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Improving care for people with complex needs

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Our health and social systems will work for everyone when they work for those they are failing the most.

Currently, our healthcare and social systems are set up to treat individual needs in isolation. By piloting and demonstrating care models that work for those with the most complex needs, we work to transform and connect fragmented systems — in Camden, across New Jersey, and around the country — into equitable ecosystems of care.

Because when providers, organizations, and sectors work together, every individual — regardless of their needs — can receive person-centered care.

About the Camden Coalition

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Advancing equitable ecosystems of care

No single organization can meet all of its community members’ needs. For truly coordinated whole-person care, organizations, sectors, fields, and professions must work together. We support South Jersey’s ecosystem of care as a designated Regional Health Hub, and work with communities across the country to build and strengthen their own care ecosystems.

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Demonstrating what works

From new care management pilots to system redesign to national learning collaboratives, we demonstrate what works and what doesn’t to improve care, build an evidence base for the complex care field, and share best practices through teaching and training.

Learn more about our work

New at the Camden Coalition

Early bird registration now open

Early bird registration now open

Putting Care at the Center, co-hosted by Kaiser Permanente, will take place October 14-16 in Oakland, CA, at the Oakland Marriott City Center. Join complex care leaders from across healthcare, social services, policy, research, and community advocacy for learning, connection, and collaboration. Registration includes access to mainstage sessions, workshops, the Beehive innovation space, a welcome reception, site visits throughout Oakland, and dedicated networking opportunities. Visit the website for pricing details and discounted rates.

New blog post

New blog post

This year’s conference theme, "Sustaining progress, building our future," reflects a moment of both urgency and possibility for complex care. It recognizes the hard-won advances in policy and practice that the field has made while asking how we protect, adapt, and carry that progress forward amid shifting policy, funding, and community needs. In a recent blog post, our partners considered what our 2026 conference theme means to them. Read about how it builds on our 2025 theme, "Meeting the moment," by inviting us to reflect not only on what lies ahead, but also on what must be protected and strengthened along the way.

Addressing gaps in Sickle Cell Disease care: Tapping into the California Enhanced Care Management model

Addressing gaps in Sickle Cell Disease care: Tapping into the California Enhanced Care Management model

Sustainability requires adaptation. In 2024, the Center for Inherited Blood Disorders and Sickle Cell Disease Foundation came to Camden Coalition for support with tapping into a California Medicaid expansion initiative to sustain their statewide clinic network. Learn how we helped them align their care model with this new Medicaid benefit, including pooling administrative functions to reduce administrative burdens and contract with managed care plans.

New resources for better care

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