Cortney Matz

New Resource for Fair Compensation Practices for People with Lived Experience

People with Lived Experience (PWLE) bring insights that make policies, programs, and services stronger, more relevant, and more effective. But their expertise is often undervalued, or even excluded, because of outdated or inflexible compensation practices. CACP has partnered with our PWLE Advisory Council to bring you our new Compensating People with Lived Experience guide where […]

neon sign of a handshake next to the cover of a compensation guide
Read More ▶

Use Your Lived Experience to Make the Healthcare System Work Better for Everyone: Assessing Opportunities to Create Real Impact

People with lived experience (PWLE) bring critical insight to the work of transforming health care systems. You know what works, what’s not working, what’s missing, and what really makes a difference because you have lived it. When organizations invite you to participate as advisors, reviewers, storytellers, or co-designers, they’re investing in better care, access, equity, […]

Read More ▶

Call to Action: Create a Clear Value Case for Sustainable Community Engagement

Despite the recognized importance of Community Engagement, many health care organizations struggle to integrate it into their strategies in a way that’s sustainable, measurable, and aligned with business goals…

Read More ▶

Podcast: One Year Later – INSPIRE 2.0

CACP President and CEO Melinda Karp joins journalist and patient advocate Rebecca Esparza on Caring as Communities—a podcast by CBC Solutions. As two of the collaborators on the INSPIRE team, they share their experience and highlight findings from INSPIRE’s 2024 report on creating meaningful community engagement. One year following the launch of the innovative INSPIRE […]

Read More ▶