Early Approaches to Community-Based Organization Networks and Community Care Hubs to Address the Non-Medical Drivers of Health in Texas

Community-based organizations (CBOs) in Texas are increasingly partnering with managed care organizations (MCOs) to address community members’ health-related social needs (HRSN) and forming new partnerships with other CBOs in their region to develop related infrastructure.
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission recently released a Non-Medical Drivers of Health Action Plan that encourages CBOs and MCOs to continue to grow these relationships.
Despite a growing interest in HRSN and CBO-MCO partnerships, CBOs and MCOs are in early stages of developing sustainable financing models; philanthropy has been a predominant funding source for backbone efforts like community engagement, strategic planning, technological tools, convening, and evaluation.

This report offers insights from Texas stakeholders on how to support and fund the development of CBO networks and community care hubs to address the HRSN of Medicaid members. While geared to a Texas audience, lessons can inform activities in other states to better address health-related non-medical needs of Medicaid populations.

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