Participating clinicians learn about leadership and management skills necessary to help them improve the operations of California’s safety-net institutions and the state’s overall health care system.

California has a lot of work to do to build a representative physician workforce. Latinos account for just 6% of physicians, despite making up 39% of the state’s population.

A CHCF Health Equity Fellow traces her path from a community of farmworkers in East Salinas.

With the new class at Charles R. Drew University in South Los Angeles, educators aim to build a workforce that looks like California.

Motivo, a CHCF investee, aims to increase the therapist workforce in California by connecting pre-licensed providers to virtual supervisors.

Recognizing that the dentist’s office is an underused gateway to mental health treatment, dozens of community health centers in such places as California, Idaho, and Virginia are incorporating depression screenings into their dental practices.

Katie Heidorn, CHCF’s director of state health policy, talks about major public investments set for the next fiscal year.

Un programa piloto que tardó dos décadas en lanzarse ahora cuenta con 24 médicos mexicanos que brindan atención a poblaciones latinas/x y trabajadores agrícolas en clínicas en los condados de Monterey, San Benito, Tulare y Los Ángeles. El estado ha emitido las licencias médicas de California de tres años para los médicos visitantes para mejorar la atención de los pacientes que solo hablan español.

California’s experience after Proposition 209 offers some clues and lessons.

Dr. Abdikarin Abdullahi talks about the mentorship program he developed to help people with low incomes achieve their dream of practicing medicine.

A pilot program that took two decades to launch now has 24 Mexican doctors providing care to Latino/x populations at clinics in Monterey, San Benito, Tulare, and Los Angeles Counties. The state has issued the visiting doctors three-year medical licenses to improve care for patients who speak only Spanish.

A new report from the Urban Institute addresses structural barriers to entering and remaining in the maternity care field.

A new report summarizes decades of research that demonstrates the many ways a reimagined approach to primary care can help reduce racial and ethnic health disparities.

In a podcast interview, CHCF President and CEO Sandra R. Hernández talks about the importance of using the health care workforce strategically.