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.
Blueprint for Changemakers: Achieving health equity through law & policy
Provides a range of comprehensive strategies to address the fundamental drivers of health inequities.
Medicaid Reinvestment Requirements Can Improve Community Health And Equity
Health Affairs article authored by CACHI.
Policies that Support Asthma Prevention
A high-level overview of local and state public policy strategies to prevent and address asthma: health care, childcare and schools, home environment and the outdoors.
Tools for Integrating an Equity Lens
Provides strategies for incorporating an equity lens into planning processes.
Cal AIM Funding Opportunities Cheat Sheet
Summarizes various various, distinct funding opportunities available to help communities and providers transition to Cal AIM.
Operationalizing Equity-Promoting Policies to improve the Social Determinants of Health
Provides session videos and resources from a September 2022 convening “Operationalizing Equity-Promoting Policies to Improve the Social Determinants of Health.”
ACH Insights from the Field
Highlights reflections from ACHs on the benefits and challenges of developing an ACH and what difference they believe ACHs make in their communities.
A Guide to Using the Accountable Health Communities Health-Related Social Needs Screening Tool
Describes the health-related social needs Screening Tool from the federal Accountable Health Communities (AHC) Model & shares promising practices for universal screening.
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.
PHRASES (Public Health Reaching Across Sectors)
Provides practical communications tools and resources to better communicate with the public about public health.
Now is the Time for Measuring Social Drivers of Health in Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program
Describes the five potential Drivers of Health measures — food insecurity, housing instability, transportation, utility needs, and interpersonal safety — for Medicare.
ACH Infrastructure Fuels Community Change
Provides an overview of the various roles the ACH plays as a cross-sector collaborative in catalyzing community change and health equity.
Common Goods Podcast on CACHI
Features CACHI Director Barbara Masters and West Sacramento ACH leader Debra Oto-Kent in a conversation about their work with Accountable Communities for Health.
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.
Accountable Communities for Health: Advancing Community Health & Equity
In this overview video, learn how ACH's advance equity and community health in 13 communities across California.
Addressing the social needs of Medicaid enrollees through managed care: Lessons and promising practices from the field
Describes perspectives of Medicaid managed care organizations on emerging promising practices of addressing social determinants of health among their Medicaid enrollees.