The California Improvement Network (CIN) is a learning and action community that advances equitable health care experiences and outcomes for Californians through cross-sector connections, spreading good ideas, and implementing improvements.
What Is CIN?
The California Improvement Network (CIN) is a learning and action community that advances equitable health care experiences and outcomes for Californians through cross-sector connections, spreading good ideas, and implementing improvements.
CIN Quick Facts
- Est. 2005
- CIN partners serve 36.9 million Californians
- Comprised of approx 24 partner organizations (18 HCOs and 6 CBOs)
- CBOs receive $40,000 stipend for participation
- Next cycle: March 2025 – March 2027
- Website: www.chcf.org/cin
- Contact: cin@ucsf.edu
- Program office: Healthforce Center at UCSF
- Funder: California Health Care Foundation
CIN’s guiding vision for 2025-2027 is a future in which all people can experience person-centered care that results in improved and equitable care experiences and outcomes.
CIN partners engage in a shared governance model, define priorities for learning and action, collaborate on network activities, and advance the network’s aim by building relationships across the health care ecosystem.
CIN is unique in that it brings together health care organizations (HCOs), such as providers, payers, and supporters, with community-based and social service organizations (CBOs) to improve health care.
CIN is a project of the California Health Care Foundation and managed by Healthforce Center at UCSF.
Learn how CIN functions and who is in the network.
CIN Priority Areas
CIN establishes three priority areas for learning and action for each two-year cycle. For 2025-2027, we are focused on leading change and fostering resilience, improving care to achieve equity, partnering to support whole-person care.
See resources and tools for these and earlier priority areas below:
- Addressing Burnout
- Advancing Health Equity
- Behavioral Health
- Evolving Roles and Care Models
- Financial Risk and Total Cost of Care
- Providing Care Differently
- Social Drivers of Health
- Strengthening Foundations
Join CIN!
The California Improvement Network is open to all and free of cost, thanks to the support of the California Health Care Foundation. Subscribe now to hear about the latest health improvement events, resources, and tools through our monthly newsletter. See examples of our recent newsletters at these links:
- CIN Newsletter, September 2025
- CIN Newsletter, August 2025
- CIN Newsletter, July 2025
- CIN Newsletter, June 2025
- CIN Newsletter, May 2025
Upcoming CIN Webinars
Collaborative Care Model for Perinatal Mental Health
This webinar will introduce the Collaborative Care Model (CoCM), an evidence-based approach to integrating behavioral health into primary care, with a focus on addressing perinatal depression. Participants will learn about the model and hear real-world insights from a Los Angeles-based initiative supporting CoCM for perinatal patients in FQHC settings.
Everybody Belongs: Advancing Health Equity through Child Safety Planning
In this CIN webinar, Salud Para La Gente will share its approach to embedding Health Equity into its service line by integrating Child Safety Plans while addressing the challenges and successes of this work. Participants will learn how Salud collaborates with partners to build a supportive ecosystem around families—including notaries who volunteer their time, financial institutions that help families plan for stability, and local systems that recognize and honor the plans.
Past Webinars
