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.
Organizational Values
Collaboration, Community, Integrity, Quality and Respect for
People.
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.
Karen Ochoa, Director of Health Equity Programs and Operations,
Communities Lifting Communities, Hospital Association of Southern
California. Karen manages projects and daily operations of the
organization. Prior to joining CLC, Karen served as the Education
Manager for the Hospital Association of Southern California. In
her role as Education Manager, she supported the development of
the various educational programs that focused on leadership
development for hospital clinical and healthcare executives.
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.
The Center to Advance Community Health & Equity (CACHE) is housed
at the Public Health Institute and has expertise to help
nonprofit hospitals, health systems, and other stakeholders
translate data into better community investments. CACHE helps
users interpret data from Community Benefit Insight, and couple
it with existing tools and resources for strategic community
benefit implementation.
California hospitals are required to submit a report annually to the Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI)* on their minority, women, LGBT, and disabled veteran business enterprise procurement efforts.
The Hospital Association of Southern California and Communities Lifting Communities will host a roundtable with HCAI to present reporting updates and Q&A.
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.
Our Team
Karen Ochoa, MA
Director of Health Equity Programs and Operations
Karen Ochoa, Director of Health Equity Programs and Operations, Communities Lifting Communities, Hospital Association of Southern California. Karen manages projects and daily operations of the organization. Prior to joining CLC, Karen served as the Education Manager for the Hospital Association of Southern California. In her role as Education Manager, she supported the development of the various educational programs that focused on leadership development for hospital clinical and healthcare executives.
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.
Partners
Center to Advance Community Health & Equity
The Center to Advance Community Health & Equity (CACHE) is housed at the Public Health Institute and has expertise to help nonprofit hospitals, health systems, and other stakeholders translate data into better community investments. CACHE helps users interpret data from Community Benefit Insight, and couple it with existing tools and resources for strategic community benefit implementation.
News
California Hospital Supplier Diversity Report
Apr 4, 2023 11:00 AM - 12PM
California hospitals are required to submit a report annually to the Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI)* on their minority, women, LGBT, and disabled veteran business enterprise procurement efforts.
The Hospital Association of Southern California and Communities Lifting Communities will host a roundtable with HCAI to present reporting updates and Q&A.
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