Lessons Learned from Partnerships Between Networks of Community-Based Organizations and Health Care Organizations

This brief highlights themes and lessons learned through the Advancing Resilience and Community Health initiative, designed to help networks of nonprofit community-based organizations develop new contracts, payment models, and partnership approaches with health care payors to achieve better health outcomes across the United States. Themes from the program include:

• Contracts have more disadvantages than benefits
• Networks redefined success by prioritizing communities over contracts
• Addressing health equity means centering racial equity
• It’s time to invest in community-led solutions