Expanding access to social care

Social risk factors significantly impact health. However, our healthcare system is not equipped to integrate the social care that drives better health and health equity.

About CHaSCI

CHaSCI is a training and policy center at RUSH University Medical Center that ACTS to expand access to social care by:

• Advocating for equitable access to quality services that address health-related social needs and social risk factors

• Coordinating national leaders in aging and social work devoted to improving health and social care

• Training social workers, community health workers, and others in our CHaSCI model and suite of offerings

• Steering systems change through education, research, and policy