Joanna Turner presented on how the State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC) helps states use federal survey data like the American Community Survey (ACS) and Current Population Survey (CPS) to inform state health policy decisions. SHADAC enhances the data to address policy questions on issues like health insurance coverage, creates easy to use data products and tools, conducts education and outreach, and provides suggestions to the Census Bureau to improve data accessibility and usefulness for states. The goal is to help bridge the gap between available health data and how states can apply it for decision making.