This study, funded as part of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Systems for Action research program, evaluates the feasibility of a modified Church-based home visiting program that aims to align health and social services for households with young children and dismantle forms of structural racism faced by these households. The program to be modified and tested is delivered by Shiloh Baptist Church in Trenton New Jersey, a predominantly Black congregation, with the goal of reducing adverse childhood experiences (ACES) and promoting positive childhood experiences within historically marginalized families and communities.

This study, funded as part of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Systems for Action research program, will explore opportunities to strengthen a systems alignment approach to the refugee resettlement process in Virginia. Structural barriers in housing, healthcare, employment, and education can impede the effectiveness of resettlement and integration efforts. The current consultation process to coordinate refugee arrival and resettlement inadequately addresses these barriers while also failing to meaningfully include representatives from the medical, social, public health, and community sectors.

This study, funded as part of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Systems for Action research program, will assess the feasibility, acceptability and potential impact of participatory budgeting (PB) as a mode of civic engagement to improve health outcomes and advance equity for racially and ethnically marginalized communities, using “The People’s Money” initiative as the first city-wide test of a participatory budgeting intervention for New York City. The intervention allows community residents to decide how to spend allocated Mayoral funds on projects to address prioritized needs within communities.

Arons, A., Alban-Acuna, P., Simon, M. et al. Social service organizations report improvements in social services-health care integration in survey during California’s medicaid initiative (“CalAIM”). BMC Public Health 25, 2234 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-23419-3 Journal Article: Click...

The Systems Alignment Innovation Hub (SAIH) launched the Equity Capacity Building Grant program in early January, 2025 to offer low-barrier grant opportunities to organizations who needed financial support and technical assistance to build the capacity to engage in systems alignment research...

The James Humphrey Jr. Foundation (JHJF), serves Black, Brown, and Indigenous (BBI) youth in Oklahoma and Arkansas. Their systems alignment challenge is to inform public health, behavioral healthcare, and social service sectors of the support that BBI college bound students need to succeed in...

The Bernalillo County Home Visiting Work Group (BCHVWG) works to connect families in Bernalillo County to culturally relevant home visiting services. A community collaborative of home visiting programs that serve children under the age of five, BCHVWG aims to achieve universal and equitable access...

Urban Triage is a Black-led CBO focusing on Black and other vulnerable populations in Madison, WI. Their systems alignment challenge is to transform cultures, institutions, and communities to ensure a humane future through innovative, human-centered housing, trauma recovery, and agricultural...