Social Services

The social service market is defined as supports and services related to the social determinants of health such as poverty, food insecurity, lack of education, racism, discrimination, environment, and community conditions. Addressing social determinants of health has become a common strategic conversation in a market focused on whole person care and the value equation. Payers and health plans are taking a more structured approach to addressing social support needs and this opens new possibilities for managers of organizations that provide social support programs that have typically been excluded from health care financing arrangements.

Latest Resources

• Mural Health Offers Meal Delivery Services For Clinical Trial Participants
• San Diego County, California, Awards $4.8 Million Safe Haven Housing Services Contracts To Episcopal Community Services
• North Texas Sees Ongoing Challenges Facing Children & Families
• Pyx Health Unveils Continuous Activation Platform To Expedite Care Navigation
• San Francisco Department Of Homelessness & Supportive Housing Vehicular Homelessness Strategy & Permitting Program-Frequently Asked Questions
• The Tech Of Aging
• Framework Proposed To Align Health System SDOH Initiatives With EHR & Value-Based Models
• Trumbull County, Ohio, Cuts Ribbon On New Crisis Center, Supportive Housing Project
• Ingham County, Michigan, To Spend $62.5 Million On New Juvenile Facility
• U.S. Department Of Education Partners With Other U.S. Agencies To Reassign Some Of Its Responsibilities
• Fact Sheet: Department Of Education & Department Of State International Education & Foreign Language Studies Partnership
• Fact Sheet: Department Of Education & Department Of Health & Human Services Child Care Access Means Parents In School Partnership
• Fact Sheet: Department Of Education & Department Of Health & Human Services Foreign Medical Accreditation Partnership
• Fact Sheet: Department Of Education & Department Of Labor Postsecondary Education Partnership
• Fact Sheet: Department Of Education & Department Of Labor Elementary & Secondary Education Partnership

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The Housing/Health Overlap

The path for addressing homelessness and housing insecurity appears to be on a new trajectory. An executive order issued last month shifts federal policy on homelessness and housing policy toward involuntary civil commitment (see Executive Order Sets New Federal Policy On Homelessness & Civil Commitment). And last Sunday, August 10, in a social media post, President Trump wrote, “The Homeless have to move out, IMMEDIATELY…We will give you places to stay, but FAR from the Capital” (see Trump… Read

• Executive Directive 25-02 – Breaking The Cycle: Mayor Lurie’s Vision For Tackling San Francisco’s Homelessness & Behavioral Health Crisis
• Fact Sheet: Department Of Education & Department Of Labor Workforce Development Partnership
• Ingham County 2026 Juvenile Justice Millage Community Agency Grand Fund Application
• Disability Rights Group Alleges New California Immigration Processing Facility Is Dangerous For Disabled People
• AmeriHealth Caritas Foundation Awards $1.9 Million In Grants To Advance The Well-Being Of Children & Families

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