CSH Initiatives and Products: HRSA

Often the Frequent Users Systems Engagement (FUSE) approach is developed in a single community for a single program. In Montana, FUSE developed statewide across seven different communities. While these communities have much in common, each has its own diverse set of characteristics from geography and population, to partnerships and capacity. This case study offers an interesting perspective on the statewide approach to FUSE in Montana.

This self-paced e-learning offers strategic guidance in building, assessing and/or strengthening various types of partnerships between Health Center Program Grantees, behavioral health providers and supportive housing providers. Whether you represent one of these types of organizations or you are merely curious about health and housing partnerships, you can use this e-learning as your roadmap.

This national webinar provides an overview of best practices for developing or strengthening health and housing partnerships to support aging patients. Participants will understand the types of partnerships that are essential and the community housing models that support the needs of aging patients.

In 2019, the Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) released a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) data matching policy brief outlines the reasons and methods for matching health system data with Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS) data. Building on that work, CSH and the National Health Care for the Homeless Council (NHCHC) led two focus groups at NHCHC’s October 2019 Summit in Nashville. This report includes observations and background on the homeless services system, its data collection infrastructure, and recommendations on how to establish and improve relationships with other sectors within a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) context. This guidance will help health centers evaluate and make decisions regarding data collection, utilization, and sharing to improve health outcomes for vulnerable patients.

Persons experiencing homelessness and chronic homelessness often cycle through public systems such as hospitals, behavioral health facilities, justice and law enforcement systems, in addition to accessing outreach and shelter services. This case study examines the Denver Social Impact Bond Initiative launched in 2016, a form of performance based contracting used for supportive services necessary for supportive housing  for frequent users. This brief will outline how this form on investing works to create innovative housing and service solutions for frequent users of emergency systems and how potential partners can learn more for application in their own communities.

Data are a powerful tool, but many times health centers struggle with collecting and accessing the right data to make meaningful decisions and impact addressing patients’ SDOH. This webinar explores the how-to and the what-type of SDOH data collection and provide best practices for health centers wanting to collect and use SDOH data in organizational planning and advocacy.