Resource Library
The following documents offer a starting point for understanding and practicing cross-sector alignment.
Results
![Transit and Treatment: Effectiveness of Transit Systems to Improve Substance Use and Mental Health In Connecticut](https://www.alignforhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Screenshot-2024-02-15-090602-510x278.png)
Webinar
Transit and Treatment: Effectiveness of Transit Systems to Improve Substance Use and Mental Health In Connecticut
Increasing access and retention in treatment services is critical to improving health outcomes and reducing substance abuse overdose deaths.
This webinar examines a research project that tests how a transit system can enhance substance abuse treatment outcomes and reduce provider-level treatment costs for substance abuse amidst the opioid crisis in Connecticut. It also examines how treatment costs differ before and after a new transit line and/or a change in transit service schedules.
Public Health
Social Needs
![Improving Aging Supports Through Collaboration](https://www.alignforhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Screen-Shot-2023-09-05-at-10.33.45-AM.png)
![Introduction to Shared Stewardship](https://www.alignforhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Screenshot-2023-11-02-123248-510x276.png)
![Developing Financially Sustainable Child Health Transformation: Lessons from Primary Care Innovators](https://www.alignforhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Screen-Shot-2023-09-05-at-9.59.56-AM.png)
Brief
Developing Financially Sustainable Child Health Transformation: Lessons from Primary Care Innovators
Health Care
Social Needs
Publication
Assessing Implementation of Social Screening Within U.S. Healthcare Settings: A Systematic Scoping Review
Health Care
Social Needs
![Engagement in Action (EnAct!) Framework](https://www.alignforhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Screenshot-2023-11-16-102053-510x143.png)
Engagement in Action (EnAct!) Framework
![Child Health Transformation Resource Center](https://www.alignforhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Screenshot-2023-11-16-102700-510x142.png)
Child Health Transformation Resource Center
This resource center offers tools for providers, community partners, family and patient leaders, policymakers, and others seeking to transform child healthcare.
![Unsung Stewards: Building Community in Niagara Falls](https://www.alignforhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-2024-01-02-152440-510x241.png)
Series
Unsung Stewards: Building Community in Niagara Falls
This podcast features Brian Archie and Evelyn Harris from Create a Healthier Niagara Falls Collaborative, an organization working to help residents increase civic and social connections and find innovative ways to use their skills and talents to inspire and serve others.
Social Services
![Aligning Systems for Health: Research Learnings from Across the Nation](https://www.alignforhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-2024-01-02-153421.png)
Aligning Systems for Health: Research Learnings from Across the Nation
This book summarizes learnings from the Aligning Systems for Health Initiative over the past three years.
Health Care
Public Health
Social Services
![Expanding the Menu: Opportunities for Medicaid to Better Address Food Insecurity](https://www.alignforhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-2024-01-02-153842.png)
Brief
Expanding the Menu: Opportunities for Medicaid to Better Address Food Insecurity
This brief outlines strategies for state Medicaid agencies to help people experiencing food insecurity obtain continuous access to nourishing food, which is critical to improve health outcomes and advance health equity.
Health Care
Public Health