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

• Hawaii & New York Had Highest Rate Of Homelessness In 2024
• New York Announces Investments To Deliver Universal Child Care For Children Younger Than Age 5
• New York City Faces Record Youth Mental Health Crisis
• Findhelp Announces Partnership With SimplePractice To Expand Access To Behavioral Health Care Nationwide
• BRIDGE Housing Opens Kettner Crossing Affordable Housing Community For Seniors In San Diego
• Better Identification, Access To Services Needed To Prevent Youth Homelessness
• Court Order Halts $10 Billion Freeze Of Federal Funds To Five States For Child Care & Support For Families
• Order In New York Et Al., v. Administration For Children & Families Et Al.
• Classrooms, Counselors, Clinics: Building A Mental Health Care Continuum In New York City Public Schools
• Volunteers Of America Eastern Washington Opens Low-Income Housing Dedicated To Veterans In Spokane
• Child Mental Health Claims Declined By 1.2% Per Month After COVID Closures Ended
• Best Practices To Integrate Your Systems Of Care: A Conversation With Srinivas Velamoor, President & CEO Of NextGen Healthcare
• Ohio Awards $5.3 Million Across 30 Grants To Expand Addiction Treatment In Jails
• Cook County, Illinois, To Launch Youth Jail Alternative Pilot
• HHS Freezes Child Care & Family Assistance Grants In Five States Over Fraud Concerns

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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

• Assessing The Impact
• Illinois Invests $2 Million To Fund Homelessness Services In Central Region
• Health-Related Social Needs Associated With Emergency Department Use
• Court Issues Preliminary Injunction To Block HUD From Imposing New Restrictions On Housing Grants 
• CMS Issues State Guidance On Implementing Medicaid Eligibility Changes Due To Federal Community Engagement Mandates

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