Following are practical tools that health plans, policymakers, health system leaders, and other interested stakeholders can use to develop community engagement initiatives that foster program, organization, or policy change and center community voice.
The People Say
Website offers a qualitative database of personal narratives to support providers and policymakers in designing policies that better reflect the lived experience, needs, and priorities of older adults.
Making the Case for Engaging People with Lived Experience and Expertise in State Behavioral Health Reforms
This brief outlines why state policymakers should engage people with lived experience and expertise in behavioral health program and policy design.
A Roadmap for Effective Community Engagement in Healthcare: Final Report from INSPIRE Phase I
Tangible recommendations for health care organizations and policymakers can support more effective community engagement initiatives.
Community Member Engagement Resource Center
This resource center offers guidance to help Medicaid stakeholders engage community members in policy and program design development, especially as a means of increasing health equity.
Engaging Community Members: A Guide to Equitable Compensation
Toolkit offers health care stakeholders interested in working with community members guidance on equitable compensation strategies.
Building Partnerships with Community Members to Advance Public Health
Health care organizations can use this toolkit to develop community ambassador/liaison programs — programs that train community members to act as a bridge between communities and the organizations that serve them.
Medi-Cal Member Advisory Committee: Design Recommendations for the California Department of Health Care Services
Recommendations to inform the design and implementation of a new Medicaid Advisory Committee.
Shifting the Power Balance: Creating Health System Accountability through Trusted Community Partnerships
This report outlines practical approaches to guide health systems in more meaningfully involving community members and being more accountable to the communities they serve.
Methods and Emerging Strategies to Engage People with Lived Experience
Toolkit offers lessons for engaging people with lived experience in human services initiatives.
Person-Centered Engagement at the Organizational Level
Contains strategies, tips, and case studies to assist health care stakeholders in building meaningful, person-centered engagement in their organizations.
Community Engagement Toolkit: A Participatory Action Approach Towards Health Equity and Justice
A set of resources and strategies to help health care stakeholders foster authentic, effective community engagement that drives local policy and program change.