National Organizations for State and Local Officials

State Health Services and Financing 1) Engage multiple states and their State Medicaid Directors and other health care payment officials to develop detailed implementation plans for policy initiatives that will improve access to quality health care for their highest-need populations that intersect with HRSA programs and HRSA settings of care. Where feasible, these initiatives can be shared across multiple states to achieve a nationwide impact. 2) Implement technical assistance activities and tools on health care financing policies, models, and data strategies that will benefit State Medicaid Directors, State Medicaid programs, and HRSA grantees to improve access to quality health care for high need communities by leveraging both HRSA programs and State Medicaid programs. Health Policy Innovation. 1) The award recipient will engage multiple states and their state policy officials and organizations relevant to HRSA programs to develop detailed implementation plans for policy initiatives that will improve access to quality health care for their highest-need populations. Where feasible, these initiatives will reach multiple states to achieve a nationwide impact. 2) The award recipient will implement capacity building activities on health policies, state models, and effective strategies that will improve access to quality health care to address the following: behavioral health workforce development, access to mental health and substance abuse disorder services, health care needs of homeless and public housing populations, and other vulnerable people. State Health Legislation 1) The award recipient will engage multiple states and their state and territorial legislators and legislative officials to develop detailed implementation plans for policy initiatives that will improve access to quality health care for their highest-need populations. Where feasible, these initiatives will reach multiple states to achieve a nationwide impact. 2) The award recipient will implement capacity-building activities on health care policies, state models, and promising practices that will improve access to quality health care to address the following: maternal health disparities, health care workforce development, access to mental health and substance abuse disorder services, oral health services for children and adults, access to telehealth services, and other emerging public health priorities. State and Local Public Health Systems 1) The award recipient will engage states and their state, territorial, tribal, and local public health officials and organizations to develop detailed implementation plans for policy initiatives that will improve access to quality health care for their highest-need populations. Where feasible, these initiatives will reach multiple states to achieve a nationwide impact. 2) The award recipient will implement capacity building activities on effective health care policies and programs that will improve access to quality health care to address the following: behavioral health workforce development, health care needs of people who are medically and economically vulnerable, geographically isolated people in rural areas, people with HIV, people with unmet behavioral health needs, and other vulnerable people. State Governance 1) The award recipient will engage state and territorial governors and their policy advisors to develop detailed implementation plans for policy initiatives that will improve access to quality health care for their highest-need populations. Where feasible, these initiatives will reach multiple states to achieve a nationwide impact. 2) The award recipient will implement capacity building activities on innovative solutions to public health challenges and best practices that will improve access to quality health care to address youth mental health in school-based settings, maternal mental health, health ca