Community Benefit General Resources

CHA's A Guide for Planning and Reporting Community Benefit provides a comprehensive framework for health care organizations desiring to develop a strategic approach to planning, delivering and reporting on community benefit programs.

This resources offers practical advice on how hospitals can work with community and public health partners to assess community health needs and develop effective strategies for improving health in our communities.

Designed to help community benefit leaders take a systematic approach to evaluating and improving their programs and to meet their legal requirements by applying the knowledge and experience of public health program evaluation to community benefit programs.

This 35-page booklet was developed by the Catholic Health Association and Health Care Without Harm to help health care organizations seek opportunities for facility community benefit, as well as to encourage and inform health care leaders to engage people and groups within their organizations and communities to improve community health through environmental improvements.

This monograph describes the significant contribution of mission-driven tax-exempt hospitals and health care systems that goes well beyond the provision of traditional charity care.

Describes the IRS Form 990, Schedule H, what boards need to know about IRS reporting requirements, and why community benefit and tax exemption are important issues for Catholic health care.

This 5 x7 inch two-sided prayer card offers an inspirational message on front and a prayer on the backside. Useful as a prayer resource for meetings and something you can share in break rooms and staff gathering areas, it is available for order in hardcopy – with free ground shipping in the United States. Please share it widely.