The AtlantiCare Foundation is leading this two-year project to build a healthier community by more effectively connecting Atlantic City’s community members who are homeless with available social services. By increasing data sharing among Atlantic City’s service providers through the wider implementation of Homeless Management Information Software (HMIS), the Foundation and its key partners in the AC Collaborative – a Care AC work group – are working to develop a Housing Priority List and reduce the duplication of services rendered to individuals who are homeless. The Collaborative is engaging all participating social service providers in the adoption of HMIS as a common client database through this project, enabling those individuals with the greatest need to receive services first, and clients with less urgent needs to navigate and receive services more effectively. In addition, this work is aligning service providers’ efforts to collectively address gaps in services and resources, identify trends and opportunities, and determine solutions.
All In Data for Community Health Publication Collects Stories of Challenges & Achievements in Cross-sector Data Sharing Initiatives From Atlantic City and Across the Country
August 31, 2020 – The All In: Data for Community Health Network published “What We Learned From the First Wave,” featuring articles from BUILD Health Challenge, Pew Charitable Trust Health Impact Project, Population Health Innovation Lab, The Public Health National Center for Innovations, Network for Public Health Law, New Jersey Health Initiatives and Data Across Sectors for Health. The publication functions as a time capsule documenting the last 29 weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States and a tactical manual with tips and tools for public health data-sharing during the pandemic. Articles profiling the work of the AC Collaborative, public health departments in Navajo Nation, Minneapolis during the Black Lives Matter protests, Housing Displacements in California, and Tenant Advocacy projects throughout the nation are featured in this publication.
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