, better lives in vibrant, prosperous communities.
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