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Media - Community study looks at strength of Sarasota's social services amid pandemic

Blog: February 05, 2021

S4A researchers want to learn how effective the network of social service agencies is at helping the increasing number of people who need these organizations’ resources amid the coronavirus pandemic. To read the full article, "Community study looks at strength of Sarasota’s social services amid...

Multisector Task-Sharing to Improve Mental Health in Harlem, NY

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This study, funded as part of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Systems for Action research program, evaluates the effectiveness of a multisector task-sharing collaborative in addressing the inter-related problems of mental health disorders, poverty, and housing instability among racial and...

Press Release - Youth Health and Housing Lab receives 3-year grant to advance health equity among youth experiencing homelessness across Minnesota

Blog: October 25, 2024

University of Minnesota announced their S4A Impact award in a press release. See the press release here.

Press Release - American Institutes for Research Awarded Grant to Improve Refugee Resettlement and Integration in Virginia

Blog: December 04, 2024

American Institutes for Research published a press release announcing their new S4A funding. See the full release here. Project: Systems Alignment for Effective Resettlement (SAFER): Engaging Refugee-led Organizations and Empowering Refugee Voices to Advance Equity in Refugee Resettlement

Journal Article - Past local government health spending was not correlated with COVID-19 control in US counties

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Lamba, Sneha, et al. “Past Local Government Health Spending Was Not Correlated with COVID-19 Control in US Counties.” SSM - Population Health, vol. 17, Mar. 2022, p. 101027, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101027. Detail Resource: Article Related: Grantee Research Project

25. Can I apply to a future Systems for Action CFP?

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Systems for Action will conclude its operations as a RWJF research program in December 2026 and will not release another CFP before then. Pilot studies funded through this CFP are expected to help grantees prepare for and pursue future research opportunities from other funding sources beyond the S4A...

Journal Article - Transit and treatment: Aligning systems to address substance use in Connecticut

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Cohen, Jeffrey P., et al. “Transit and Treatment: Aligning Systems to Address Substance Use in Connecticut.” Health Services Research, vol. 59, no. S1, 2024, p. e14268. Wiley Online Library, https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6773.14268. Details Resource: Article Related: Grantee Research Project

Press Release • ‘Food is Medicine’ program awarded $3.8M federal grant to support health and nutrition of low-income, high-risk pregnant women

Blog: January 15, 2025

The research team at Case Western Reserve University and the Greater Cleveland Food Bank have received a $3.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to expand their Nourishing Beginnings, now Nourishing Tomorrow, program. Their work, originally funded in 2023 by Systems for Action...

Press Release • Local partnership receives $500,000 grant to improve healthy food access for low-income pregnant women

Blog: April 26, 2023

Case Western Reserve University announced their new S4A award in a press release. It was picked up by CWRU The Daily, News Medical Life Sciences, and Newswise.

Can California's CalAIM Medicaid Transformation Initiative Achieve Systems Integration? Identifying Key Facilitators of Cross-Sectoral Coordination for Individuals with Complex Needs or at High Risk

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This study, funded as part of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Systems for Action research program, evaluates the effectiveness of California’s CalAIM Medicaid Waiver program in integrating social service and public health organizations into Medicaid coordinated systems of care for individuals with complex health and social needs. CalAIM is designed to dismantle forms of structural racism by investing nearly $2 Billion in helping Medicaid health plans and medical providers forge stronger alliances with local social service organizations and public health agencies in addressing the complex health and social needs of Medicaid beneficiaries, including paying for nonmedical services needed by these beneficiaries.