
CACHI RESOURCES
Paquete de Orientación de CACHI en Español | CACHI Orientation Packet in Spanish
Elements of the ACH orientation packet translated for Spanish-speaking audiences. Includes “About CACHI,” “The ACH Framework” and “Insights from the FIeld.”
Elementos del paquete de orientación de ACH traducidos para audiencias de habla hispana. Incluye “Acerca de CACHI”, “El Esquema de las ACH” y “Perspectivas de los Participantes sobre las ACH”.
Transformation in Action: How Accountable Communities for Health Promote Collaboration, Systems Change and Health Equity
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.
Equity in Multisector Collaboration Toolkit
A toolkit from Blue Shield of California Foundation.
Status of Health Equity Report
Examines the underlying socioeconomic factors that have a significant influence on health & well-being, and provides ways to address them through collaboration.
California Accountable Communities for Health Roundtable: The ABCs of Social Impact Investing
Describes six prominent or emerging forms of impact investments that may be applicable financing approaches for an Accountable Communities for Health.
Why Community Power Is Fundamental to Advancing Racial and Health Equity
Opening commentary of a three-part series that examines the relationship between health and power building.
Community Power and Health Equity: Closing the Gap between Scholarship and Practice
Highlights learnings from RWJF initiative "Lead Local: Community Driven Change and the Power of Collective Action.
Resources for Collaboration and Power Sharing Between Government Agencies and Community Power-Building Organizations
Guides health departments through the why and how of partnering with Community Power-Building Organizations (CPBOs) to advance health equity.
Advancing Equity: Adapting to Local Context and Confronting Power Dynamics Lessons Learned from Accountable Communities of/for Health
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.
Local Wellness Funds
Provides a set of online resources, practical tools and information regarding how to develop a local wellness fund, a key element of an ACH.
Community Benefits in California: A New Chapter
Summarizes the implications of Governor Newsom's 2022 proposed change to hospital community benefits requirements.
Centering Equity in Collective Impact
Reflects on the last 10 years of collective impact and identifies the importance of centering equity for collective impact to succeed.
Democratizing Valuation: A Guide for Multi-Sector Collaboratives
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.
Building the Evidence Base for Social Determinants of Health Interventions
Evaluates the existing evidence for effective interventions to address social determinants of health and social needs and identifies potential next steps.
Caring for the Whole Child: A New Way to Finance Initiatives to Improve Children’s Health and Well-being Issue Brief
Describes approaches to ensure that children and their families benefit from SDOH investments and the range of strategies and interventions needed by families.
Innovative Community Investment Strategies: The Current State of Practice and a Vision for Greater implementation in Southern California
Identifies 10 promising innovative community investment strategies for Southern California.
Financial Sustainability Mini-Toolkit: Domestic Violence Collaboratives and Others
Provides easy-to-digest key concepts and a practical structure to guide sustainability planning for ACHs and other collaboratives.
Lived Experience: The Practice of Engagement in Policy
Highlights the value of ensuring the involvement of those with lived experience in policy and systems change in multi-sector collaboratives.
Financing The Infrastructure Of Accountable Communities For Health Is Key To Long-Term Sustainability
Provides findings from a legal and policy review of funding streams that could help support the backbone function & infrastructure of an Accountable Community for Health.
Fostering Healthy Neighborhoods: Alignment across the community development, health and financial well-being sectors
Describes how the community development, health, and financial sectors can better align their work to enable neighborhoods to better support health & financial well-being.