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

• The Path To Housed
• Department Of Education Limits Definition Of ‘Qualifying Employer’ For Student Loan Forgiveness Program
• Immigration & Customs Enforcement Contracting Practices Questioned As Expansion Plans Grow
• Court Temporarily Halts HUD Change To Homeless Housing Grants For Continuum Of Care Builds Program
• New York OTDA Administrative Directive Memorandum: Use Of Equifax – The Work Number For Employment & Income Verification Purposes – Child Care Assistance
• New York OTDA Administrative Directive Memorandum: Use Of Equifax – The Work Number For Employment & Income Verification Purposes – Child Care Assistance
• Marble Raises $15.5 Million Series A To Scale Access To School-Based Youth Mental Health Care
• U.S. Department Of Education Announces Final Rule On Public Service Loan Forgiveness To Protect American Taxpayers
• Final Rule: William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program
• Restoring Public Service Loan Forgiveness To Its Statutory Purpose
• Think Agility For Hybrid Success
• Temporary Restraining Order Issued Re: National Alliance To End Homelessness & Women’s Development Corporation v. Turner
• Utah Selects Site For 1,300-Bed Statewide Homeless Complex
• Utah Homeless Services Board 2026 General Legislative Session Recommendations
• Utah House Bill 465: Public Safety Amendments

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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

• One-Third Of Service-Providing Non-Profit Organizations Lost Government Funding In The First Half Of 2025
• California Medicaid Reports Continued Growth & Impact From Enhanced Care Management & Community Supports Services
• Oregon Reentry Health Care Program – Implementation Updates
• California Medicaid Transitional Rent Payment Methodology
• The Next Phase Of AI In Behavioral Health: Putting Clinical Judgment Back In Charge

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