Injured war veterans face substantial barriers to maintaining employment, high levels of family strain, homelessness, and extensive unmet physical and mental health needs. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) offers a range of medical, public health, and social services to eligible veterans; however, these services reside within distinct bureaus leading to service fragmentation, poor alignment with veteran needs, and variability in access across medical centers.

Addressing the social determinants of health is vital to improving individual and population health and advancing health equity. Research indicates that integrating health and social services is both necessary and cost-effective. This is especially true for the growing number of older adults who face increasing risk of multiple chronic health conditions, cognitive decline, and disability. The Community Care Connections program developed by Lifespan of Greater Rochester integrates care navigators and health care coordinators into the workflow and referral systems in health care delivery settings.

Each project supported with grant funds from the Systems Alignment Innovation Hub (SAIH) will examine an innovative systems alignment approach that engages partners from the medical, public health, and social services sectors in collaborative efforts to dismantle structural and systemic racism and...

Lives in Progress Collective is a national collective of leaders with disabilities focused on transforming self-direction and defining what's possible in their lives. Their systems alignment challenge is to enable BIPOC people with disabilities to be visible, essential members of their local...

Redemption and Advancement Alliance (RAA) is located in Atlanta, Georgia and works to advance opportunities for people experiencing poverty, mass incarceration, and reentry in ways that promote personal and financial success and social equity. RAA's systems alignment intervention is the “New G...