Program areas at Better Health Together
Accountable communities of health:as lead for the spokane region, coordinates a community-based partnership working across all sectors to develop shared priorities, strategies and action plans to improve Health. Ach is a key component of healthier Washington, the state of Washington's coordinated effort to help insure Better Health, Better care and lower costs. This effort receives grant funding through the Washington healthcare authority. Work in this program expanded significantly in 2018 and 2019. Funding is from a medicaid 115 waiver managed by the Health care authority.
Doh covid care:bht entered into a contract with Washington state department of Health to provide regional support for individuals who tested positive for covid. Utilizing a community based workforce we provided assitancefor rental and utlity assitance, food boxes, and ppe.
City of spokane emergency housing:bht entered into a contract with the city of spokane in 2021 with the purpose to provide emergency housing assistance to low-income and moderate-income persons.
Washington department of commerce:bht entered into a contract with Washington department of commerce in 2022 with the purpose of outreach to community organizations to historically disadvantaged communities with the objective ofhelping individuals to enroll in state, federal and other assistance programs.
Navigator:as a lead agency, navigator assists people in signing up for qualified Health plans or medicaid through the Washington Health benefit exchange (hbe). Since its inception, this program has assisted over 150,000individuals to enroll and has resulted in 97% of people in the region having access to Health care coverage. This effort receives funding from the hbe.
Healthy kids:bht serves residents of a seven-county rural/urban mix geographic region of eastern Washington (ewa), providing outreach, enrollment, and renewal resources to support uninsured, eligible children and adultsin applying for and enrolling in medicaid and chip. Ewa is also home to a variety of populations, who experience marked Health disparities, including american indian/alaska native, hispanic, marshallese, rural,and low-income, at-risk youth and their families.
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