Social Services
The social service market is defined as supports and services related to the social determinants of health such as poverty, food insecurity, lack of education, racism, discrimination, environment, and community conditions. Addressing social determinants of health has become a common strategic conversation in a market focused on whole person care and the value equation. Payers and health plans are taking a more structured approach to addressing social support needs and this opens new possibilities for managers of organizations that provide social support programs that have typically been excluded from health care financing arrangements.
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Latest Resources
- Uwill Student Wellness Platform Acquires Basic Needs Solution tbh To Address Student Food, Housing & Transportation Challenges
- Lightning Step & United Ways Of California Support Community-Based Organizations & Coordinated Social Care For Homeless Orange County Residents
- San Francisco Enters $2.8 Million Settlement Over Homeless Encampment Sweeps
- Oregon School-Based Health Centers Report 15% More Visits, 13% More People Served Between 2023 & 2024 & Behavioral Health Visits Up 19%
- Department Of Homelessness & Supportive Housing Family Shelter Length-of-Stay Policy
- Family Homelessness Response System FAQ: Provider & Community
- Navigating Regulator & Payer Silos To Better Serve The Whole Person: A Discussion With James Stewart
- Coalition On Homelessness, et al v. City And County Of San Francisco, et al, No. 23-15087 (9th Cir. 2024)
- Oregon Health Authority School-Based Health Centers 2025 Status Update
- SacValley MedShare Launches NinePatch Platform To Transform Whole Person Care & Community Health Across California
- Habitat For Humanity In Ontario, Canada, Breaks Ground On Accessible Affordable Housing For Women With Developmental Disabilities
- CMS Approval Of Healthy Texas Women 1115 Medicaid Waiver
- Ohio Juvenile Justice Working Group Report
- Alameda County Allocates Homelessness Funding Raised Through A Local Sales Tax
- 17% Of Adults With I/DD Who Receive State DD Services Have A Paid Job & 42% Of The Unemployed Group Want To WorkÂ

- LADD In Cincinnati, Ohio, Breaks Ground On Independent Living Units For Older Adults With Developmental Disabilities
- Majority Of States Need Assistance To Meet Targets For The Individuals With Disabilities Education Act
- SNAP Benefits Linked To Slower Cognitive Decline Among Low-Income Older Adults
- Minnesota Medicaid Moves To Terminate Its Housing Stabilization Program Due To Fraud Investigation
- Alameda County, California Measure W Allocation Framework
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Government Contract Award Announcements
- Michigan’s Macomb County Awards Jail-Based Cognitive Behavioral Group Services Contract To CARE Of Southeastern Michigan
- New York Awards Danielson Framework Training Services Contract To Rosa Educational Consulting, Inc.
- Nevada Awards Certified Community Behavioral Health Care Centers Data Project Services Contract To Public Health Supportive Services, LLC
- Colorado Awards Denver Human Services Leadership Development Contract To The Human Blueprint
- Nevada Awards Pharmacy Benefits Manager & Population Health Services Contract To Ramsell Corporation