HELPING THE COMMUNITY

AACN helps our Alamo community by making it easier for residents to get access to the resources they need. By partnering with some of the most well-known community-based organizations in the area, we ensure that the individual is put first and that their needs are understood and met with empathy. We empower our local organizations to create referrals on behalf of their clients, and in doing so we create an environment of trust between the organizations and the community at large. AACN members are working to collaborate around Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) – a term for the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, and work. These include conditions such as access to childcare, healthy food, social services, and transportation. Under the SDoH model, an individual’s health is co-determined by these social, economic, and environmental factors in addition to access to traditional healthcare.

AACN members work to improve well-being and health, and our community’s health equity, by more effectively coordinating to provide these critical services.

AACN will utilize the results of our collaborative work to improve efficiency and effectiveness and to educate the health care industry on their approach to solving for 80% of modifiable health outcomes by evidencing referrals to Community-Based Organizations.