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Victoria Clayton

Victoria Clayton

Independent Journalist

External Contributor

Victoria Clayton is a journalist and creative writer in Southern California. Her work has appeared in The Atlantic, Forbes, Open Mind, the Los Angeles Times and many other publications. She writes on a range of topics, including health, well-being, and family. She is a fellow of the Rosalynn Carter Center for Mental Health Journalism. 

Resources by Victoria Clayton

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CalAIM Implementers Convening

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Street Medicine Team’s Behavioral Health Care Builds Trust with Inland Empire’s Unhoused Residents

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Rural Hospital System Cuts Readmissions, Changes Lives With Enhanced Care Management

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Elaine Berg lives in Bakersfield with her son Alpha Omega "Poppy" Stewart, right, who has Down syndrome. Both are Medi-Cal enrollees. Stewart's friend since high school, Daniel Montes, is at left.
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Kern, Tulare Counties Brace for Crisis Caused by Possible Medi-Cal Cuts

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Mother daughter and father sitting on a couch
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Worried Orange County Families, Health Leaders Speak Out About Protecting Medi-Cal

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Dr. Matthew Beare and his staff from Clinica Sierra Vista in Bakersfield distribute medical needs and perform checkups on unhoused people along the Kern River.
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Protecting Unhoused Patients from the Harms of Encampment Sweeps

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