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September 16 to September 29, 2023
Welcome to Aligning for Health's bi-weekly Social Determinants Updates newsletter.
To add news or events to this newsletter, email info@aligningforhealth.org.
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Aligning for Health is pleased to partner with RISE for our second annual Social Determinants of Health Policy Forum, which will be held in Washington, D.C. on December 4-6, 2023.
The conference is adding new speakers and panels every day, and we are thrilled to garner insights from the White House, CDC, CMS, HUD, and FCC as well as other industry leaders. Registration is taking off, so secure your spot now via the registration link below!
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Member News
CareSource: CareSource announces plans for health hub at former Good Samaritan Hospital site (10/3) – CareSource announced they will open its first CareSource Health Hub at the new YMCA being built on the site of former Good Samaritan Hospital.
Vizient: Vizient Shares Feedback on Improving Access to Rural Healthcare (10/4) – Vizient
offered feedback on understanding and supporting efforts to address social drivers of health in rural and underserved areas in response to the House Ways and Means Committee's Request for Information (RFI).
AHA: Health Affairs article examines role of health equity officers in addressing health care disparities (10/5) – A Health Affairs article authored by individuals at AHA and other organizations examines hospital equity officers’ roles and actions to address the leading factors that contribute to health care disparities, including structural racism.
AHA: Equity of Care Award Winner Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital on Successful Pathways to Advancing Health Equity (10/6) – In this conversation with AHA, Franck Nelson, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital assistant vice president of health equity, discusses the big steps the organization has taken to dismantle equity barriers in its care delivery system and the community it serves.
Next Pittsburg: UPMC Health Plan supports youth mental health through community partnerships (10/10) – UPMC
recently hosted the US Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, as part of his national tour to explore how communities across the country are supporting youth mental health. He remarked that Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania are known nationally for innovative, community-based approach to addressing youth mental health concerns.
CareSource: Record number of families take part in Preble County walk-up food distribution (10/11) – CareSource volunteered at the Preble County Walk-Up Food Distribution held at the Preble County Fairgrounds.
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Legislative Roundup
Workforce Housing Development Act (9/26) – Rep. Slotkin (D-MI) introduced the Workforce Housing Development Act (H.R. 5733), which would establish a competitive grant program at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to support the construction, preservation, or rehabilitation of affordable workforce housing in areas with shortages of affordable housing units.
Housing Alignment and Coordination of Critical and Effective Supportive Health Services (ACCESS) Act (9/26) – Sens. Markey (D-MA) and Padilla (D-CA) introduced the Housing ACCESS Act (S. 2932), which would direct the Secretaries of HHS, HUD, and Treasury to issue joint guidance to state Medicaid agencies on how to connect Medicaid beneficiaries to housing-related services and requires HHS to conduct a study on the national cost of housing-related services and supports.
Wellness and Education for Longer Lives for (WELL) Seniors Act
(9/27) – Sen. King (I-ME) introduced the WELL Seniors Act (S. 2942) to expand the annual wellness visit under Medicare to include mobility, food security, housing security, transportation access, social support, and other SDOH.
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CDC Awards SDOH Grants
The CDC announced awards to states, local governments, and nonprofit organizations for the third year of the Social Determinant of Health Accelerator program. This year, CDC split the program into two grant programs, the first focused on providing grants to support the development of Accelerator Plans, and the second to support the implementation of plans and interventions that address social determinants of health.
Aligning for Health is thrilled to see CDC’s commitment to growing and supporting state and community efforts to address social determinants of health, and supports continued and expanded funding for this pivotal program for fiscal year 2024.
Click below for more information:
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Administration Updates
USDA: USDA Launches Nutrition Hub to Combat Diet-Related Diseases in Underserved Communities (9/28) – USDA announced the opening of a pilot Nutrition Hub under the Agricultural Science Center of Excellence for Nutrition and Diet for Better Health (ASCEND for Better Health) initiative. USDA’s new Nutrition Hub, informed by community conversations, will be an engine for providing science-based, nutrition-related information at the community level, particularly in underserved communities disproportionately impacted by diet-related chronic diseases such as obesity, type 2 diabetes and certain cancers.
CMS: Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design Model Announced (10/10) – CMS posted reports evaluating Phase II of the Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design Model Test, which, among other findings, discusses tactics used to address beneficiaries’ health-related social needs, including through the use of supplemental benefits.
