National Collaborative Events & Member Engagement

Current Events

Connect with peers and thought leaders by attending and participating in the APHSA Education Events!

Past Events

2019 Health and Human Services Analytics Symposium for Action — July 24-26, 2019

APHSA’s second “Health and Human Services Analytics Symposium for Action,” underwritten by Optum and The Lewin Group, was held in Chicago, IL from July 24-26, 2019. The symposium focused on building state and local capacity in data analytics in the health and human services sector. A report of the event, summarizing presenter sessions and other learnings, can be found here.

Full presentation slides are linked to below for download:

• State Showcase –
  • Innovation, Analytics and Data-Informed Decision Making
    Florida Department of Children and Families, Patricia Babcock, Ph.D., LCSW and Rodney Moore, LMHC
  • Delivering People-Centered, Data-Driven Services: Case Study from CA SNAP/CalFresh
    California Department of Aging, Kim McCoy Wade

• Change Management –
  • Becoming Data-Driven & Connecting to Purpose
    Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, Connor Norwood, PhD
  • Building Our Analytics Culture
    Fairfax County (VA), Ronald Chavarro, J. Kevin Filbey, and John Ruthinoski

• The Deeper Dive: Why Taking the Plunge Matters
  Analytics to Answer Policy Questions – Center for State Child Welfare Data Chapin Hall, University of Chicago, Fred Wulczyn

• Accelerating the Use of Analytics
  Thought Leader Panel – Erika Robbins, Jeanne McNeil, and Don Johnson

• Getting Big Data to the Good Guys – Christopher Kingsley

2018 Health and Human Services Analytics Symposium for Action — July 20-22, 2018

Please find the Summary Report of the July 20-22, 2018, event here. The Symposium was designed to explore current practices and operations taking place in the H/HS system relative to building capacity in analytics, to create a foundation from which services can be provided to better meet the needs of a community.

Past National Collaborative Meeting Materials

• April 30, 2017 — National Collaborative for Integration of Health & Human Services Pre-Summit — A meeting summary of the 6th Annual Meeting of National Collaborative members at the APHSA H/HS Policy Summit can be found here.
• April 16-17, 2015 — National Workgroup on Integration/The National Collaborative Fifth Annual Convening — At the 5th Annual Meeting, APHSA launched the National Collaborative for Integration of Health & Human Services (National Collaborative) aimed to expand upon NWI's efforts to transform the nation's health and human services system. The NC focused on elements of successful integration efforts as well as real-world examples of horizontal integration impacting population health and well-being.
  • 2015 Meeting Summary
    • Presentations – Day 1 – April 16, 2015
      • Where We've Been and Where We're Going
        Anita Light, Director, National Collaborative
        Megan Lape, National Collaborative, and Chair, H/HS Integration Maturity Model Task Force (Also see the NC H/HS Integration Maturity Model v2)
        Allison Davis, NJ DHS, Co-Chair, Analytics Committee
        Brian Howells, PCG, Co-Chair, Workforce Committee
      • Politics, Money & Rising Caseloads: What's Driving the Integration Agenda?
        Ron Smith, Director of Legislative Affairs, APHSA
        Rick Friedman, H/HS Consultant, APHSA
      • From the Client's Perspective: Examples of Horizontal Integration
        Bill Hazel, MD, Secretary, Health & Human Resources Agency, Commonwealth of Virginia
        Kevin Burt, Policy & Program Assistant Director, Department of Workforce Services, State of Utah
        Uma Ahluwalia, Director, Department of Health & Human Services, Montgomery County, Maryland
      • Successful Partnerships: Lessons Learned from States/Locals
        Anita Light, Director, National Collaborative
        Stephanie Muth, Deputy Executive Director, Texas Health and Human Services Commission
        Anita Friedman, Deputy Director, Department of Human Services, Arlington County, Virginia
        Jeanne Booth, Economic Independence Division Chief, Department of Human Services, Arlington County, Virginia
    • Presentations – Day 2 – April 17, 2015
      • How is Data Sharing Enabling Integrated Service Delivery and Successful Partnerships?
        Allison Davis, Senior Researcher and Executive Manager, Division of Family Development's Research, Operations and Reporting Unit, Department of Human Services, State of New Jersey
        Melissa Beard, Data Governance Coordinator, Education, Research and Data Center, Office of Financial Management, State of Washington
        Arthur Lomboy, Business Intelligence Data Manager, Department of Social Services, Monterey County, California
      • Examples from the Field: Moving Up the Curve
        Heidi Welsch, Director, Family Support and Assistance Division, Department of Community Services, Olmsted County, Minnesota
        Jane Wilson, Program Development Manager, Planning, Research, Evaluation and Engagement, Office of the Director, Human Services Department, Sonoma County, California (Also see www.upstreaminvestments.org)
• April 23-24, 2014 — NWI's 4th Annual Convening — At the 2014 Annual Convening, NWI focused on the challenges being faced based on the national and state/local findings from the 2013 H/HS Integration Self-Assessment and how jurisdictions were addressing them as they transform their health and human service agencies.
  • Agenda for NWI 2014 Annual Convening
    • Presentations
      • Necessity of Business Process Reengineering in Transformation
        Cemere James, Deputy Director, Work Support Strategies/CLASP
      • Opportunities for Service Delivery Integration
        Alice Lind, Director, Grants & Program Development, WA Health Care Authority
        Liz Misa, Deputy Medicaid Director, New York Department of Health
        Stephanie Radtke, Deputy Director, Dakota County Community Services, Minnesota
      • Workforce in an Integrated Environment
      • Nikki Hatch, Deputy Executive Director, Operations, CO Department of Human Services