pa:robert wood johnson foundation - Resources - The NIC Collaboration Hub2024-03-29T09:43:29Zhttps://hub.nic-us.org/resources/feed/tag/pa%3Arobert+wood+johnson+foundationIssue Brief: Health Equity Principles for State and Local Leaders in Responding to, Reopening, and Recovering from COVID-19https://hub.nic-us.org/resources/issue-brief-health-equity-principles-for-state-and-local-leaders-2020-06-08T19:03:23.000Z2020-06-08T19:03:23.000ZAmanda Taylorhttps://hub.nic-us.org/members/AmandaTaylor<div><p>The <a href="https://www.rwjf.org/" target="_blank">Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)</a> recently released an issue brief that provides “principles aimed at guiding the efforts of state and local officials to create an equitable and lasting post-pandemic recovery.” The principles shared by RWJF include:</p><ol><li>Collect, analyze, and report data disaggregated by age, race, ethnicity, gender, disability, neighborhood, and other sociodemographic characteristics.</li><li>Include in decision-making the people most affected by health and economic challenges, and benchmark progress based on their outcomes.</li><li>Establish and empower teams dedicated to promoting racial equity in response and recovery efforts.</li><li>Proactively identify and address existing policy gaps while advocating for further federal support.</li><li>Invest in strengthening public health, health care, and social infrastructure to foster resilience.</li></ol><p><a href="https://www.rwjf.org/content/dam/farm/reports/issue_briefs/2020/rwjf461294" target="_blank">Read the brief >></a></p></div>Aligning Health Care and Social Services: A Primer on Social Serviceshttps://hub.nic-us.org/resources/aligning-health-care-and-social-services-a-primer-on-social-servi2019-12-16T18:06:10.000Z2019-12-16T18:06:10.000ZNavah Steinhttps://hub.nic-us.org/members/NavahStein<div><p>In the United States, social services organizations provide a variety of services to individuals, especially the most vulnerable, including housing, nutrition support, life skills development, and disaster recovery. Increasingly, these organizations are partnering with the health care sector to collaboratively address patients’ needs at a systemic level.</p><p>A strong social services sector has always been vital to American life, especially in times of resource uncertainty. Despite significant growth in recent years, the social services sector faces an uncertain future. Although challenging, these trends are not especially dissimilar from trends the sector has consistently faced to varying degrees since the 1980s. Strategic adaptations that address these trends are already underway and reinforce the need for alignment of the social services sector with health care and public health.<a href="https://www.rwjf.org/en/library/research/2019/08/aligning-health-care-and-social-services.html" target="_blank">Read More >></a></p></div>