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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.