Success Stories

Get inspired by these successful collaborations between community-based organizations (CBOs) and health care partners! Learn more about best practices in contracting with health care and explore how these innovative partnerships are improving the well-being of older adults and people with disabilities.

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Success Stories February 2, 2018 The Power of Three: Collaboration Can Help Stroke Survivors Return to Independence Although stroke-related deaths have decreased substantially in the last few decades, research suggests that acute ischemic stroke hospitalizatio... Read More
Success Stories January 19, 2018 Local CBO Learns to Balance its Mission with Business Acumen The San Francisco Institute on Aging (IOA) began in 1985 as a nonprofit providing multiple services to older adults and is best known for its Fr... Read More
Success Stories January 19, 2018 A Right-Minded Partnership Focuses on Healing in Community This Aging and Disability Business Institute article highlights the enduring relationship between Senior’s Resource Center (SRC) and the Luthera... Read More
Success Stories October 13, 2017 Post-Hospital Respite Program Gives Frail Homeless Elders a Safe Place to Recover This Aging and Disability Business Institute article features the inspiring story of Bay Area Community Services (BACS), a community-based organ... Read More
Success Stories September 26, 2017 University Group Fosters Integrated Care Collaborations in New Hampshire University of New Hampshire’s Institute on Disability (IOD) was invited by the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4a) and the Admi... Read More
Success Stories September 25, 2017 Ability360: Fostering Growth, While Preserving a Service Culture of Dignity and Respect For over 30 years, Ability360, Arizona\'s largest independent living center, based out of Phoenix, has offered and promoted programs designed to... Read More
Success Stories September 25, 2017 A Meals Program in Connecticut Keeps Cardiac Patients at Home and Out of the Hospital Senior Nutrition Services, a division of New Opportunities, Inc., in Waterbury, Connecticut, is a meals and nutrition services provider that is ... Read More
Success Stories September 22, 2017 Ohio AAA Reveals Lessons Learned From Decades of Managed Care Direction Home Akron Canton Area Agency on Aging & Disabilities, a private, nonprofit Area Agency on Aging (AAA) serving northeastern Ohio, ... Read More
Success Stories August 11, 2017 VAAACares Receives 2017 The John A. Hartford Foundation Business Innovation Award Congratulations to VAAACares for receiving The John A. Hartford Foundation Business Innovation Award! The Business Innovation Award was establi... Read More
Success Stories August 11, 2017 ACL Business Acumen Case Study: Winning the Contract: New Revenue Stream for Community Organizations The Administration for Community Living (ACL) has released new resources from the Business Acumen Initiative to provide background on this work... Read More
Success Stories August 11, 2017 ACL Business Acumen Case Study: Building the Western New York Integrated Care Collaborative The Administration for Community Living (ACL) has released new resources from the Business Acumen Initiative to provide background on this work... Read More
Success Stories August 11, 2017 Business Acumen Case Study: Florida Network Evolves from Regional Collaborative to Statewide Network The Administration for Community Living (ACL) has released new resources from the Business Acumen Initiative to provide background on this work... Read More
Success Stories April 10, 2017 The SCAN Foundation Linkage Lab: St.Paul’s Senior Services Part of a six-part series of Linkage Lab case studies developed by The SCAN Foundation, this Success Story showcases how St. Paul’s Senior Servi... Read More
Success Stories April 10, 2017 The SCAN Foundation Linkage Lab: Silicon Valley Independent Living Center Part of a six-part series of Linkage Lab case studies developed by The SCAN Foundation, this Success Story showcases how Silicon Valley Independe... Read More
Success Stories April 10, 2017 The SCAN Foundation Linkage Lab: Jewish Family Services of Los Angeles Part of a six-part series of Linkage Lab case studies developed by The SCAN Foundation, this Success Story highlights how the Jewish Family Servi... Read More
Success Stories April 10, 2017 The SCAN Foundation Linkage Lab: The Camarillo Health Care District Part of a six-part series of Linkage Lab case studies developed by The SCAN Foundation, this Success Story highlights how the Camarillo Health C... Read More
Success Stories April 10, 2017 The SCAN Foundation Linkage Lab: Institute on Aging Part of a six part series of Linkage Lab case studies developed by The SCAN Foundation, this Success Story highlights how The Institute of Aging ... Read More
Success Stories March 31, 2017 The SCAN Foundation Linkage Lab: Bay Area Community Services Part of a six-part series of Linkage Lab case studies developed by The SCAN Foundation, this Success Story showcases the Bay Area Community Serv... Read More
Success Stories January 30, 2017 Build on Your “Wins”: The Eastern Virginia Care Transitions Partnership & VAAACares. Bringing Value to Health Care in Virginia Recent federal and state initiatives have sought to reduce unnecessary readmissions to hospitals and focus on the frequent transitions of care b... Read More
Success Stories January 30, 2017 ADRC Agility: FREED Center for Independent Living and the Sacramento, CA Area Agency on Aging The health care system in the United States is in a state of transition, as innovations and policy shifts disrupt longstanding practices and mo... Read More
Success Stories January 30, 2017 A Promising Collaboration: Care1st Health Plan and Access to Independence (A2i), San Diego, California In the wake of the shift to accountable and value-based care, and in light of the growing number of older adults and individuals with disabiliti... Read More
Success Stories January 30, 2017 Bridging Disability and Aging to Maximize Capacity: The Oklahoma Aging and Disability Alliance, LLC Synergies and collaborations between disability and aging services providers are a natural fit in an integrated health care landscape. Both fiel... Read More
Success Stories January 25, 2017 St. Barnabas Senior Services: Finding Value in Social Service   “[Though] they’re not already part of the health care process, social service agencies must realize they bring value to the table and h... Read More
Success Stories January 25, 2017 The Southern Maine Agency on Aging: a Patient Approach Nets Multiple Contracts The Southern Maine Agency on Aging (SMAA), led by its Chief Executive Officer, Larry Gross, has read the writing on the wall, recognizing that t... Read More
Success Stories December 14, 2016 The Marin Center for Independent Living: Serving Beyond the Safety Net The nonprofit Marin Center for Independent Living (MCIL) in San Rafael, Calif., has for nearly 38 years provided advocacy services to people wi... Read More