CBOs Share Ideas About Cross- Sector Partnering

More community-based organizations (CBOs) are pursuing cross-sector partnership strategies, and there is certainly no shortage of high-level content about why partnerships matter. However, detailed information about what it really takes to succeed in cross-sector partnerships is relatively hard to find.

So when the Aging and Disability Business Institute asked us to help them tell the stories of six CBOs flourishing in their cross-sector partnership strategies, we knew we wanted to do something different. We wanted to go beyond the ‘why’ to share practical and actionable insights about the ‘what’ and the ‘how’.

We are happy to share these six in-depth success stories, highlighting the hard work, lessons learned, and outcomes achieved through collaboration between CBOs and healthcare providers.

In these CBO success stories:

• CICOA Aging & In-Home Solutions demonstrates how they tap into the power of data to activate services faster and deliver value in healthcare partnerships.
• Elder Services of the Merrimack Valley reveals how they’ve transformed their culture into their secret ingredient for replicating successful healthcare partnerships after partnership.
• Boulder County Area Agency on Aging exemplifies how disciplined business development practices and understanding how to apply national know-how in their local market create demand for their services among potential healthcare partners.
• The Council on Aging of Southwestern Ohio describes its guiding principles for negotiation and how it balances relationship development and sound business decision-making in cross-sector partnership development.  
• Partners in Care Foundation explains how they built a large-scale CBO network for one of California’s largest health plans to improve health outcomes.
• Camarillo Health Care District’s story uncovers common cross-sector partnership obstacles and examines how this public agency addressed them in its partnership initiatives.

Read all six profiles below or hit the Download button at the top of this post for a PDF version.