Community Strengths and Needs! Oh My! - Partnership Strategies to Meet Community Needs
Workshop will provide practice opportunities and action steps gap-fill strategies to address issues impacting your aging clients. Provides examples of WellCare of Kentucky Medicaid partnerships with CAAs to address social needs of local community members.
Social Determinants of Health have a major impact on health, well-being, and quality of life, affecting health as we age. This session provides examples of ways WellCare of Kentucky Medicaid has partnered with Community Action Agencies across the Commonwealth to address varying social needs of local community members. This interactive workshop will provide practice opportunities and action steps gap-fill strategies to address issues impacting your aging clients.
Objectives:
• The audience will learn how WellCare has partnered with Community Action Agencies to address social determinants of health to meet local community needs.
• The audience will learn about WellCare's Community Impact Council process, which is a model used to assess community strengths and needs, gaining insight into implementation strategies.
• The audience will take away examples of how WellCare has worked in communities to remove barriers for our clients through data exchange grant funding.