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.

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.

A toolkit from Blue Shield of California Foundation.

A toolkit from Collective Impact Forum.

Examines the underlying socioeconomic factors that have a significant influence on health & well-being, and provides ways to address them through collaboration.

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.

Provides an online collection of 100+ papers, toolkits, and other resources on privacy and other legal issues related to data sharing.

Defines and differentiates hospitals’ community-level SDOH activities.

Highlights learnings from RWJF initiative "Lead Local: Community Driven Change and the Power of Collective Action.

Guides health departments through the why and how of partnering with Community Power-Building Organizations (CPBOs) to advance health equity.

Drawn from a longer report, offers the 3 questions to center equity in community health partnerships, with considerations specific to public health agencies.

Describes the different roles intermediaries can play and provides examples, including several CA ACHs, of where they have been used in practice.

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.

Provides an overview of the various roles the ACH plays as a cross-sector collaborative in catalyzing community change and health equity.

Provides a set of online resources, practical tools and information regarding how to develop a local wellness fund, a key element of an ACH.

Reflects on the last 10 years of collective impact and identifies the importance of centering equity for collective impact to succeed.

Provides guidance guide institutions away from systems that perpetuate harmful practices and towards anti-racist systems that empower communities.