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

• California Interagency Council On Homelessness Guidance: Addressing Encampments
• California Model Ordinance: Addressing Encampments With Urgency & Dignity
• California Releases RFA For The Proposition 1 Bond Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program Round 2, $800 Million In Grants Available
• Annual Summary Contracts Report For The City Of New York Fiscal Year 2024
• Nonprofit, Nonpayment, An Analysis Of Payment Delays For The City’s Human Service Contractors
• Loneliness Linked To 24% Higher Risk Of Hearing Loss
• New York City Owes Its Human Service Contractors At Least $1 Billion For Unpaid Invoices, Non-Profits Owed $861 Million
• Arizona Becomes Seventh State To Join Reentry 2030 Program To Reduce Recidivism
• 74.1% Of Participants Sought Rent Support In A Medicaid Housing Support Pilot
• National CASA/GAL Cuts To State & Local Grantee Organizations Follow Loss Of Federal Grants
• Bereavement Support Platform Empathy Raises $72 Million & Unveils Empathy Alliance
• The Social Question
• Majority Of Americans Want Government Support Of Nonprofits
• The Workforce Triangle
• Study Finds 25% Missed Appointment Rate Among Women With Child Care Problems Receiving Care At A Safety-Net Health System

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Maryland Receives Approval For Section 1115 Demonstration Reentry Services Amendment

The Maryland Medicaid program will cover limited pre-release demonstration coverage to certain incarcerated individuals. The plans were noted in an amendment to the state’s “Maryland HealthChoice” section 1115 demonstration which received federal approval on January 13, 2025. The amendment was approved through December 31, 2026. Under this initiative, the state will provide limited pre-release demonstration coverage to certain incarcerated individuals under Medicaid who have also been assessed and determined to have substance use disorder (SUD),… Read

• School Meal Participation Rose 8.0% For School Breakfasts & 6.8% For Lunches Between 2023 & 2024
• ‘Ohana Health Plan & Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition Of Hawaii Extend Partnership To Improve Maternal & Child Health Outcomes
• Annual Admissions To Jails Shows 35% Decrease Over A Decade
• Social Insurance Represents 60% Of Income For Americans 75 & Older
• The Aging House

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