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  • profile of several people walking and talking
    Report

    The 2024 CHCF Central Valley Health Policy Survey

    In late 2023, CHCF and NORC at the University of Chicago conducted a representative, statewide survey of Californians’ health care opinions and experiences, which included an oversample with 1,525 Central Valley respondents age 18 and older.

    •Facts and Data
  • Woman sitting at desk with computer and writing materials
    Report

    Making Medicaid Communications Easy to Understand: Cross-Project Insights

    Many people don’t apply for or use Medicaid because they cannot understand the program’s forms and documents. This paper summarizes several projects with concrete suggestions to make Medicaid communications clearer.

    •Health Insurance Coverage
  • Illustration of three Black women doctors against a vibrant blue and yellow background
    Expert Perspective

    The Gift I Didn’t Realize I Needed

    How practicing medicine at a predominantly Black institution led a physician to find her full, authentic, un-code-switched self.

    •Health Workforce
  • Feature Story

    An Innovative Solution for Sacramento’s Specialist Desert

    WellSpace Health and UC Davis Health partner in effort to shorten specialty care wait times for Medi-Cal patients.

    •Medi-Cal
  • Behind the Headlines

    Lawmakers Discuss the Future of Community Health Workers in California

    Experts told legislators how CHW/P/Rs can be integrated into the health care ecosystem without losing their focus on social justice.

    •Health Equity
  • Tool

    Medi-Cal and the End of the Federal Continuous Coverage Requirement

    For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, California resumed its normal processes to redetermine eligibility for Medi-Cal enrollees in April 2023. It will be imperative to help many of these Californians transition to other types of coverage and…

    •Medi-Cal
  • Inside CHCF

    Torres Mowat and Deas Join CHCF Board

    The California Health Care Foundation (CHCF) announced the election of Kristin Torres Mowat, JD, MBA, and Deborah Deas, MD, MPH, to its board of directors.

  • Quick Read

    Centering Perspectives of Dually Eligible Older Adults of Color

    Community Catalyst and the LeadingAge LTSS Center at the University of Massachusetts Boston partnered with community organizations in California to pilot the cocreation of a set of HCBS quality measures with dually eligible older adults of color.

    •Medi-Cal
  • Patient and provider talk during clinic visit.
    Report

    California’s Health Care for the Homeless Grantees

    Health Care for the Homeless programs are federally funded community health centers required to serve a population composed primarily of people experiencing homelessness. In California these programs are a crucial component of the state’s health care safety net.

    •Homelessness
  • Kathryn Phillips gives testimony to the California Assembly on the need for greater diversity in California's health workforce
    Expert Perspective

    CHCF and Allies Urge Lawmakers to Champion Health Workforce Diversity

    Experts testified that a more diverse and representative health workforce will improve patients’ access to high-quality care.

    •Health Workforce
  • Carin van Zyl, MD.
    Feature Story

    Palliative Care Movement Achieves Significant Progress in California

    The growing availability of palliative care for patients with serious illnesses is preventing hospitalizations, improving outcomes, and providing significant relief.

    •Medi-Cal
  • Counselor and client talking
    Project

    Evaluation of Lay Counselor Academy

    CHCF is supporting an evaluation of The Lay Counselor Academy, which trains people in community settings with interest and relationship-based skills to offer mental health counseling even if they are not formally licensed to practice therapy.

    •Health Workforce
  • Angela Sojobi
    Expert Perspective

    Diverse Maternity Care Workforce Essential to Advance Birth Equity

    A conversation with midwife Angela Sojobi about her decades of experience and the urgent need for more Black midwifery students.

    •Health Workforce
  • Patient and health care provide talk in clinic exam room.
    Report

    California’s County-Based Health Plans Almanac — 2024 Edition

    The state’s county-based health plans are public entities organized through one or more counties to ensure that Medi-Cal enrollees, and in some cases county employees and Covered California enrollees, receive comprehensive care. Where are these plans and who do they…

    •Facts and Data
  • External Resource

    Fourth National Listening to Mothers Survey

    CHCF is proud to sponsor the landmark Listening to Mothers survey, which will capture California mothers’ voices on their prenatal, birth, and postpartum experiences.