HHS: HHS Announces $16.7 Million in New Grants to Boost U.S. Economy and Create Sustainable Jobs for Individuals with Low Incomes (10/10) – HHS, through the Administration of Children and Families, announced $16.7 million in new grant awards to support 39 Community Economic Development projects, intended to stimulate new jobs with sustainable wages for individuals in low-income communities.
ACL: ACL Announces New Funding to Improve Support for Family Caregivers (10/12) – The Administration for Community Living (ACL) announced $3 million in new funding over four years to further advance our support of the 2022 National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers.
HHS: Identifying and Classifying Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Claims in the Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System, 2016-2020 Issue Brief (10/12) - To support analysis of Medicaid-funded HCBS use, this brief describes a methodology for identifying and classifying HCBS claims reported to the Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System (T-MSIS) by service category.
HUD: HUD Announces $212 Million Funding Opportunity to Expand Affordable Housing Options for Persons with Disabilities (10/12) – HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing announced today that $212 million in funding is available to expand the supply of affordable housing and supportive services for very-low and extremely-low-income persons with disabilities. The funding is available to participants in the Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities program, which helps develop, subsidize, and provide supportive services for rental housing to meet the needs of this vulnerable population.
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SDoH & Health Equity in the News
Becker’s: 29 ways payers can improve equity (10/9) – Becker's asked nearly 30 health care executives where payers can have the biggest effect on health equity.
Fierce Healthcare: COVID-19 shined a spotlight on food insecurity. Here's how payers are tackling the issue (10/9) – During the COVID-19 pandemic, this article emphasizes health insurers’ focus on food insecurity as a SDOH.
JAMA: New AI Tools Must Have Health Equity in Their DNA (10/11) – JAMA published a perspective piece detailing a conversation between the journal’s editor in chief Dr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo and Dr. Kedar S. Mate, resident and chief executive officer of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement in which they discuss the importance of incorporating equity into clinical AI tools.
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New Research & Reports
Health Affairs: A Formal Framework For Incorporating Equity Into Health Care Quality Measurement (10/2) – The RAND corporation penned a research article about leveraging quality measurement tools to incentivize equitable care. The propose equity weighting, a new measurement framework to advance equity on multiple fronts that addresses the shortcomings of existing approaches and explicitly calibrates incentives to align with equity goals.
NASHP: Medicaid and Housing: State Strategies to Support Housing-Related Services (10/2) – NASHP published a toolkit that provides state officials with details on state supportive housing programs to address SDOH, including payment approaches, Medicaid authorities, and a crosswalk of housing programs in 18 states.
Health Affairs: Voices, Images, And Experiences Of Community Health Workers: Advancing Antiracist Policy And Practice (10/2) – Authors provide perspectives on the role of community health workers as front-line public health personnel. They dive into how the lived experiences of community health workers working, residing, or both in Baltimore City, Maryland, intersect with facets of their jobs.
Health Affairs: Mitigating Racial And Ethnic Bias And Advancing Health Equity In Clinical Algorithms: A Scoping Review (10/2) – Authors conducted a literature review to identify health care applications, frameworks, reviews and perspectives, and assessment tools that identify and mitigate bias in clinical algorithms, with a specific focus on racial and ethnic bias.
Health Affairs: How Funding Policy Maintains Structural Inequity Within Indigenous Community-Based Organizations (10/2) – Despite efforts to increase investment in Indigenous health and well-being in the U.S., researchers conclude that disparities remain, and they can be best addressed tough community-based organizations.
PLOS Global Publications: Rural-urban disparities in health outcomes, clinical care, health behaviors, and social determinants of health and an action-oriented, dynamic tool for visualizing them (10/3) – Researchers found that visualization tools can help guide policymakers and researchers with grounded information, communicate necessary data to engage relevant stakeholders, and track SDOH changes and health outcomes over time.
Health Services Research: Social determinants of health as a framework to identify and assess cross-sector funding opportunities (10/4) – Researchers found that using an SDOH analytical framework is an innovative approach to conceptualizing and synthesizing the contents of complex legislation.
