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Health Home Innovation Fund Awarded to the Orange County
Health Home Innovation Partnership, a project led by the
Coalition of Orange County Community Health Centers
Irvine, CA - The Coalition of Orange County Community Health
Centers recently received a $500,000 grant from the
Community Clinics Initiative (CCI), a unique collaboration
between The Tides Foundation and The California Endowment
for the Health Home Innovation project to support local
partnerships among private and public safety net providers
and local health plans that are committed to pursuing a more
effective, integrated system of care for traditionally
underserved populations in California.
In a selective process, the Partnership’s proposal was one
of 7 grantees chosen in the state to carry out a two- year
project to advance a vision of a fully-integrated Health
Home for low-income neighborhoods and communities of color
in California. In addition, an overarching goal is to
develop and move payment reforms that will incentivize the
implementation and sustainability of the Health Home model.
The Orange County Health Home Innovation Partnership
includes: CalOptima, OC Health Care Agency, UCI Family
Health Centers, Friends of Family Health Center VNCOC Asian
Health Center, Safety Net Connect, Inc. and the Coalition of
Orange County Community Health Centers.
Isabel Becerra, CEO of the Coalition of Orange County
Community Health Centers believes that “this project will
strengthen our Partnership’s purpose to advance a model of
care we call a Person- Centered Health Home for the Orange
County safety-net.”
The intent for the Health Home Innovation Fund is to support
and align the public and safety net providers to the general
intent of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), to establish a
health home for low-income communities and improve health
outcomes in underserved neighborhoods.
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