Social & Community Context
Community Resources
Community resources encompass public, nonprofit, or other similar resources. Health and human services staff can use these resources to better serve FSSA constituents and/or to share directly with constituents.
Gender identity and Sexual orientation
Disability
- Blind & Visually Impaired Resources
- Indiana Randolph-Sheppard Business Enterprise Program
- Medicaid for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled
- MEDWorks
- Nonemergency Medical Transportation for Indiana Health Coverage Programs members
- Disability and Health Inclusion Strategies
- Disability Evaluation Under Social Security
- Department of Education
- Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services
- National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
- National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research
- Department of Health & Human Services
- Department of Homeland Security
- Department of Labor
- Department of Transportation
- Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- United States of Department of Justice
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Disability and Health
- National Institutes of Health
- Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board
- Social Security Administration
- Healthy People 2030
- Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services
- Affordable Care Act
- Disability in Public Health: Learning Modules
Community and Social Supports
U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs
- Benefits for family members and options for those with no internet-connected devices (video)
- Beyond MST VAMobile App
- Center for Women Veterans Resources
- COMPACT Act Community Partner Resource Hub
- Federal Benefits for Veterans, Dependents, Survivors, and Caregivers, 2023 Edition
- Indianapolis Regional Offices (Benefits)
- Military Sexual Trauma
- Military Sexual Trauma Coordinator
- VA benefits for family and caregivers
- Women’s Veterans Care Indiana
- The PACT Act and your VA benefits
- Resources and Support
State of Indiana
- Indiana Department of Veterans Affairs
- Indiana Governors Challenge Resources
- Indiana Military Relief Fund
- Locate Your County Veterans Service Offices
- Women Veterans
- Troop and Family Resource | Indiana National Guard
- Services and Resources | Indiana National Guard
- State Financial Aid for Military and Public Safety Officers
- National Guard Tuition Supplement Grant | Indiana
Trauma
Learning Resources
Learning resources include trainings and other resources that will help staff working in health and human services understand health equity, the social determinants of health, and how to engage with constituents to enhance the overall health and social services provided to Hoosiers.
Social Identity
- FYS 101: Intersectional Self
- Gender and Health
- LGBTQ Youth National Policy Statement
- Intersectionality: Amplifying Impacts on Health Equity
- Meeting LGBTQ+ Health Care Needs in Medicaid
- Transforming Child Health Care Through an Anti-Racist, Family-Centered Focus
- New State Options for Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Data Collection
- Social Identity
Race/ism and ethnicity
- Systemic And Structural Racism: Definitions, Examples, Health Damages, And Approaches To Dismantling
- Big Data In Health Care: Using Analytics To Identify And Manage High-Risk And High-Cost Patients
- Implicit Bias and Racial Disparities in Health Care
- Occupational Segregation of Black Women Workers in the U.S.
- Historical Foundations of Race. National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Systemic Racism and Health Equity
- Racism and Health
- Systemic And Structural Racism: Definitions, Examples, Health Damages, And Approaches To Dismantling
- Structural Racism In Historical And Modern US Health Care Policy
- Racism as a determinant of health and health care
- How racism is a structural and social determinant of health
- Structural Racism: The Root Cause of the Social Determinants of Health
- The State of Health Disparities in the United States
- National Advisory Council on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NACMHD) Working Group on Persons Living with Disabilities
- Medical Exploitation of Enslaved Black Women
- Minority Health and Health Disparities: Definitions and Parameters
Gender identity and Sexual orientation
- Measurement of gender as a social determinant of health in epidemiology—A scoping review
- Sexual orientation and gender identity: review of concepts, controversies and their relation to psychopathology classification systems
- Gender Disparities in Health and Healthcare Use Among Older Adults
- Medicaid Opportunities to Improve Health Care Access and Quality for LGBTQ+ Communities
- Addressing Social Determinants of Health for Sexual and Gender Minority (SGM) People
Disability
- Advisory Committee to the Director Working Group on Diversity Subgroup on Individuals with Disabilities
- Persons With a Disability: Labor Force Characteristics – 2023
- Americans With Disabilities Are a Health Disparity Population that Deserves Greater Attention and Resources
- Challenges for People with Disabilities
- Disability and Health Overview
- Common Barriers to Participation Experienced by People with Disabilities
- Fact Sheet: Disability Discrimination
- Universal Design and Accessibility
- Disability and Health Healthy Living
- NIH designates people with disabilities as a population with health disparities
- Disability History: Early and Shifting Attitudes of Treatment
Community and Social Supports
Immigration status
- Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: Citizenship & Immigration Status
- Immigrant and Refugees Definitions
- Immigrant Definition
- What is a Refugee?
