Building a Kaiser-ready coalition: FQHC + CBO + health system partnership model

The Strategy

Kaiser's funded projects almost always have a three-partner structure. The FQHC provides clinical credibility, data infrastructure, and a patient population. The CBO provides community trust, cultural congruence, and deployment capacity. The health system or health plan provides claims data, referral pathways, and sustainability via reimbursement. If you're a CBO applying alone, your first move is to recruit an FQHC partner before writing the proposal. If you're an FQHC, recruit a CBO with deep community roots. The partnership must be real…