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Braiding & Blending Funding Streams to Meet the Health-Related Social Needs of Low-Income Persons: Considerations for State Health Policymakers
Publication
Jul 12, 2018
This brief aims to bring attention to non-Medicaid funding sources that states could potentially blend or braid to address social determinants of health and other needs that are not typically covered by Medicaid.
Influence of Maternal Health Literacy on Child Participation in Social Welfare Programs: The Philadelphia Experience
Influence of Maternal Health Literacy on Child Participation in Social Welfare Programs: The Philadelphia Experience
Report
Jul 12, 2018
We examined the influence of maternal health literacy on child participation in social welfare programs. In this cohort, 20% of the mothers had inadequate or marginal health literacy.
Boulder County, Colo.: Blueprint for Merging Health and Housing Under One Roof
Boulder County, Colo.: Blueprint for Merging Health and Housing Under One Roof
News Article
Aug 1, 2016
Boulder County, Colo., pioneered the movement. What can others learn from their experience?
It's Not the Food Deserts: It's the Inequality
It's Not the Food Deserts: It's the Inequality

Research
Jan 18, 2018
A new study suggests that America’s great nutritional divide goes deeper than the problem of food access within cities.
What we get wrong about the poverty gap in education
What we get wrong about the poverty gap in education

News Article
Jul 2, 2018
Poor children don't struggle in school because of their parents. They struggle because of poverty.