- Economic, Social, and Health Effects of Discrimination on Latino Immigrant Families
- Immigrant Students: Our Kids, Our Future
- Refugee Resettlement in Indiana (2022)
- US immigration policy: A classic, unappreciated example of structural racism
- Supporting the Integration of Refugee and Asylum Seeking Physicians Into the US Health Care System
- Why Refugee Doctors Become Taxi Drivers
- Recognizing and Breaking the Cycle of Trauma and Violence Among Resettled Refugees
- The Effects of Perceived Discrimination on Immigrant and Refugee Physical and Mental Health
Veteran status
- Outreach, Transition and Economic Development
- Multiple Chronic Conditions Among Veterans and Nonveterans: United States, 2015–2018
- Beyond War and PTSD: The Crucial Role of Transition Stress in the Lives of Military Veterans
- From service to sentencing: Unraveling risk factors for criminal justice involvement among U.S. veterans
- Veterans’ Path to Reintegration
- Veterans Affairs
- PTSD: National Center for PTSD
Social isolation
- US Surgeon General’s Advisory on the Healing Effectives of Social Connection and Community
- Social Isolation Among Older Individuals: The Relationship to Mortality and Morbidity
- Loneliness, social support, social isolation and wellbeing among working age adults with and without disability: Cross-sectional study
- Social Isolation, Loneliness in Older People Pose Health Risks
Aging population
- What is “Caregiving
- Adult Protective Services
- Long-term Care Ombudsman
- INconnect Alliance
- FSSA Division of Aging
- Report finds family caregivers provide $10.8 billion in unreimbursed care in Indiana
- SDOH Impact on Family Caregivers
- State of Aging in Central Indiana
- Social Determinants of Health and Older Adults
- Insights into the Social Determinants of Health in Older Adults
- Ageing and health
- Ageing
- About Healthy Ageing
- Health Status and Health Care Service Utilization
- The Impact of Healthcare Access on Child Development
- Valuing the Invaluable: 2023 Update Strengthening Supports for Family Caregivers
- Social Isolation Among Older Individuals: The Relationship to Mortality and Morbidity
Criminal Justice System
- Felon Voting Rights
- The Sentencing Project Glossary of Terms
- Addressing Behavioral Health Needs During Community Reentry
- Health and Reentry 101: Improving Outcomes for People Leaving Jails and Prisons
- Medicaid Opportunities to Support Youth Transitioning from Incarceration
- Reentry/Transition
- Recidivism
- What is the difference between Parole and Probation?
- What is the Prison Industrial Complex?
- Youth in the Justice System: An Overview
- Desistance from Crime: Implications for Research, Policy, and Practice
Trauma
- 6 Guiding Principles to a Trauma-Informed Approach
- What is Intimate Partner Violence? (video)
- Preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences
- Defining Social and Emotional Learning (SEL)
- Key Ingredients for Successful Trauma-Informed Care Implementation
- 6 Principles of Trauma Informed Care
- Traumatic Incident Stress
- Education & Training: Sexual Misconduct Reporting & Resources
- Glossary of Terms Related to Trauma-Informed, Integrated Healthcare
- About Adverse Childhood Experiences
- About Intimate Partner Violence
- Domestic Violence Against American Indian and Alaska Native Women
- Gender-Based Violence in Rural Communities
- Positive Childhood Experiences
- Risk and Protective Factors
- SAMHSA Spotlight – Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- Trauma and Violence
- The 2022 Global Philanthropy Environment Index
- Adverse Childhood Experiences and Mental Health Conditions Among Adolescents
- Long-Term Consequences of Child Abuse and Neglect on Adult Economic Well-Being
- Impact of Intimate Partner Violence on Women’s Mental Health
- Relationship Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Unemployment Among Adults From Five US States
- Key Ingredients for Successful Trauma-Informed Care Implementation
- Preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) to improve U.S. health
- Adverse Childhood Experiences and Chronic Disease Risk in the Southern Community Cohort Study
- Patterns of Adverse Childhood Experiences and Substance use Among Young Adults: A Latent Class Analysis
Data Resources
Data resources present data about the issue. They may include data in infographics or other visual mediums. These resources will help health and human services staff understand social determinants of health through relevant statistics, dashboards, and other data content.
