Policy Project
The Step Two Policy Project is a policy think tank that focuses on issues involving health, behavioral health, and human services in New York. Our goal is to make complicated subjects more understandable to general readers, while providing detailed insights for people who work in the health policy field.
Resources
New: Interactive Map of Maternity Services by New York Counties, Rural and Not Rural
This resource accompanies the Issue Brief Preserving Maternity Services in Rural New York by Sally Dreslin.
Interact with the embedded version below (desktop only), or visit our Tableau Public page for more functionality. There are four tabs: 1) an overview of maternity and birthing service sites, 2) the same overview plus the addition of critical access hospitals (CAHs), 3) a map of CAHs plus a dynamic buffer (distance in miles) around maternity and birthing services, and 4) a map of maternity and birthing services plus a dynamic buffer (distance in miles) around the CAHs, which are designated as having medical/surgical services or not. Hover over the map for more interactivity. Please note that the buffers are measured by radius away from the care site, so a 15-mile buffer will produce a 30-mile-wide circle.
Interactive Behavioral Health Services Reference Table
More information about the tool is available here.
Interactive Map of NYS MCOs and Health Homes by County
Click on the map to access our interactive Tableau Public page. There, you can hover over each NYS county to view its available Health Homes Serving Adults, Health Homes Serving Children, and MCOs.
Maximizing Federal Healthcare Shortage Designations for People with IDD
Step Two developed slides as a complement to the Policy Brief of the same name, in collaboration with the Center for Health Workforce Studies, on how to leverage federal healthcare shortage designations to increase access to care for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities in New York.
Data Comparison Crosswalk and Information Comparison Crosswalk
Step Two developed two crosswalks to accompany its first Policy Brief, Democratization of Health Data, Information, and Policy Analysis. One, an Excel workbook, includes an examination of data sources publicly available in Massachusetts and New York, an overview of the accessibility of health data types available through various sources in NY, and a glossary. The other, a PDF, includes a crosswalk of the health information that is publicly available in the two states.
View these resources by clicking on the Excel and PDF icons
