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Linking School-Based Health Services and Community Schools to Address the Needs of Students and Families
Community Schools represent an integrated educational approach designed to transform traditional schools into community hubs by offering comprehensive services and supports to students and their families. Linking school-based health services and Community Schools is a low-barrier, high-impact approach to improving educational and health outcomes for students, and to better engaging families and the surrounding community in supporting student success.

Sally Dreslin & Adrienne Anderson
15 minutes ago


Democratization of Analysis: An Exercise in Accessing and Visualizing New York Health Data
This paper and the related recent data exercise illustrate the resources that could be developed from existing health delivery system data.

Step Two Policy Project
Mar 11


Reforming Care Management for Adults with Behavioral Health Needs in New York Medicaid
The purpose of this Brief is to describe the existing care management infrastructure in New York and trace its evolution.

Adrienne Anderson
Jan 22


The Future of School-Based Health Centers in New York
School-Based Health Centers (SBHCs) represent a relatively small but important component of the healthcare safety net in New York.

Sally Dreslin
Dec 19, 2024


(Part 2 of 2) Healthcare in Rural New York: Current Challenges and Solutions for Improving Outcomes
Accompanied by the Disparities in Rural and Urban Mortality: New York State Chartbook by Adrienne Anderson Policy Brief: Chartbook:...

Sally Dreslin
Oct 2, 2024


(Part 1 of 2) Healthcare in Rural New York: Current Challenges and Solutions for Improving Outcomes
In this Policy Brief, we examine some of the wide-ranging health challenges that New York’s rural communities are facing...

Sally Dreslin
Oct 2, 2024


State Healthcare Cost Growth Benchmarks
This paper discusses a strategy that a growing number of states are pursuing to constrain growth in healthcare costs...

Adrienne Anderson
Jun 27, 2024


An Inflection Point for Health Information Exchange in New York
Health Data and Information Series #3 Introduction Health information exchange (HIE) is already an indispensable part of the healthcare...

Sally Dreslin
May 1, 2024


An Analysis of the FY 25 Executive Budget and Legislative Proposals for Financially Distressed Hospitals
Funding for financially distressed hospitals is one of the two “burning houses” in the FY 25 Health budget...

Paul Francis
Mar 14, 2024


A Review of the Managed Long-Term Care Issues in the FY 25 Executive Budget
Governor Kathy Hochul introduced her Executive Budget for State fiscal year 2024-25 (FY 25) on January 16, 2024...

Paul Francis with Sally Dreslin and Adrienne Anderson
Feb 21, 2024


Using Health Data and Information to Better Measure the Affordability of Healthcare
The lack of comprehensive health data, information, and policy analysis infrastructure in New York hampers the ability of policymakers to...

Sally Dreslin & Adrienne Anderson
Jan 25, 2024
S2P 2024 State of the State Brief
...we were very pleased to see the number of proposals in the 2024 State of the State (SOS) that dovetail well with our areas of interest...

Paul Francis
Jan 12, 2024


The Challenge of Financially Distressed Hospitals in New York
Technology and medical progress are disrupting the hospital industry, enabling more procedures to be performed outside of the hospital...

Paul Francis with Sally Dreslin and Adrienne Anderson
Dec 29, 2023


Categories of Health Data and Information
Health Data and Information Series #2

Step Two Policy Project
Dec 14, 2023


Maximizing Federal Healthcare Shortage Designations
Increasing Access to Care for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in New York This document was prepared by...

Sally Dreslin & Adrienne Anderson
Nov 27, 2023


Supporting Individuals with Complex Needs
This document was prepared by Sally Dreslin, the Executive Director of the Step Two Policy Project, and Courtney Burke, Senior Fellow for...

Sally Dreslin
Oct 4, 2023


Democratization of Health Data, Information, and Policy Analysis
New York could rapidly improve its own infrastructure by using the Massachusetts model as a detailed road map for changes in New York.

Sally Dreslin & Paul Francis
Sep 21, 2023
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