This report is a comprehensive analysis of the first five years of ACH implementation in California. It offers ten key insights on how to successfully launch and grow an ACH gleaned from the experiences, successes and challenges of the first 13 ACHs launched in the state. These findings help inform future ACH implementation as the model scales and spreads to other geographies within California and nationally.

Provides findings from evaluation of the Parks After Dark program, including savings to the county as well as health and social outcomes for youth and young adults.

The complete ACH orientation packet for training, educating and communicating. Includes Welcome Letter, About CACHI, The ACH Framework, The Value Proposition, The ACH's Key Functions, How to Launch & Grow, Topline Messages, FAQs and 2023-25 Grantees fact sheets.

Executive Summary of the Accountable Communities for Health (ACH) Final 2017-22 Evaluation.

Health Affairs article authored by CACHI.

Offers a set of common measures to assess and improve population and community health and well-being across sectors. Provides links, tools and data sources for community health improvement efforts.

Defines and differentiates hospitals’ community-level SDOH activities.

Provides relevant evidence on the costs of health-related social need interventions and/or their impact on health care utilization and cost of care for use with ROI Calc.

Summarizes findings from a study on six ACHs operating in CA and WA, focusing on the role of local context and power dynamics on efforts to improve equity.

Evaluation of three Community-Centered Health projects that focused on shifts in health care practices to look beyond the walls of health care facilities.

Describes the five potential Drivers of Health measures — food insecurity, housing instability, transportation, utility needs, and interpersonal safety — for Medicare.

Identifies non-clinical community-wide approaches that have evidence reporting positive health impacts, results in 5 years and cost-effectiveness and or cost reductions.

Identifies four dimensions of value related to cross-sector collaboration: intrinsic benefits, community engagement, outcomes, & sustainable system-level change.

How Accountable Communities for Health Can Lead Multi-Sector Partnerships to Address the Effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences

Provides examples, including two CACHI sites, and a simplified set of valuation tools that multi-sector collaboratives can use to convey the value of their activity.

One-page summary of how ACHs are creating value and equity by catalyzing alignment, leveling the playing field and establishing collective accountability.

Describes how ACHs are creating value for their communities, using case studies from Washington, Oregon and California.

Evaluates the existing evidence for effective interventions to address social determinants of health and social needs and identifies potential next steps.

Summarizes key observations about the ACH model and provides policy implications for sustaining and scaling the ACH model and similar collaborative efforts.