Blog: Research & Policy

More than 30 healthcare, health plan, nonprofit, and other organizations across New York have already implemented social care coordination platforms with findhelp and are ready to hit the ground running when the Medicaid 1115 waiver is approved later this year. Read on to learn about proven strategies from some of our current New York customers…

Section 1115 of the Social Security Act gives states flexibility to design and improve their Medicaid programs by providing waivers authorizing experimental, pilot, or demonstration projects. 1115 waivers are initially approved for five years and can be extended for to three to five more years.  Many states focus their projects on addressing Medicaid enrollees’ unmet…

At findhelp, we prioritize seeker privacy in all that we do. We believe in a consumer-directed privacy model, where individuals control who has access to their personal social care data through transparent, informed consent. Organizations should be able to access social care information based on care coordination responsibilities, and sensitive or private referrals should remain…

We’ve all needed help at some point in our lives, or will need help in the future. At findhelp, we’re committed to the principle that seekers should not be required to give up their privacy in order to receive help. Many people who seek resources are facing a crisis, suffering from abuse, or are newly…

In April 2018, with funding from the UnitedHealthcare Foundation, the DePaul Community Health Centers (DCHC) partnered with findhelp to begin its Care Fellowship initiative to address social determinants of health. Findhelp supported DCHC in creating a coordinated approach that proactively identifies and fulfills the needs of its patients. Through this partnership, DCHC’s closed-loop referral rate...

April is Child Abuse Prevention Month, and with that in mind, we’d like to highlight some of the wonderful partners who are supporting the needs of children and families day in and day out. We know that addressing the holistic needs of children and families is a community effort, and requires strong partnerships among many...

The Immigration Policy Lab (IPL) at Stanford University recently completed a nationwide study examining the distribution of immigration legal services providers (ISPs). Their work analyzes where low-income immigrant populations live in relation to ISPs, which provide critical services for immigrants, like helping them with complicated legal processes related to living and working in the U.S....

This year, we’ve seen a growing need for housing assistance across the country. With eviction moratoriums ending and more Americans falling into poverty, the second round of funding can’t come soon enough. Aunt Bertha’s functionality supports the tracking of housing assistance funds to those in need. 2020 Data Trends Housing remains the top need across…

Aunt Bertha’s dedicated team of nearly 150 staff thrive on the business of helping.  Before the COVID-19 crisis hit, they spent their days updating program listings, analyzing data, and refining the Aunt Bertha platform that connects people with services they need.  But as the pandemic worsened with each new day and the size of the…

As the need for social care navigation rises within the U.S., an increasing number of vendors are treating this as an opportunity to make money instead of creating meaningful change. (You may even be familiar with the phrase “Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) Gold Rush,” which some have used to describe this trend.) At Aunt…