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Launched in 2015, Community Solutions’ Built for Zero initiative works with more than 80 communities across the U.S. to measurably end homelessness. The network of cities and counties follow a data-driven approach based on the core elements of the “Built for Zero methodology.” This includes using real-time, person-specific data; building a “command center” with a shared goal of achieving functional zero; and using the data to redesign a community’s homeless response and strategically target resources.

Founded in 2011, Community Solutions is a New York City-based non-profit organization. It works with communities . . .

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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.

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