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Field Dispatches: LA County Steps Up Role as Social “Safety Net”
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Field Dispatches: LA County Steps Up Role as Social “Safety Net”

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This blog identifies how Los Angeles County redirected its data hub to begin focusing on the response to the virus and related factors immediately.

Through the data hub, LA County is:

  • Identifying homeless clients with a positive COVID diagnosis to limit contact and promoting safe isolation practices.
  • Informing shelter workers of a positive COVID diagnosis so that they can take appropriate precautions.
  • Prioritizing care for homeless clients with higher risk profiles, CDC identified comorbidities or underlying health factors that put them at increased risk for COVID.
  • Coordinating care and service delivery for COVID adjacent issues, like food insecurity and other issues.
Publication

Community Voice In Cross-Sector Alignment: Concepts and Strategies from a Scoping Review of the Health Collaboration Literature

This article addresses a gap in the literature with a systematic scoping review of research on health-oriented cross-sector collaboration and community voice.

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.

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.