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Accountable Communities for Health: Development of the Wellness Fund Patricia E. Powers CHEAC October 2018

Accountable Community for Health

Essential Elements Data Shared Back- Wellness Gover- Resident analytics Portfolio vision bone Fund & nance Engage- and of inter- and organi- Sustain- (partners & ment sharing ventions goals zation ability leadership) capacity Equity

Portfolio of interventions Clinical Clinical- Environment Community Linkages Health Outcomes LINKED AND MUTUALLY REINFORCING Policy/ Community Systems

Wellness Fund & Sustainability Plan Describes the value proposition, overall strategy Sustainability and potential funding mechanisms to support Plan two goals: • Sustain the ACH infrastructure, including backbone organization and joint ACH functions, such as data sharing • Fund the gaps identified in the Portfolio of Interventions: start new interventions for which there isn’t funding and spread and scale existing interventions , in order to enhance reach and depth Wellness Vehicle (structure) for bringing together various Fund public and private funding and resources

Wellness Fund -ocial Impact Grants Investing ccountability Blending & Braiding C H Governance CommunitB ,ublic and Benefits ,rivate & .ND Contribution Obligations s Joint &nterventions investments &ill gaps Portfolio of e.g. data in portfolio -ustain campaigns of infra- interventions structure & backbone

Wellness Fund Principles ➢ Clearly describe and get agreement on the goals and purposes o f the Fund Governance ➢ Accountability is to the ACH governance, not the organizat ion housing it. An MOU is one mechanism to operationalize the relationship Implementation ➢ Three ACHs have selected their Wellness Funds and b e g u n to identify funding sources

Wellness Fund — Early Lessons ➢ Development of the Sustainability Plan and Wellness Fund i san iterative process, in conjunction with the overall governance of the ACH and the Portfolio of Interventions. ➢ Individual logic models are useful for identifying outcomes a n d benefits of the PoI and ACH — and making the case for investing ➢ The Wellness Fund can also be a vehicle for braiding and a l i g n i n g funding and resources, even if it’s not happening explicitly through the Fund. ➢ Early seed funding has come from the ACH grant, county f u n d i n g , a local foundation, and a health plan

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