More Than Health Care: Nonprofits and Health Care Working Together

Be inspired by Hawaii. When you are literally on an island, innovation and actively listening to partners must be a part of your strategy. [Themes: Healthy Thriving Futures approach: Help Hawaii’s families to address serious life challenges such as poverty, abuse, and neglect. Child & Family Service has adapted proven practice and intervention models to meet the needs of Hawaii’s multicultural communities.]

Be inspired to expand your job description. Hear what happens when you bring trauma-informed care to the police force. For a community in Maryland, it has deescalated more incidents and provided better care for residents in mental health crises. [Themes: Collaboration between the social sector and law enforcement to incorporate social determinants of health and trauma-informed approach to emergency/crisis policing.]

Collaborative Consulting is a small, boutique consulting firm working at the intersection of the health care sector and the social sector. From promoting cross-sector partnerships to defining strategy, Lori Peterson and her team are driven to encourage nonprofit organizations to tweak their current service delivery models to ensure more integration between health and social services sectors. Listen for case studies and takeaways to apply to your work. 

CUPS is an organization located in Calgary, Canada, whose vision is that Calgarians overcome adversity, reach their potential, and end the cycle for poverty and trauma for themselves and their families. This episode explores how this organization designed all its programs around brain science. From health education to housing, CUPS is truly promoting wellness for its community.  

Janet Waters is one of 10 “encore fellows” across the US challenged with testing, trying, and learning about what it takes to engage folks who are over 50 years of age in volunteer and paid positions in the social sector. Not only do those served by these individuals benefit from their wisdom and compassion, but the 50+-somethings also enjoy the benefit of purpose. The value of purpose in our lives has direct connections with health and wellness. Learn about Ascentria Care Alliance’s journey in this area and the difference being made in people’s lives as a result.

Organizations looking to support population health management shouldn’t forget to look internally at their own workforces. Learn about Marathon Health and the unique ways it supports its employees. From city mayor in Rockford, Illinois, to his current work at Marathon Health, Larry Morrissey uncovers interesting insights about systems of support in our communities.

 This episode takes a deeper look at a demonstration project in New Hampshire that is leveraging the Medicaid 1115 waiver to transform the way services are delivered to Medicaid recipients. By hiring culturally sensitive and relatable staff to provide home health care services, this programming is supporting refugees in trusting and engaging with health care services.

This UnitedHealthcare program has a significant national footprint, serving over 6.8 million people in the U.S. each year. States are looking to evolve Medicaid to increase value and address root causes of health issues for individuals within the network. Kevin Moore shares his belief that community-based human services organizations are great partners for health insurers to drive positive outcomes for individuals.