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Upcoming Events
Aligning for Health & Member Events
Other Events
- October 14-16 – Society for Public Health Education, “Vote for Health: Advancing health for All Through Community & Civil Engagement.” Washington, DC
- October 18 – Urban Institute, “Advancing Rural health Equity through Partnerships, Data, and Finance.” Virtual & Washington, DC
- October 19 – Housing for Health, “Prioritizing Housing and Health to Prevent and Address Homelessness.” Washington, DC
- October 24 & 25 – ACL, “The Link Center Shared Learning Group Virtual Gathering Series.” Virtual
- October 16 – HHS, “President's Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition (PCSFN).” Virtual
- November 13 – siren, “Results from Accountable Health Communities Model.” Virtual
- November 14-15 – Fierce Healthcare, “Fierce Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Forum.” Virtual
- November 14 & December 12 – ACL, “Webinar Series on Contracting to Address Health-Related Social Needs.” Virtual
- November 30 – National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, “The Food Forum 30th Anniversary Symposium.” Virtual
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SDoH Opportunities
September 2023 - July 2024
- Deadline: October 18 – Center for Health Care Strategies, “Equity Changemakers Institute Class of 2024”
- Deadline: October 19 – NIH, Funding Opportunity: Pilot Interventions to Integrate Social Care and Medical Care to Improve Health Equity
- Deadline: November 22 – NIH, Improving Choice, Use, and Equitable Implementation of Biomedical HIV Prevention for Women
- Deadline: November 28 – DOT, Cooperative Agreements with Technical Assistance Providers for the Fiscal Year 2023 Thriving Communities Program
- Deadline: December 15 – NIH, Notice of Intent to Publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement for Short Courses in Social Determinants of Health for Research Education in Nursing Research
- Deadline: October 30 – HUD, Pathways to Removing Obstacles (PRO) to Housing
- Deadline: October 30 – USDA, “Community Food Projects Competitive Grant Program”
- Deadline: November 20 – NIH, Improving Choice, Use, and Equitable Implementation of Biomedical HIV Prevention for Women
- Deadline: November 30 – CMMI, Making Care Primary (MCP) Model RFA
- Deadline: January 12, 2024 – Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Health Data for Action
- Deadline: January 12, 2024 – USDA, FY2024 Farm to School Grants
- Deadline: January 16, 2024 – CDC, Minority HIV Research Initiative (MARI): Epidemiologic, Behavioral, and Implementation Science Research in Racial/Ethnic Minority Communities Disproportionately Affected by HIV and Build Research Capacity Among Historically Underrepresented Researchers
- Deadline: January 16, 2024 – NIH, Comprehensive Partnerships to Advance Cancer Health Equity (CPACHE)
- Deadline: January 24, 2024 – NIH, Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) Training a Diverse Data Science Workforce for Addiction Research
- Deadline: February 12, 2024 – HUD, Section 811 Project Rental Assistance for Persons with Disabilities
- Deadline: March 20, 2024 – HHS ACF, Maternity Group Home Program
- Deadline: June 20 2024 – Administration for Children and Families (ACF), TANF Data Collaborative (TDC) Equity Analysis Awards
Farther Out & Rolling Basis
- Deadline: March 13, 2026 – NIH, Seeking Products to Address Social Needs impacting Substance Use Disorders
- Deadline: November 5, 2026 – NIH, Health and Health Care Disparities Among Persons Living with Disabilities
- Deadline: December 11, 2026 – NIH, Interventions to Address HIV-Related Comorbidities among Highly Affected Populations Experiencing Health Disparities
- Deadline: January 1, 2027 – NIH, Improving Care and Outcomes for Cancer Survivors from Sexual and Gender Minority (SGM) Populations
- Deadline: January 1, 2027 – NIH, Intervention Research to Improve Native American Health
- Deadline: Open – HRSA, Request for Nominations: Membership to Serve on the National Advisory Council on Migrant Health
- Deadline: Open – U.S. Breastfeeding Committee, Request for Applications: Creating Space Scholarship
- Deadline: Open - House Committee on Rules, Request for Stories: Experiences, Research, and Solutions to Guide Committee Work in Addressing Hunger
- Deadline: Open - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Open Call for Proposals - Evidence for Action: Innovative Research to Advance Racial Equity
- Deadline: Open - Sepsis Alliance, Pledge for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion In the Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance, Sepsis and its Underlying Causes
- Deadline: Open - Arnold Ventures Advancing Medicare & Medicaid Integration initiative, Funding Opportunity: Technical Assistance to Advance Medicare and Medicaid Integration for Dual-Eligible Individuals.
- Deadline: Open - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Evidence for Action: Investigator-Initiated Research to Build a Culture of Health.
- Deadline: Open - American Hospital Association, Hospital Community Collaborative National Cohort Application.
- Deadline: Open - The de Beaumont Foundation and Johns Hopkins University, Stories of Alignment: Share a reflection related to the “Seven Ways Business Can Align with Public Health for Bold Action and Innovation” report.
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