Laura Gottlieb, founding co-director of the Social Interventions Research and Evaluation Network, discusses emerging evidence on social care interventions and identifies pathways through which social care programs likely impact health.

Connecticut Community of Addiction Recovery helps people with substance use disorder achieve and sustain recovery through community-based non-clinical social support programs, volunteer opportunities, and referrals to detox, treatment, housing, employment, among other resources.

This profile explores how the Fountain House implemented the clubhouse model, a unique approach that empowers people with serious mental illness to form meaningful relationships, build resilience, improve self-management of their mental health, and pursue employment, education, and housing.

This essay from Lawrence Lincoln, a former unhoused person in California, documents his journey of recovery and subsequent work with a care community.

Profiles Central City Concern, an FQHC in Portland, Oregon, that is providing services for people experiencing homelessness with substance use disorder — including primary care, behavioral health treatment, housing, and other supports.

Aditi Vasan, MD, MSHP, a health services researcher, delved into how community health workers can be helpful to patients with complex health and social needs, based on current evidence.

Jennifer Babcock of the Association of Community Affiliated Plans discusses state efforts to promote sustainable financing for Medicaid health plans to address health-related social needs and how these efforts can result in better outcomes for people with complex care needs.

Highlights a national network of primary care clinics that offer comprehensive health care and social supports to people released from incarceration.

Features a conversation with Emilia De Marchis, MD, MAS, assistant professor at UCSF’s Department of Family and Community Medicine, who explores the findings from a report on the state of social needs screening in health care settings.

This blog post examines what factors are associated with successful partnerships between AAAs and health care entities.

Features a conversation about Illumination Foundation's approach to data analytics and how it can inform other organizations seeking to improve care for people experiencing homelessness.

New research sheds light on the strategies Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs) use to create and maintain partnerships with health care entities.

This Tradeoffs podcast episode dives deep into how medical respite works, the problem it’s trying to solve, the evidence behind it, what’s fueling its recent growth, and what barriers remain in its way.

Explores the opportunity for Special Supplemental Benefits for the Chronically Ill to provide supports for Medicare beneficiaries with complex needs.

Highlights action steps for Medicare Advantage plans to provide Special Supplemental Benefits for the Chronically Ill.

Analyzes survey results and addresses how many community-based organizations are contracting with health care partners, the nature of these partnerships, challenges with contracting, and collaborative solutions.

Explores findings from the AAA National Survey conducted by n4a and Scripps Gerontology Center at Miami University, which shed light on the wide range of needs that AAAs address in their communities, as well as the expertise their staff bring to meet those needs.

Features perspectives from leaders at Mount Sinai Health System and AIRnyc, a community-based organization that employs community health workers, on the opportunities and challenges of their partnership when it comes to addressing social needs.

Shares a diverse set of recent resources for health care organizations interested in developing or expanding community health worker programs.

Highlights how the Commonwealth Fund's social determinants of health ROI calculator can help community-based organizations and health system partners integrate nonmedical services in a financially sustainable way.