New SCI Brief: State and Community Collaboration

With little comprehensive action at the federal level in the past few years, the problem of the uninsured has been pushed to the front line, compelling states and local communities to work together to find and implement solutions. The Communities in Charge (CIC) program, a grant program funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, was created in 2000 to assist broad-based, community coalitions in designing and implementing sustainable, health care delivery systems to improve access for low-income, uninsured individuals. In 2004, the 12 participating communities “graduated” from the program with valuable experience and new knowledge of critical concepts that are fundamental to state-local collaboration. With a predominant focus on the recent experiences of communities in the CIC program and other local initiatives, this brief highlights the value of coalescing local and state resources. To read this brief and other SCI written products, please visit the SCI Web site.
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