Tools & Resources
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Advancing the State of the Art in Community Benefit: Toolkit (ASACB)
http://www.phi.org/resources/?resource=advancing-the-state-of-the-art-in-community-benefit-toolkit
ASACB was a multi-state research demonstration of the Public Health Institute and a diverse group of hospitals to develop and implement uniform standards to align governance, management, and operations to enhance community benefit practices. The toolkit includes instructional materials and templates for the comprehensive review and enhancement of community benefit programs.
This is early seminal work led by PHI that directly engaged 70 hospitals in four states in the development of principles and institutional policies to enhance CB practices. -
Catholic Health Association of the United States (CHA)
http://www.chausa.org/communitybenefit/resources
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A Guide for Planning & Reporting Community Benefit (2012)
CHA's A Guide for Planning and Reporting Community Benefit provides a comprehensive framework for health care organizations desiring to develop a strategic approach to planning, delivering and reporting on community benefit programs. This resource includes guidance on meeting federal requirements for tax-exempt hospitals to conduct community health needs assessments and adopt implementation strategies to meet identified needs. The Guide also includes guidelines for reporting on the IRS Form 990, Schedule H as well as valuable information from community benefit and public health professionals about leading practices in community health improvement.
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A Guide for Planning & Reporting Community Benefit (2012)
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Community Benefit State Law Profiles
The Hilltop Institute
http://www.hilltopinstitute.org/hcbp_cbl.cfm
The Hilltop Institute's Hospital Community Benefit Program is a resource created to ensure that tax-exempt hospital community benefit activities are responsive to pressing community health needs. The program provides tools to state and local health departments, hospital regulators, legislators, revenue collection and budgeting agencies, and hospitals to develop approaches that suit the unique needs of their communities and work toward a more accessible, coordinated, and effective community health system. We are in discussions with Hilltop to explore partnerships, ranging from supporting an update of their database of state policies to parallel GIS analyses of hospital utilization data from state datasets to further inform and encourage more upstream investments than are typically represented in their CBI data on categories of CB resource allocations. -
Community Catalyst
http://www.communitycatalyst.org/initiatives-and-issues/issues/community-benefit-and-community-engagement
Community Catalyst's Hospital Accountability Project (HAP) helps community-based organizations, consumer advocates and others working with vulnerable community to analyze hospital and public policies on financial assistance (charity care), billing and debt collection, and community benefit through providing technical assistance, tools and resources to support their work around the country. -
Community Commons
http://www.communitycommons.org
An interactive mapping tool that provides GIS datasets at state, county, zip code, block group, tract, and point-levels. Site's forum provides platform for dialogue and learning tools such as webinars and Q&A are available to Commons members with free registration. -
Community Toolbox
University of Kansas
http://ctb.ku.edu/en/default.aspx
Resource guide including models, practical skill-building, trouble-shooting, evaluation and best practices for community health development in diverse cultures and contexts. Provides a five point model for community improvement: Assess, Plan, Act, Evaluate, and Sustain. -
County Health Rankings and Roadmaps
Mobilizing Action Toward Community Health project (MATCH)
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation & University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
http://www.countyhealthrankings.org
Population health rankings for counties based on various measures, health factors and outcomes. "Action Steps" page of web site features actions, tools, program examples, and helpful links for health professionals and community leaders. -
Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP) Framework
National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)
http://www.naccho.org/topics/infrastructure/mapp/index.cfm
http://www.naccho.org/topics/infrastructure/mapp/loader.cfm?csModule=security/getfile&pageid=202123 (Fact sheet)
A community-driven strategic planning process for improving community health through six phases: Organizing, Visioning, Assessments, Strategic Issues, Goals, Action Cycles. The site provides technical assistance, stories from the field, related publications and resources, and materials created by experienced MAPP users.
