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CHCF Health Care Leadership Program Welcomes 26th Cohort of Fellows
Meet the next class of the program, which helps veteran clinicians enhance the care provided by California’s health system.
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Training Frontline Doctors in Communities, Not Hospitals
California can join other states and support more ‘teaching health centers’ to train desperately needed doctors. After graduation, most physicians stay in underserved communities.
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Trust Is a Clinical Outcome. Here’s What It Takes for Providers to Earn It.
A Southern California physician who grew up in Mexico explains how cultural and linguistic connections build patient trust and improve health outcomes.
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Listening to the Frontlines: Kaiser Permanente’s Lessons on Integrating Doulas for Medi-Cal
Kaiser Permanente’s experience with California’s doula benefit reveals the importance of listening to the people closest to the work.
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Scaling and Sustaining Community Health Work: An Evaluation of the Amplifying Impact Initiative
CHCF’s Amplifying Impact Initiative helped 28 California organizations expand community health worker services under Medi-Cal. Evaluation findings show trusted relationships, regional collaboratives, and workforce investment drive scale. But financial sustainability remains the central challenge.
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The 2026-27 Budget Is Final. Here Are 5 Health Policy Questions Facing California’s Next Governor
Lawmakers deferred tough choices on Medi-Cal, coverage, workforce, and AI to whoever wins November’s race and takes office in January.
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Los Angeles — Regional Market Report 2026
Los Angeles is one of seven markets included in the 2026 Regional Markets Study, which focuses on gaining key insights into the organization, financing, and delivery of care in communities across California and over time.
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Community Health Worker/ Promotores/Representative Training Program Best Practices
This publication offers voluntary best practices for training community health workers, promotores, and representatives, helping programs strengthen quality while preserving community roots. Developed through broad stakeholder input, it promotes accessible, culturally responsive training that supports a trusted workforce statewide.
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Immigrants in California’s Health Workforce: How Federal Policy Changes Threaten Access to Care
This explainer examines how recent federal immigration policy changes could disrupt workforce recruitment, deepen provider shortages, and threaten access to culturally and linguistically concordant care across California.
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Building and Sustaining Community Health Worker Programs in California — A Resource Center
This resource center features tools to help California managed care plans, providers, and community-based organizations build and sustain community health worker services funded through Medi-Cal.
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Inland Empire — Regional Market Report 2026
The Inland Empire is one of seven markets included in the 2026 Regional Markets Study, which focuses on gaining key insights into the organization, financing, and delivery of care in communities across California and over time.
