Ecosystems Community Learning Collaborative

A year-long learning collaborative for cross-sector partnerships across the country

Building the complex care field Strengthening ecosystems of care Convening SDOH & health equity Workforce development

From a healthcare perspective, we’ve known for years that health disparities and social inequities exist and have always approached every child with an equity lens. But sometimes it’s really just been talk. I think now we’re ready for action — and the only way a healthcare organization can do that is with community partnerships. They can’t ever do it alone. Learning collaborative participant

The Ecosystem Community Learning Collaborative launched in spring 2021 as a group of multi-organization collaboratives from five communities across the country.

Each ecosystem site received technical assistance and coaching from our National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs, and met regularly as a group to learn from each other. The learning collaborative ended in fall 2022.

Learning collaborative participants were also interviewed for our brief on rethinking the value of cross-sector collaboratives.

Each site had a specific population of focus and set of aims. Learn about each site’s goals, challenges, and successes in the case studies linked below.

Learning collaborative communities

Allegheny County, PA

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Ecosystem aim: Improve healthcare outcomes for individuals experiencing homelessness and reduce the cost of emergency department services.

Participating organizations:

Camden, NJ

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Connect or reconnect patients to outpatient mental health and substance use treatment services following presentation to the emergency department through our Pledge to Connect  initiative.

Participating organizations:

San Diego, CA

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Ecosystem aim: Improve the emotional well-being of children with complex needs and their families.

Participating organizations:

Spartanburg, SC

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Ecosystem aim: Reduce recidivism, improve health outcomes, and reduce unemployment among individuals leaving incarceration in their communities.

Participating organizations:

York County, PA

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Ecosystem aim: Achieve health equity and increased well-being for populations experiencing substance use, mental health, chronic medical, and/or poverty resulting from or resulting in interactions with the criminal legal system.

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