Social Identity
Gender identity and Sexual orientation
- LGBT+ People’s Health Status and Access to Care
- 2022 National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health
- Health Disparities Among LGBTQ Youth | CDC
- Health Equity Among Black Women in the United States
- Women’s Experiences with Provider Communication and Interactions in Health Care Settings: Findings from the 2022 KFF Women’s Health Survey
- Women’s Health
Disability
- Chart Book: Social Security Disability Insurance
- Financial Stability of People With Disabilities
- Persons With a Disability: Labor Force Characteristics – 2023
- Disability and Health Healthcare Cost Data
- COVID-19 Likely Resulted in 1.2 Million More Disabled People by the End of 2021—Workplaces and Policy Will Need to Adapt
- Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on People with Disabilities
- Disability-Based Disparities in Social Determinants of Health among Working-Age Adults: Evidence from the 2018 National Health Interview Surveys
- Disability
- Magnitude and Costs of Disability in America
- Disability, Health Equity & COVID-19
- Disability and Health Data System
Community and Social Supports
- Refugee Processing Center Archives
- Foreign-Born Workers: Labor Force Characteristics – 2023
- Immigrants in Indiana
- Education levels of U.S. immigrants are on the rise
- Migration Policy Institute State Demographics Data
- Greater Indianapolis Hosts a Thriving Burmese Community
- Veterans Affairs
- Veterans’ Employment Challenges Report
- Health Risks of Social Isolation and Loneliness
- Limited English Proficiency in Indiana
- NAACP Criminal Justice Fact Sheet
- The Sentencing Project: Criminal Justice Data
- Criminal Justice Statistics
- Domestic Violence in Indiana
- Domestic Violence Statistics
- Domestic Violence & the Black
- Disarm Domestic Violence in Indiana
- Teen, Campus & Dating Violence
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- What Are the Social Determinants of Trauma?
How Social and Community Context Impacts Olivia
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Get to Know OliviaHow Social and Community Context Impacts The Jackson Family
Meet Nichelle—a devoted wife and mother who balances caregiving for her mom with her own family responsibilities. Living near a Haitian community helps Nichelle feel connected to her culture. With her sister far away, she leans on her best friend and creative hobbies to find joy in daily life.
Get to Know The Jackson FamilyHow Social and Community Context Impacts The Garcia Family
Meet Elena—certified nurse assistant, National Guard veteran, and single mom. Living far from her support network, she is navigating grief, PTSD, and an invisible disability while raising her two children. Elena is trying to build community and find her way again.
Get to Know The Garcia FamilyHow Social and Community Context Impacts Chris
Meet Chris, a teacher who is blind and who has built a strong community through friends, family, and shared interests. Between hosting karaoke nights, playing Dungeons & Dragons, and spending time with his girlfriend’s family, Chris works to overcome stereotypes while nurturing his social connections.
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Topics
Community and Social Supports
Isolation and loneliness harm well-being, while strong social ties help individuals and communities thrive.
Criminal Justice
Addressing education, economic stability, and community support reduces crime and improves outcomes for those who have interacted with the criminal justice system.
Social Identity
Social identities like race, disability, and age shape experiences in daily life. Marginalized groups often face discrimination that contributes to poorer health outcomes.
Trauma
Understanding adverse childhood experiences and intimate partner violence helps us prevent trauma and support healing.