To access the AUDIO portion of the webinar:

Dial: 1-866-740-1260

Pass code: 8618356

Request for Community-Wide Planning Technical Assistance Webinar

Linda M. Kinney, Director of Collaborative Network Development

Shelisa Howard-Martinez, Collaborative Network Specialist

Dial: 1-866-740-1260 Passcode: 8618356

Care Share Health Alliance

Care Share is an independent, statewide resource that brings people together to improve the health of low-income, uninsured persons.

We meet communities where they are, build on their strengths and resources, and support communities in coordinating healthcare resources to serve low-income, uninsured North Carolinians.

Technical Assistance Services

• Capacity Building: organizational development, financial management, leadership building, Information Technology expertise, programs/systems design

• Identifying new resources for communities• Referrals to other agencies to leverage resources• Advisory/coaching with leadership• Conflict Resolution• Community wide planning

Collaboration

“Everyone brings all of their blocks to the party, puts them on the table, and then takes their hands away.”

Successful Collaboration

• Broad stakeholder participation – everyone comes together around an intersecting issue (caring for the uninsured)

• Effective & Passionate Leadership (Sparkplugs)

• Group staying focused on what is best for the health of the individual/patient

• Shared vision and goals

• Creating something new together (shared ownership & responsibility)

• Honesty

• Trusting and being worthy of trust

Celebrating success and having fun together!

Continuum of Collaboration

Informal, episodic collaboration, letters

of support

No collaboration, silos, lack of

trust

Integrated system – common systems, coordination of care across partners, i.e.

Project Access

Continuum

of

Collaboration

Partners meet on a regular basis, planning to

implement a project/system together

All safety net providers at the table, coordinated for

all the uninsured, prioritized needs, funding – Collaborative Networks

Collaborative Network

• Are formal structures created within NC’s counties or regions

• Consist of individual agencies and networks who provide low-income, uninsured individuals

• Achieve more working together than separately.

• Have a clear purpose to work towards shared mission, vision, and outcomes

• Work to provide a full continuum of care for low-income, uninsured individuals

PatientPrimary & Preventable

CareMedical Home

Dental

Chronic Disease

Management

Specialty Care

Wellness & Health

EducationAncillary Services

Medications

Hospital

DSS

Mental/ Behavioral

Health

Community-Wide Planning Process

• Goal is to develop a three-year, community-wide plan to care for the uninsured

• Builds on existing community health assessments and plans• Opportunity to develop:

• A new or updated Strategic Plan• A Finance Plan• Evaluation Plan• Sustainability Plan to enhance their long-term financial

viability

Community-Wide Planning Process

Community readiness and ability to participate are key.

Goal is to complete plan within 6 – 8 months. At this point if Plan is not completed, Care Share and

community will assess progress.

Will require at least 3-5 full day working meetings and committee work in between.

Benefits of Community-Wide Planning

Alignment of individual initiatives around issue of healthcare for uninsured

Streamlined planning process

Leveraging of all community resources

Creation of an efficient comprehensive system of care

Request for Community-Wide Planning Technical Assistance Application

Three parts of application:• Informational questions about your local collaborative• Completed Composite Stakeholder Mapping Tool with

signatures of each agency representative• Collaborative Network Agreement

Technical Assistance is available for completing application

Guidance and application documents are available at www.caresharehealth.org.

For application to be reviewed, informational questions and Stakeholder Mapping Tool must be completed.

Request for Community-Wide Planning Technical Assistance Application

Due date – Friday, November 20th at 5pm

Applications can be submitted via email, fax or mail

Email:

rfta@caresharehealth.org

Fax:

919-861-8354

Mail:

Care Share Health Alliance

222 North Person Street

Raleigh, NC 27601

Prioritization and Selection Process

We are looking to work with a balance of communities:• At various levels of readiness and points on the

continuum of collaboration• Past collaborative efforts• Urban and rural• Geographic diversity: east, west, and central• Number of uninsured• Percentage of uninsured

Prioritization and Selection Process

Prioritization and selection of communities during the first part of December

Notification letters to be sent before the Winter Holiday break

Begin working with communities who accept invitation in January 2010

Technical Assistance Staff

West – Rachel Rosner

(828) 232- 2976

Central – Linda Kinney

(919) 800-8967

East – Shelisa Howard-Martinez

(919) 861-8359

Questions????