Improving care for people with complex needs

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Our health and social systems will work for everyone when they work for those they are failing the most.

Currently, our healthcare and social systems are set up to treat individual needs in isolation. By piloting and demonstrating care models that work for those with the most complex needs, we work to transform and connect fragmented systems — in Camden, across New Jersey, and around the country — into equitable ecosystems of care.

Because when providers, organizations, and sectors work together, every individual — regardless of their needs — can receive person-centered care.

About the Camden Coalition

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Advancing equitable ecosystems of care

No single organization can meet all of its community members’ needs. For truly coordinated whole-person care, organizations, sectors, fields, and professions must work together. We support South Jersey’s ecosystem of care as a designated Regional Health Hub, and work with communities across the country to build and strengthen their own care ecosystems.

Demonstrating what works

From new care management pilots to system redesign to national learning collaboratives, we demonstrate what works and what doesn’t to improve care, build an evidence base for the complex care field, and share best practices through teaching and training.

Learn more about our work

New at the Camden Coalition

Listen to the recent episode of Tradeoffs podcast

Listen to the recent episode of Tradeoffs podcast

Tune in to the latest episode of Tradeoffs, to hear from Camden Coalition staff, leadership and community ambassadors about preparations for new Medicaid requirements taking effect in 2027 that will result in millions of people losing health insurance coverage. The Camden Coalition is part of the effort to get answers to people who need them as the new rules are hard to understand, even for people who work in health care. As states turn to community organizations, health care providers and other local partners to explain the changes, the Camden Coalition is leveraging many of the trusted messengers who helped during the COVID crisis to help people understand what’s ahead.

It's been fun, Oakland! See you all in Raleigh!

It's been fun, Oakland! See you all in Raleigh!

Read more about our annual conference, this year from October 14-16 in Oakland, CA. The Camden Coalition and over 700 attendees came together for three days to network, learn, and share important work aimed at improving the complex care field and the communities we serve.

At the NJ State House

At the NJ State House

"The Medicaid HR1 law is a cruel policy designed to penalize people with new and excruciating layers of bureaucracy that ultimately will reduce coverage for an estimated 300,000 NJ adults,” Jeff Brown, President of the Camden Coalition, told the NJ Senate Health Committee at a hearing today chaired by NJ Senator Joe Vitale.

The Camden Coalition has been working tirelessly with partners as ‘the ground game’ to mitigate this harm by contacting thousands of eligible, affected adults to instruct them on how to retain their coverage while also training hundreds of health and social service providers to help adults they work with stay covered and access care.