Communities Lifting Communities (CLC) was established in 2017 as an initiative of the Hospital Association of Southern California (HASC) to assist hospitals, community clinics, Medi-Cal Managed Care Plans, and community stakeholders, working together with public health departments, to address social determinants of health through effective care coordination and cross sector collaboration.
CLC serves the HASC Region including Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Santa Barbara, and Ventura counties. CLC is an affiliate 501c3 nonprofit organization under HASC. HASC serves as the backbone organization for CLC and provides accounting, contracts management, and other organizational and employment support services.
The Communities Lifting Communities Advisory Group members represent hospitals, health plans, community clinics, public health, and related health association executives.
Alina Moran, President/CEO, California Hospital Medical Center
Audra Strickland, Regional Vice President, Santa Barbara/Ventura Counties, HASC
Barbara Masters, Director California Accountable Communities for Health Initiative
Our staff consists of professionals with experience in health
care and public health. We are dedicated to elevating community
health and reducing health disparities.
In January 2017, the board of the Hospital Association of
Southern California (HASC) approved a new community health
improvement initiative focused on reducing health disparities in
the HASC region of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San
Bernardino, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties.
Local coalitions will work as a cohesive network of stakeholders to achieve optimal community health improvement.
MISSION
To assist hospitals, public health departments, and other stakeholders to collectively move the needle on reducing health disparities and improving community health throughout Southern California.
The CLC strategic planning process began in 2017 when CLC
founding partners conducted an environmental scan and met with
hospitals and local health departments to identify collective
opportunities to improve community health and reduce health
disparities.
CLC Priorities Areas
2018 – 2021 CLC Initiatives include six priority areas:
1. Community Health Improvement Initiatives
Maximize and support relationships between hospitals, public
health departments and other stakeholders. These initiatives can
also help develop quality improvement projects addressing
clinical care, organizational change, and community engagement.
Initiatives will focus on improving birth outcomes, diabetes
prevention, homelessness and behavioral health.
2. Hospital Advancements in Community Health
Improvement
Showcases hospital efforts to improve community health and
collaboratively create healthy communities through a variety of
innovative population health strategies, initiatives, and
partnerships.
3. Hospital Strategic Leadership Training
Builds knowledge and understanding of population health
improvement strategies. This training can also increase
institutional capacity and alignment, and achieve greater equity,
while engaging diverse stakeholders to address the social
determinants of health.
4. Innovative, Sustainable Financing Models for
Prevention Initiative
Researches and identifies best practices and emerging examples of
innovative financing models in the HASC region. A Capstone
Roundtable at the 2020 HASC Annual Meeting will convene experts
on innovative financing, community development, health care, and
public health to discuss strategies and next steps for
implementation.
5. Community Planning and Investment
Facilitates regional convenings with health care, public health,
and community stakeholders to explore specific strategies for
alignment based on community health data, health needs, and
community health improvement priority areas.
6. Data Analytics, Evaluation and Measurement
Initiative
Integrates community and clinical data to develop community
profiles, evaluates improvement interventions and can be used to
recommend policy solutions that advance healthy community
conditions.
For general questions, please complete and submit the form below.
For questions about Communitie Lifting Communities initiatives,
programs and trainings, please make sure to specify the name on
the topic.
515 South Figueroa Street, Suite 1300
Los Angeles, CA 90071-3300
Board of Directors
Board of Directors
Our member Board of Directors is comprised of hospitals, health plans, community clinics, public health, and related health association executives.
Advisory Committee
Advisory Committee
The Communities Lifting Communities Advisory Group members represent hospitals, health plans, community clinics, public health, and related health association executives.
Alina Moran, President/CEO, California Hospital Medical Center
Audra Strickland, Regional Vice President, Santa Barbara/Ventura Counties, HASC
Barbara Masters, Director California Accountable Communities for Health Initiative
Our Team
Our Team
Our staff consists of professionals with experience in health care and public health. We are dedicated to elevating community health and reducing health disparities.
History of CLC
Our Story
In January 2017, the board of the Hospital Association of Southern California (HASC) approved a new community health improvement initiative focused on reducing health disparities in the HASC region of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties.
Mission, Vision & Values
Our Vision, Mission & Values
VISION
Local coalitions will work as a cohesive network of stakeholders to achieve optimal community health improvement.
MISSION
To assist hospitals, public health departments, and other stakeholders to collectively move the needle on reducing health disparities and improving community health throughout Southern California.
FUNDING
Strategic Planning
The Planning Process
The CLC strategic planning process began in 2017 when CLC founding partners conducted an environmental scan and met with hospitals and local health departments to identify collective opportunities to improve community health and reduce health disparities.
CLC Priorities Areas
2018 – 2021 CLC Initiatives include six priority areas:
1. Community Health Improvement Initiatives
Maximize and support relationships between hospitals, public health departments and other stakeholders. These initiatives can also help develop quality improvement projects addressing clinical care, organizational change, and community engagement. Initiatives will focus on improving birth outcomes, diabetes prevention, homelessness and behavioral health.
2. Hospital Advancements in Community Health Improvement
Showcases hospital efforts to improve community health and collaboratively create healthy communities through a variety of innovative population health strategies, initiatives, and partnerships.
3. Hospital Strategic Leadership Training
Builds knowledge and understanding of population health improvement strategies. This training can also increase institutional capacity and alignment, and achieve greater equity, while engaging diverse stakeholders to address the social determinants of health.
4. Innovative, Sustainable Financing Models for Prevention Initiative
Researches and identifies best practices and emerging examples of innovative financing models in the HASC region. A Capstone Roundtable at the 2020 HASC Annual Meeting will convene experts on innovative financing, community development, health care, and public health to discuss strategies and next steps for implementation.
5. Community Planning and Investment
Facilitates regional convenings with health care, public health, and community stakeholders to explore specific strategies for alignment based on community health data, health needs, and community health improvement priority areas.
6. Data Analytics, Evaluation and Measurement Initiative
Integrates community and clinical data to develop community profiles, evaluates improvement interventions and can be used to recommend policy solutions that advance healthy community conditions.
Contact Us
Contact Us
For general questions, please complete and submit the form below. For questions about Communitie Lifting Communities initiatives, programs and trainings, please make sure to specify the name on the topic.
Los Angeles, CA 90071-3300