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Listening as a Lifeline: A Doula’s Witness to Black Maternal Health

OAKLAND POST — Maternal mortality and pregnancy-related mortality use different time frames and methods and are not interchangeable. Finalized 2024 CDC data recorded 649 maternal deaths...

California’s largest Medi-Cal transformation—California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal, or CalAIM—was designed to connect residents experiencing homelessness, trauma, and chronic illness directly to health care and social services. The statewide initiative allows healthcare providers to bill Medi-Cal for intensive, field-based care coordination, bringing doctors, social workers, and housing navigators directly to unsheltered residents where they live.

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CalAIM Helped Alfred Flores Rebuild His Life. Why Can’t More Californians Access Its Benefits?

BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER — “Under CalAIM, there has been this incredible ability to pay for certain things that are helpful to anyone experiencing homelessness,” said Margot...

For some older adults, homelessness comes after decades of low-wage, physically demanding work, while others carry years of trauma that can complicate their path back to stable housing.

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How Inglewood’s Homeless Seniors Are Finding Relief Through Housing and Trauma-Informed Care

BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER — For people like Gilbert Ramirez, the dangers of living on the street compound with age. Chronic illnesses become harder to manage, mobility...

From left to right: Justice Rashida Adams, Judges Denise Hippach, and Juliet Macaulay. Image courtesy of California Black Media.

Black History2 months ago

Gov. Newsom Nominates 3 Black Women Judges to Serve on State Courts of Appeal

Justices Adams, Hippach and Juliet Macaulay are among eight appellate court nominees recently announced by Newsom. The governor also appointed nine Superior Court judges across five...

Black Press4 months ago

OP-ED: Measure ER Offers an Opportunity to Vote Our Values

INLAND VALLEY NEWS — When clinics disappear, people wait until illnesses become emergencies. When preventive care vanishes, suffering increases – and sometimes people who were working...

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Listening as a Lifeline: A Doula’s Witness to Black Maternal Health

CalAIM Helped Alfred Flores Rebuild His Life. Why Can’t More Californians Access Its Benefits?

How Inglewood’s Homeless Seniors Are Finding Relief Through Housing and Trauma-Informed Care

Gov. Newsom Nominates 3 Black Women Judges to Serve on State Courts of Appeal

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Listening as a Lifeline: A Doula’s Witness to Black Maternal Health

CalAIM Helped Alfred Flores Rebuild His Life. Why Can’t More Californians Access Its Benefits?

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