A new Health Affairs blog highlights the value of improving health and well-being through establishing community care hubs – community-focused entities supporting a network of community-based organizations providing services that address individuals’ health-related social needs. The blog, co-authored by leaders across the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, complements ACL’s investments to develop and scale community care hubs across the country. These investments include a recently launched National Learning Community, as well as plans to administer grants to support community care hub infrastructure.
Additional resources on community care hubs can be found on the Partnership to Align Social Care website, including a playbook for state Medicaid agencies on working with hubs to address social drivers of health, and an upcoming webinar on leveraging multi-payer partnerships with community care hubs. ACL participates as a federal liaison to the Partnership.