1. A non-profit Coordinated Care Organization Jackson County region
Our Mission: Jackson Care Connect empowers people and systems to improve the health of our community.
A non-profit Coordinated Care Organization
Jackson County region
Provide Medicaid for ~28,000 members

3. Health & Housing Housing Conditions Neighborhood Housing Affordability
Impact on Physical Health & Social/ Emotional Health

4. Housing Conditions Lead poisoning Asthma Carcinogenic air Injury
40% of diagnosed asthma cases among children is believed to be due to residential exposures.
Carcinogenic air
Injury
4 million ER visits annually
Psychological distress - crowded & poor housing conditions

5. Neighborhood Conditions
Safe to be outside – play and exercise
Access to grocery store – fresh, healthy foods
Fewer convenience stores with tobacco, alcohol, and fast food
Employment & meaningful engagement opportunities
Transportation – connected to services
Social and economic conditions:
Employment & meaningful engagement opportunities
Socialize with friends and neighbors – have a support system
Employment & Educational attainment is strongly link to health outcomes
>>> Creating opportunities for making healthy choices

6. Housing Affordability
Limited to neighborhoods with fewer resources
Paying more for housing leaves less for other basic needs
17 million households pay more than 50% of their income on housing
Families are limited to choosing to live in neighborhoods with fewer health promoting resources
If a family is stuck paying more for housing than they can really afford then they are unable to meet other basic needs; such as nutrition, health care
17 million households pay more than 50% of their income on housing

7. Local Issues Safety at home – injury due to falling
Walkable neighborhoods
Food deserts
Homeless families – Lack of affordable housing
Medical Respite Housing
We hear and see the same issues locally in many aspects of our work and many of the tables we sit at.
Safety at home – injury due to falling & other results of poor housing conditions
Walkable neighborhoods – access to resources, including employment, medical care
Food deserts
Story: hear from members who can’t follow their dr.’s orders to change their diet because they rely on a friend to drive them to the grocery store and can only buy non-perishable foods once month.
Homeless families – Lack of affordable housing
Story: couple evicted and found it very challenging to maintain healthy lifestyle/ health improvements they had learn through 12 wk YMCA program.
The impact of not having an address
Physical impacts of not being warm and dry
Medical Respite Housing – need for housing so that homeless individuals can be safely discharged from the hospital.
Story: members delaying needed surgery because they have nowhere to go home to once discharged. One woman who delayed the breast cancer surgery she needed.

8. JCC Homeless Services & Housing
Shower & Laundry Trailer
Drinking Water
Heather’s Haven and Starting Strong Apts.
Hope Village
Homeless Services -
Shower /Laundry Trailer: Available every Friday. Provides a rare chance to shower and have clean clothes – opens opportunities for employment and services by reducing discrimination based on hygiene and increasing self confidence.
Water: supported Rogue Retreat providing water during the summer when it was consistently over 100 and there are very few places for people to get free water. Water fountains are turned off, restaurants charge for a cup or show them the door, get a ticket for drinking out of a hose on private property.
Housing –
Heather’s Haven: Funded Rogue Retreat taking over this property in Now two houses that can house and provide case management to 10 women who would otherwise be living on the street after exiting a recovery program. RR has seen this stability play a crucial role in preventing relapse helping the women move on to independent, healthy lives as well as ensuring the investment that was made into their treatment, $5k to $15k.
Starting Strong Apartments: 2 units - For women who are coming out of recovery and are pregnant or have children under 3 yrs. Case management.