Camden Coalition’s 2018 Year in Review: Five of our top stories
By Amy Yuen
2018 ushered in exciting developments at the Camden Coalition: the arrival of our new CEO Kathleen Noonan, expanded partnerships across traditionally siloed sectors, new resources for organizations interested in cross-sector data collaboration, and more. Amid these advances, our highest priority remains the same: empowering our patients with the skills and support they need to address their complex health and social needs. With 2019 just around the corner, let’s take a look at five top stories that defined our year at the Camden Coalition.
“A striking prevalence” of food insecurity in South Jersey
By Amy Yuen
Since launching our Accountable Health Communities initiative on October 1, the Camden Coalition has been partnering with clinical providers across three counties in South Jersey to gain a fuller picture of the regional social barriers to health. As providers screen Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries for five core health-related social needs during patient visits, they’re seeing one need that’s unexpectedly popping up the most in our region: food insecurity.
Camden Coalition in the news: Summer-Fall 2018 press roundup
By Amy Yuen
Our Accountable Health Communities (AHC) initiative and Housing First program were featured nationally and regionally…
Camden community calls for public investment in healing for youth at Take Back Our Health forum
By Shelby Kehoe
On November 7, community members, local experts, and government officials gathered at Rutgers University—Camden for a public discussion focused on youth trauma and behavioral health resources in New Jersey. The Camden Coalition’s Community Advisory Council co-hosted the event with Healing 10 — a cross-sector collaboration working to bring a trauma-informed model to the city of Camden — with the goal of building support for elected officials to redirect funds from youth incarceration to community-based programs that serve the behavioral health needs of Camden youth. This was accomplished by highlighting best practices for trauma-informed care and programs here in Camden and the surrounding areas.
Collaborating to launch a Housing First program: 5 keys to success
By Emily Spector
The impact of homelessness on our patients led the Camden Coalition to develop a multi-partner, citywide Housing First program. Our Housing First program follows a national model that takes a recovery-oriented approach to ending homelessness.