Resource Library
The following documents offer a starting point for understanding and practicing cross-sector alignment.
Results

Publication
COVID Relief Money: States Need Public-Private Partnerships
This op-ed authored by Jeffrey Levi and published in The Hill highlights the need for states and localities to align varied federal funding streams to maximize effectiveness and sustainability.
COVID-19
Health Care
Public Health

Brief
Making Aligning Work: Reflections on 18 Months of Aligning Across Sectors
This brief–part of the Aligning Systems for Health’s Making Aligning Work series–captures reflections on the progress made in the field around aligning sectors, the implications of the triple crisis for aligning efforts, and considerations for the future of aligning across sectors.
Alignment 101
Health Care
Public Health
Social Needs

Webinar
Community Voices Panel: Shifting Power
This webinar on April 1 explores ways to empower and elevate the voice of community members in cross-sector aligning efforts.
Alignment 101
Health Care
Public Health
Social Needs

Brief
Aligning in Action: The Health Project
The brief examines how Mercy Health uses community benefit dollars to fund community-facing initiatives through the Health Project.
Health Care
Social Needs

Brief
Framework for Aligning Sectors With Glossary
This framework visually depicts how aligned systems require that sectors think and work together in fundamentally new ways to improve the health and well-being of the people and communities they serve in ways that are built to last.
Alignment 101
Health Care
Public Health
Social Needs

Report
Collaboration in Communities to Address COVID-19
This report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation follows nine diverse communities across the United States from the start of the COVID-19 pandemic through October 2020. It details how cross-sector collaboration is contributing to ongoing response and recovery efforts.
Alignment 101
COVID-19
Health Care
Public Health
Social Needs

Webinar
Changes in Capacity to Absorb Clinical-to-Community Referrals during the COVID-19 Pandemic
This webinar introduces a study assessing the capacity of community social services organizations and their partners to meet the needs of new clients identified through emerging social determinants of health screening and referral tools used by medical providers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Alignment 101
COVID-19
Health Care
Social Needs

Case Study
Aligning in Action: Mississippi Delta Promise Communities through the Delta Health Alliance
This case study explores how two Mississippi Delta Promise Communities developed a “cradle-to-career” national model that builds a pipeline of programs, services, and supports so that children and youth in distressed communities can succeed in school and beyond.
Health Care
Public Health
Social Services

Publication
Regional Leaders Learn How to Invest Resources to Ensure Health and Well-Being
This blog examines the framework used by ReThink Health’s Portfolio Design for Healthier Regions to guide stewards in recruiting local funders to invest in cross-sector community health programs.
Health Care
Social Needs

Report
Aligning Systems with Communities to Advance Equity through Shared Measurement
This report outlines five principles to inform measurement that effectively aligns systems’ actions with the needs and priorities of the communities those systems serve, particularly communities that historically have been harmed the most by inequities.
Alignment 101
Health Care
Public Health
Social Needs