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

• Action For Healthy Kids Launches District Impact Network For School Wellness Leaders
• Department Of Justice Letter Re: Investigation Of The Special School District Of Saint Louis County, Missouri
• Many U.S. Counties Had High Poverty Rates Over 20 Years
• WellCare Of Kentucky Launches Food Is Medicine Program In Eastern Kentucky
• Federal Policy Meets Clinical Innovation: A Conversation With ASTP/ONC
• Washington State Creates PreK Promise Account To Expand Preschool Capacity With $1 Billion In Private Funding
• VA & DOJ Agreement Allows Federal Attorneys To Pursue Guardianship For Veterans Without Decision-Making Capacity
• Engrossed Washington Senate Bill 5872 – 2025-26: Establishing The Pre-Kindergarten Promise Account
• Supreme Court Rules Immigration Detention Contractor Not Automatically Immune From Detainee Lawsuits
• 21st Century ROAD To Housing Act
• Los Angeles County Breaks Ground On A Proposition 1-Funded Project To Create A 162-Bed Mental Health & Housing Campus
• North Carolina Department Of Health & Human Services Year 1 Annual Report: Division Of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities & Substance Use Services Strategic Plan 2024-2029
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• ICE Terminates Camp East Montana Operations Contract, Hires New Contractor
• Indiana FSSA SFY26 Q2 Quarterly Financial Review

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The U.S. Workforce Is Aging With More Workers Over Age 55

Employment at firms with significant shares of workers over age 55 has increased over the past 16 years, according to a new federal report. Between 2006 and 2022, total employment at firms where at least 25% of workers were over age 55 grew from 12.8 million to 35.5 million. The report presented data for nine sectors, including Health Care and Social Assistance. In the Health Care and Social Assistance sector, the share of total sector… Read

• Breaking the Revolving Door: How an Intensive Crisis Stabilization Center Is Reducing ER Reliance
• State Attorneys General Question GoFundMe Over Unauthorized Charity Donation Pages
• Make It At School
• Letter To GoFundMe Re: Nonprofit Pages, Donation Practices
• Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child: A Collaborative Approach To Learning & Health, 2014

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